James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst CBE DL (born 8 December 1949) is a British businessman and landowner.
Hervey-Bathurst is the son of Major Benjamin Hervey-Bathurst OBE and Hon. Elizabeth Somers Cocks, the only daughter and heiress of Arthur Somers Cocks, 6th Baron Somers.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rowed in the 1970 & 1971 Boat Race for Cambridge University.[2][3]
Through his mother, Hervey-Bathurst inherited Eastnor Castle and estate in 1988.[4][5]
He has subsequently been closely involved in historic architecture and cultural heritage preservation in Britain. Since 2006 he has been vice-president of European Historic Houses.[6] Between 2009 and 2013 he was a chairman of the World Monuments Fund (UK). He was president of the Historic Houses Association from 2004 to 2008. He also worked as a consultant in heritage and taxation for Christie's. In 2009 he was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to national heritage.[7] In 2008 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire and in July 2019 he was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for a one year term.[8]
As of 2020, he was listed as Chairman of the Heritage Fuels Association,[9] a Trustee of Longleat International[10] and a Trustee of Bathurst Estate Holdings.[11] He was also a Director of Eastnor Castle Estates Company which was formed in 1940.[12]
He married, firstly, Hon. Sarah Peake, a daughter of Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, on 25 September 1982. They had three daughters but separated in 2002.[13] He married, secondly, Lucy Manners, with whom he has had two daughters.[14][15]
References edit
- ^ "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Railton, Jim (27 March 1972). "Tactics are Oxford's only hope against powerful machine". The Times. No. 58132. p. 15.
- ^ The Peerage
- ^ "The Bathurst Family". Eastnor Castle. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Estate saddened as castle couple split 25 January 2002
- ^ An Englishman's Castle: through the keyhole at Eastnor Castle, 8th February 2020
- ^ United Kingdom "No. 58929". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 1.
- ^ High Sheriff Declaration, 5 April 2019
- ^ Heritage Organisations
- ^ James Felton Somers HERVEY-BATHURST
- ^ Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited
- ^ Eastnor Castle Estates Company
- ^ Estate saddened as castle couple split 25 January 2002
- ^ Historic Eastnor Castle is like a teenager to its owners: 'sometimes hard to like but you go on loving them'
- ^ The Peerage