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- 12 Feb. 1851 (Creación)
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16 ff., with enclosure, 2 ff.
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21 Grande Rue, Boulogne Sur Mer. - Remorse after sending letter last summer; encloses pamphlet [no longer present] on Hayti [sic]; would Milnes draw Palmerston's attention to his own copy? Bathurst's father Robert was the eldest nephew of Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich [in fact he seems to have been a younger brother]; he made a fortune in India and bought Bream Lodge, near Lydney Park; died there in 1822 [actually 1821] when Edward Bathurst was four. Describes disposal of estate. Bathurst's uncle Charles ran the Indian business but ruined the family and 'died of a champagne surfeit in 1832' [1831?]. Bathurst himself went to India in 1835 but was unable to recover anything; accuses James Weir Hogg and Elliott Macnaghten of profiting from Indian crash.
Travelled in India; sailed to St Helena and witnessed the exhumation of Napoleon: 'the massy chest unclosed, and behold - such was the skill of the embalmer - the features of the Emperor in all their well-remembered beauty; features over which corruption seemed to have no power'. Returned to England and entered Lincoln's Inn before obtaining Vice-Consulship at Copenhagen through Lord Bathurst; his labours there; accepted posting to Cape Haytien on Sir Henry Wynn's advice but was unable to obtain any details; criticises 'esoteric mysteries of the Foreign Office; problems in Jamaica and Haiti; expense of building and other privations; abolition of post without recompense; creditors include Copeland, who unfairly supplied an expensive crockery service; has snubbed Haytians but otherwise gained approval; has not asked for promotion but for reinstatement; pleads case rhetorically.
Enclosure: 'Copy from a manuscript of the Character of the late Robert Bathurst [Junior?] Esq. originally taken from the Cawnpore Advertiser' [c May 1822], copy dated 23 Dec. 1833.
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- Temple, Henry John (1784–1865), 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister (Materia)
- Bathurst, Robert (c 1754-1821), merchant and collector of customs (Materia)
- Bathurst, Henry (1744-1837), Bishop of Norwich (Materia)
- Bathurst, Charles Bragge (c 1754-1831), politician (Materia)
- Hogg, Sir James Weir (1790-1876), 1st Baronet, director and chairman of the East India Company (Materia)
- Macnaghten, Elliot (1807-1888), director and chairman of the East India Company (Materia)
- Bonaparte, Napoléon (1769-1821), Emperor of the French (Materia)
- Bathurst, Henry George (1790-1866), 4th Earl Bathurst, politician (Materia)
- Wynn, Sir Henry Watkin Williams- (1783-1856), diplomatist (Materia)