Countess Sara Bathurst
The Countess Sara, Lady Bathurst (née Chapman), commonly referred to as Lady Bathurst or 'Lady B'.[1] is the wife of Allen Bathurst, the 9th Earl Bathurst of Cirencester Park.
Early life
Sara, Lady Bathurst was born in 1965 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, daughter of Christopher and Marguerite Chapman. She grew up in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
After school, she travelled to the USA to work as a bartender and au pair [2] before returning home to run her family bookshop.
Charity work
Sara, Lady Bathurst is the patron of a number of charities, Lilian Faithfull Care [3], Motivational Preparation College for Training[4], and National Star College[5].
She was made High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in April 2016, serving a one-year term[6].
Businesses
Sara, Lady Bathurst started the Clothes Agency, a second-hand high-end clothing website which she later sold after it failed to generate any profit[7].
Marriage and controversy
Sara, Lady Bathurst married the then Lord Apsley at Cirencester Park in 1996 and moved into the Mansion House at Cirencester Park.
Shortly after moving in, Sara, Lady Bathurst hit newspaper headlines over an affair she had with a married policeman shortly before marrying Lord Apsley.
Within a few months of their marriage, the couple hit the papers again when their housekeeper, Carole Parker, who described Sara Bathurst as "difficult and overbearing" was convicted of stealing valuable wartime medals and other valuables from the Mansion House.
Cirencester Park
Sara, Lady Bathurst was at the forefront of the furore over charging proposals for Cirencester Park, receiving trolling abuse for her online posts about it. This resulted in her denouncing the plan on Facebook and blaming the management team for its introduction[8][9][10][11].
She stated her ambitions to turn the family seat in Cirencester into a 'posh bed and breakfast' in 2020 [12]
References
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/cotswoldladyb". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-08-19. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Support, Lady Bathurst | Our Executive Leadership Team and Governing Body | Who We Are | Walsingham. "Lady Bathurst | Our Executive Leadership Team and Governing Body | Who We Are | Walsingham Support". www.walsingham.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Thank you to all our teams from our Patron Lady Bathurst". Lilian Faithfull Care. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Lady Bathurst". MPCT. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Lady Bathurst supports young people with disabilities by becoming patron of National Star College". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Interview: At home with Lady Bathurst". Great British Life. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Hats off to the Clothes Agency". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Cirencester Park: Charges plan for tourists to estate". BBC News. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Lady Bathurst 'bullied' over charges plan for tourists to Cirencester Park". www.punchline-gloucester.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Some visitors to be charged entry fee to Cirencester Park". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ "Lady Bathurst distances herself from Cirencester Park plans after online abuse". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ↑ Confidential, Eden (2020-07-25). "EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Earl turns estate into a 'posh bed and breakfast'". Mail Online. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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