Background
He was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine, the youngest daughter of Samuel Dickinson.
He was the oldest son of Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet and his wife Catherine, the youngest daughter of Samuel Dickinson.
Bateson entered the British House of Commons in 1842, sitting for Londonderry, the same constituency his father had represented before, until his death in the following year. Bateson died of typhus aged 27 on a visit of Jerusalem.
14th United Kingdom Parliament.