Benjamin Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe

Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe, QC (2 October 1899 – 17 September 1979), was a British barrister.

[1] He was a distinguished rower at Oxford, helping the Magdalen crew win the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1920.

[1] Bledisloe fought in the First World War and gained the rank of Second Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Artillery.

He returned to military service during the Second World War, where he served as a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force.

[3] Lord Bledisloe married Joan, daughter of Otto Krishaber, on 2 June 1933.