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Allen Apsley

Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895–1942), British Member of Parliament for Southampton and Bristol Central


Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst

He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and became Member of Parliament for Cirencester in May 1705, retaining his seat until December 1711, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bathurst, of Battlesden in the County of Bedford.

Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst

Within the estate is the famous Ivy Lodge polo ground, Cirencester Park Polo Club being founded in 1894, making it the oldest playing ground in the United Kingdom.

Born on 11 March 1961 as the eldest son of Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst and Judith Mary Nelson, he lives with his wife Sara at Cirencester Park, the Bathurst family seat.


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