Benjamin Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe

Benjamin Ludlow Bathurst, 2nd Viscount Bledisloe, QC (2 October 1899 – 17 September 1979), was a British barrister.

Background and education Born at Westbury, Wiltshire, Bledisloe was the eldest son of Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, and the Hon. Bertha Susan Lopes, daughter of Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a distinguished rower at Oxford, helping the Magdalen crew win the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1920.

Career In 1927, he was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple and Lincoln's Inn.

Family Lord Bledisloe married Joan, daughter of Otto Krishaber, on 2 June 1933. They had two sons:

Christopher Hiley Ludlow Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe (24 June 1934 – 12 May 2009) Hon. David Charles Lopes Bathurst (born 15 December 1937, died 1992)

Lord Bledisloe died in September 1979, aged 79, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his eldest son. Lady Bledisloe died in December 1999.