Earl Bathurst (1772), Baron Bathurst (1712), and Baron Apsley (1771)

Arms: Sable two bars ermine, in chief three crosses pattée or.

Crest: An arm embowed, habited in mail, holding in the hand, all proper, a spiked club or.

Supporters: Two stags argent, each gorged with a collar gemel ermines.

George Bathurst, born 1587, and his wife Elizabeth had thirteen sons and four daughters. Six of those sons died in the service of Charles I during the English Civil Wars.

Allen Bathurst, grandson of George who was born in 1684, was advanced to the Peerage as Baron Bathurst in 1712. Sixty years later, this same man was advanced in degree to become the 1st Earl Bathurst in 1772. The 1st Earl was distinguished for his wit and learning. He lived to see his second son, Henry, constituted as Lord High Chancellor.

Henry was so distinguished as a lawyer that when made Lord High Chancellor, he was raised to the Peerage himself as Baron Apsley in 1771. Upon the death of the 1st Earl, Henry succeded to the Earldom.

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