Viscount Bateman was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created on 12 July 1725 for William Bateman, previously Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Leominster

Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and the son of Sir James Bateman, Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

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 from 1716 to 1717. He was made Baron Culmore, in the County of Londonderry, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was also a politician and notably served as Treasurer of the Household

Treasurer of the Household

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 between 1756 and 1757 and as Master of the Buckhounds

Master of the Buckhounds

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 between 1757 and 1782. He was childless and the titles became extinct on his death in 1802. As both the barony and viscountcy were Irish peerages, the holders sat in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 while holding the title.

The family estates were inherited by 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....

. He was the son of William Hanbury and Sarah, daughter of William Western and Anne, sister of the first Viscount Bateman. In 1837 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Bateman and the same year the Bateman title was revived when he was raised to the peerage as 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...

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The family seat was Shobdon Court, Shobdon

Shobdon

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, Herefordshire

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. The 2nd Viscount built Somerset House

Somerset House, Park Lane

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, in Park Lane

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Viscounts Bateman (1725)

• William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman (c. 1695–1744)
• John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman
  John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman
  John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman was a British politician.In December 1744 he succeeded as second Viscount Bateman....
  
  (1721–1802)