Lionel Hervey-Bathurst

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lionel Hervey-Bathurst

| image =

| country = England

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = 7 July 1849

| birth_place = Clarendon Park, Wiltshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|5|4|1849|7|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family = Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst (father)
Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst (half-brother)

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1875

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 30

| bat avg1 = 7.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 14

| deliveries1 = 16

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/1

| date = 10 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/15167.html Cricinfo

}}

Lionel Hervey-Bathurst {{postnominal|JP}} (7 July 1849 — 4 May 1908) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of the cricketer Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet and his second wife, Clare Emily Brooke, he was born in July 1849 at Clarendon Park, Wiltshire. Hervey-Bathurst purchased a commission as an ensign into the Rifle Brigade in October 1868,{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=7894|date=16 October 1868|page=1262}} with promotion without purchase to lieutenant following in November 1871.{{London Gazette|issue=23812|date=29 December 1871|page=5874}} In 1875, he made two appearances in first-class for Hampshire County Cricket Club, both against Kent at Catford and Winchester.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6476/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Lionel Hervey-Bathurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 30 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 14. As a wicket-keeper, he took a catch and a stumping apiece.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6476/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lionel Hervey-Bathurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 January 2023|url-access=subscription}} In the Rifle Brigade, he was promoted to captain in April 1879, with promotion to major following in September 1884.{{cite book|title=Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List|publisher=John Murray|date=1889|page=350|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4SXFT8b4yUC}}

In 1905, Hervey-Bathurst inherited Gadebridge House from his father-in-law, Sir Astley Paston Paston-Cooper, 3rd Baronet. Following his inheritance, he became known as Lionel Paston-Cooper by royal licence from October 1905.{{cite book|title=The county families of the United Kingdom|first=Edward|last=Walford|publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company|pages=301–2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuHIDwAAQBAJ}} In later life, he was a justice of the peace. Hervey-Bathurst died at Hemel Hempstead in May 1908, from complications following an operation for appendicitis.The death roll. Hampshire Observer and Basingstoke News. 9 May 1908. p. 3 His half brother, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 4th Baronet, was also a first-class cricketer.