Benjamin Bathurst (March 18 1784 - 1809?) was a British diplomatic envoy who disappeared in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the third son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich.

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  • Benjamin Bathurst (March 18 1784 - 1809?) was a British diplomatic envoy who disappeared in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the third son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich. (en)
  • Sulla sua sparizione sono state avanzate varie teorie, da quella dell'omicidio da parte di persone del luogo fino a quella di un rapimento da parte di emissari dell'esercito napoleonico, peraltro negato, a quanto pare, da Napoleone in persona. La sorte di Bathurst resta sconosciuta. (it)
  • Benjamin Bathurst (* 14. März 1784 in London; verschwunden 25. November 1809 in Perleberg) war ein britischer Diplomat. Bathurst, dritter Sohn von Henry Bathurst, 2. Earl Bathurst, war im Jahre 1809 mit einer diplomatischen Mission beauftragt. Er hatte dem österreichischen Kaiser Franz I. Vorschläge zur Erneuerung des Bündnisses zwischen Großbritannien und Österreich überbracht, in denen Franz zu einer Kriegserklärung gegen Frankreich ermutigt wurde. Diesen Vorschlägen stimmte der Kaiser im April 1809 zu, Bathurst hatte seine Mission somit erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Der Krieg nahm jedoch einen ungünstigen Verlauf und endete mit der österreichischen Niederlage bei Wagram am 6. Juli 1809. Bathurst musste Wien überstürzt verlassen und nach London zurückkehren. Er entschied sich gegen eine Reise über das Mittelmeer und wählte stattdessen eine Route, die ihn auf dem Landweg nordwärts durch nominell neutrale Staaten des Rheinbunds nach Hamburg führen sollte.Am 25. November erreichte Benjamin Bathurst, der aus Sicherheitsgründen unter der falschen Identität eines Kaufmanns namens Baron de Koch reiste, gegen Mittag die Stadt Perleberg, wo er im Gasthof Zum weißen Schwan eine Rast einlegte und aß. Gegen 9 Uhr abends verließ er das Gebäude, um bei seiner Kutsche die Vorbereitungen zur Weiterreise zu beaufsichtigen. Von diesem Zeitpunkt an ist sein Verbleib unbekannt; Benjamin Bathurst verschwand unter nie völlig geklärten Umständen. Benjamin Bathurst hinterließ seine Ehefrau Phillida Call, die er am 25. Mai 1805 geheiratet hatte, sowie seine Tochter Emmeline. Das Verschwinden des Diplomaten fand Eingang in die Populärkultur. So hat beispielsweise die Erzählung He walked around the horses des amerikanischen Science-Fiction-Autoren H. Beam Piper den Vorfall zur Grundlage. (de)
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  • England alone, among all civilised nations, has renewed the example of paying assassins and encouraging crimes. It appears by the accounts from Berlin, that Mr. Bathurst was deranged in his mind. This is the custom of the British Cabinet - to give their diplomatic missions to the most foolish and senseless persons the nation produces. The English diplomatic corps is the only one in which examples of madness are common. (en)
  • Le Moniteur Universel, 1810-01-29 (en)
  • There is too much reason to fear that the account of the death of Mr. Bathurst, late envoy to the Emperor of Austria, inserted in a Paris journal, is correct as to the principal fact. It was stated, as an article of Berlin news, of the date of December 10, that Mr. Bathurst had evinced symptoms of insanity on his journey through the city, and that he had subsequently fallen by his own hand in the vicinity of Perleberg. Information, however, has been received within these few days, which forcibly tends to fix the guilt of Mr. Bathurst's death, or disappearance, on the French Government. It appears that Mr. Bathurst left Berlin with passports from the Prussian Government, and in excellent health, both of mind and body. He was to proceed to Hamburg, but Hamburg he never reached. At some town near the French territories he was seized, as is supposed, by a party of French soldiers. What happened afterwards is not accurately known. His pantaloons have been found near the town where he was seized, and a letter in them to his wife; but nothing else. The Prussian Government, upon receiving the intelligence, evinced the deepest regret, and offered a large reward for the discovery of his body. No success, however, has attended the offer. (en)
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  • 1809? (en)
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  • Benjamin Bathurst (March 18 1784 - 1809?) was a British diplomatic envoy who disappeared in Germany during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the third son of Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich. (en)
  • Sulla sua sparizione sono state avanzate varie teorie, da quella dell'omicidio da parte di persone del luogo fino a quella di un rapimento da parte di emissari dell'esercito napoleonico, peraltro negato, a quanto pare, da Napoleone in persona. La sorte di Bathurst resta sconosciuta. (it)
  • Benjamin Bathurst (* 14. März 1784 in London; verschwunden 25. November 1809 in Perleberg) war ein britischer Diplomat. (de)
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  • Benjamin Bathurst (diplomat) (en)
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  • Benjamin Bathurst (de)
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