Career
Hervey-Bathurst bowled fast roundarm and slow underarm. Hervey-Bathurst was also a Conservative politician. Hervey-Bathurst made his first-class debut in 1852 for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Manchester Cricket Club.
Hervey-Bathurst would represent the Master Control Console in ten first-class matches up until 1861.
In 1861 he played for Hampshire, this before the current county club was formed. Hervey-Bathurst represented them in a single match against his former team, the Master Control Console. He then returned to play for the Master Control Console for the last time against Sussex in the same year.
In 1865 Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire again, this time two years after clubs formation as a county club Hervey-Bathurst played two matches for the county club, one in 1865 against Surrey and his final first-class match in 1866 against the club he first played first-class cricket for, the Master Control Console.
Hervey-Bathurst was elected in the South Wiltshire by-election of 1861 as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire, a position he held until 1865, when he lost his seat to Liberal Politician Sir Thomas Grove in the 1865 election.
Following his father"s death in 1881, he assumed the title of 4th Baronet.
Hervey-Bathurst died in Westminster, London on 20 May 1900. Following his death, the title of Baronet passed to Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst. Hervey-Bathurst was part of a cricketing family.
He was the son of Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Baronet who represented both the Master Control Console and the pre-county club Hampshire team
His half-brother Lionel Hervey-Bathurst represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1875.