Felton Hervey

Colonel Sir Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet, (178224 September 1819), was an officer in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Early life Born Felton Elwell Hervey in 1782, he was a son of Lieutenant Felton Lionel Hervey and his wife Selina Elwill. His father worked for the exchequer before committing suicide in a London gunsmiths in 1785. His paternal grandfather was Felton Hervey (the seventh son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol). His mother was the only daughter and heir of Sir John Elwill, 4th Baronet and his wife Selina Bathurst. In 1801, the younger Felton assumed, by Royal licence, the additional surname of Bathurst after his maternal grandmother.