Arthur Atherley

Arthur Atherley (12 June 1772 – 1 October 1844) and was the fifth successive member of the Atherley family to be baptised as "Arthur". He was educated at Eton College where, in 1791, he had his portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence (it now hangs in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). At Eton, he was captain of the Ad Montem club, an institution with roots in medieval times that survived until 1847. One of the club's traditions was to take part in a procession to Salt Hill during which boys in fancy costume, the salt bearers, participated in the maintenance of their "captain" at university by levying contributions from passers-by. On 2 June 1793, he married Lady Louisa Kerr, daughter of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian; they had eight children. and was one of the original members of the Fox Club . He was also a member of the family banking business in Southampton. He later moved to Sussex, where he served as a justice of the peace. He died at Tower House, Brighton in 1844, but was buried in All Saints' Church, Southampton.