Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath

Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (baptised 1 March 1590[1] – died 31 March 1636).

He was born in Somerset, the eldest son and heir of William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath by his second wife[1] Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford by Margaret Long.

[2] He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge.

[3][4] He married twice: Edward and Dorothy's only son, William (11 April 1624 – 19 February 1689) refused the Earldom and retired to a quiet life in the country, and he was succeeded by his father's first cousin,[7] Henry Bourchier, 5th Earl of Bath (1587–1654), who died childless whereupon the title Earl of Bath became extinct and the titles Baron FitzWarin and Baron Daubeny (if it in fact existed) fell into abeyance between his three daughters.

[1] Amongst his possessions at his death was the Illyrian armorial with the arms of the families and surnames of Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slavonia from the Armorial of Stanislas Rubčić, King of Arms to Tsar Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia.