William Bateman-Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman

Born William Hanbury at Kelmarsh, he was the son of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Spencer Chichester, son of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall.

[2] In 1837 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Bateman.

He succeeded his father in the barony in 1845 and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.

[1] Between 1858 and 1859 he served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby.

He died 30 November 1901, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his son William.

"Reciprocity"
Lord Bateman as caricatured by Ape ( Carlo Pellegrini ) in Vanity Fair , January 1879