John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman (April 1721 – 2 March 1802) was a British politician.

In December 1744 he succeeded as second Viscount Bateman

Viscount Bateman

Viscount Bateman was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 12 July 1725 for William Bateman, previously Member of Parliament for Leominster and the son of Sir James Bateman, Lord Mayor of London from 1716 to 1717. He was made Baron Culmore, in the County of Londonderry, at the same...

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As the viscountcy was in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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, it did not disqualify him for election to the House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

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. Lord Bateman was elected to Parliament for Orford

Orford (UK Parliament constituency)

Orford was a constituency of the House of Commons. Consisting of the town of Orford in Suffolk, it elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote version of the first past the post system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1832.-History:...

 on 31 January 1746, sitting until the general election of 1747

British general election, 1747

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. He was then elected for Woodstock

Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)

Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its re-enfranchisement in 1553 until 1832...

 on 29 June 1747, being re-elected in 1754

British general election, 1754

The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....

 and 1761

British general election, 1761

The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...

. On 16 March 1768, during the general election of that year

British general election, 1768

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, Bateman was elected for Leominster

Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)

Leominster was, until 2010, a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.From 1295 to 1868, it was a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its...

. He was returned again in 1774

British general election, 1774

The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...

 and 1780

British general election, 1780

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, but left the House at the 1784 general election

British general election, 1784

The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...

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Lord Bateman was made Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire

Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire

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 in 1747, holding the post until his death. On 19 November 1756 he was appointed to the Privy Council

Privy council

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On his death at the age of eighty, the viscountcy became extinct. The Bateman title was later revived for William Hanbury

William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman

William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon was a Member of Parliament and later a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom....

, who was created Baron Bateman

Baron Bateman

Baron Bateman, of Shobdon in the County of Hereford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 January 1837 for William Bateman, previously member of Parliament for Northampton...

in 1837 and adopted the surname of Bateman-Hanbury.