Robert Bathurst (cricketer)

Robert Andrew Bathurst (22 January 1817 – 31 March 1906) was an English cleric and academic.

He was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Sir James Bathurst, an army officer and Lady Caroline, a daughter of 1st Earl Castle Stewart.

[9][10] Around that time Oxenden became rector of Pluckley in Kent, and in his autobiography The History of My Life describes how he took on Bathurst as the first of his curates there: "Having at once secured the help of a brother clergyman, Robert Bathurst, on whose goodness and friendship I could fully reckon, I began my reign at Pluckley.

[3] Bathurst married in 1852 Jane Harkness, eldest daughter of the Rev.

[15] A batsman of unknown handedness, Bathurst opened the batting for his University team, scoring fifty-five runs across twelve innings at a low average of 4.58 runs and a best of 22.