John Bateman

John Bateman (19 March 1839 – 12 October 1910) was a British politician. He is best known for the reference work The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, and for Bateman's Tower, a folly he had built in Brightlingsea, Essex.

Family and early life John Bateman was born on 19 March 1839 at Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire. He was the eldest son of James Bateman and Maria Sybilla Egerton-Warburton, , and would be joined in due course by two brothers Rowland and Robert and a sister, Katherine.

Bateman was educated at Brighton College, Sussex, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Staffordshire Bateman held a number of positions in Staffordshire politics, Deputy Lieutenant for Staffordshire and Justice of the Peace.

Brightlingsea In 1871, Bateman purchased the Brightlingsea Hall estate in Essex. There, too, he became involved in local politics, and held offices in Essex County Council and Brightlingsea Urban District Council. Bateman was elected as the town's first Cinque Port deputy, a post he held for seven years: 1887–1891, 1899, and 1903.

In addition to his involvement in politics, Bateman was a philanthropist. His donations to the town of Brightlingsea included the materials for a new school, the buildings for two almshouses, and land for both a churchyard extension and a sewage works.

Death Bateman died in Brightlingsea on 12 October 1910.