William Bateman
William Bateman( c. 1298 – 6 January 1355) was a medieval Bishop of Norwich.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman
John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman( April 1721 – 2 March 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1746 to 1784.
Bateman was the eldest son of William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman MP and his wife Lady Anne Spencer, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, and granddaughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
In December 1744 on the death of his father, he succeeded as second Viscount Bateman.
He married Elizabeth Sambroke, daughter of John Sambroke, MP on 2 July 1748.
The property Bateman inherited from his father( Shobdon Court, Herefordshire) gave him a parliamentary interest at Leominster and he was connected with the Marlborough, Bedford, and Pelham families through his mother.
As the viscountcy was in the Peerage of Ireland, it did not disqualify him for election to the House of Commons of Great Britain.
Lord Bateman was returned unopposed on the Treasury interest as Member of Parliament for Orford at a by-election on 31 January 1746.
At the 1747 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Woodstock on the interest of his uncle Charles, Duke of Marlborough.
Bateman was re-elected at Woodstock in 1754 and became Lord of the Admiralty in 1755 until 1756 when he was appointed Treasurer of the Household.
He was appointed to the Privy Council on 19 November 1756.
In 1761 he was again returned to Parliament for Woodstock.
At the 1768 general election, the seat at Woodstock was required for Lord Robert Spencer, so instead, Bateman stood on his own interest at Leominster where he was returned unopposed.
He was returned unopposed for Leominster again in 1774 and 1780.
He stood down at the 1784 general election.
Lord Bateman was made Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire in 1747, holding the post until his death.
He was Master of the Buckhounds from 1757 to March 1782 and High steward of Leominster from 1759 to his death.
Resident at Shobdon
Court he was responsible for the complete rebuilding of St John's Church between 1749- 52.
On his death in 1802 at the age of eighty, the viscountcy became extinct.
Shobdon Court passed to a relative, William Hanbury, who was created Baron Bateman in 1837 and adopted the surname of Bateman- Hanbury.
William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont
Sir William de Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont( April 1438 – 19 December 1507) was a soldier and landowner who was a leading supporter of the Lancastrian faction during the Wars of the Roses.
He was the son of John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Phelip.
He was born at Edenham, Lincolnshire.
Although his exact date of birth is not recorded, parish records show the date of his baptism as 23 April 1438.
William Bateman Hall
William Bateman Hall FREng (28 May 1923 – 6 August 2003) was a British nuclear engineer, and emeritus professor at the University of Manchester.
William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman
William Bateman- Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon( 24 June 1780 – 22 July 1845) was a Member of Parliament and later a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
At birth his name was William Hanbury, although he was a distant descendant of Sir James Bateman who had been Lord Mayor of London and was his 2nd great- grandfather.
Hanbury studied at Eton College and then Christ Church, Oxford graduating from the later in 1798.
In 1802 he inherited Shobdon Court, near Leominster, Herefordshire from John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman.
He served as a Whig MP from Northampton from 1810 – 1818.
From 1819 – 1820 he was High Sheriff of Herefordshire.
In 1835 Hanbury made an unsuccessful run for Parliament as a liberal.
In January 1837 Hanbury became the first Baron Bateman of Shobdon.
In February he had his name legally changed to William Bateman- Hanbury.
In 1822 he had married Elizabeth Chichester, the granddaughter of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall.
They had four sons and four daughters.
He was succeeded by his eldest son William Bateman- Hanbury, 2nd Baron Bateman.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
James Bateman (banker)
Sir James Bateman (29 April 1660 – 10 November 1718) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1711 to 1718.
He became Lord Mayor of London and Governor of the Bank of England.
William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman
William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman KB, FRS (1695 – December 1744), of Shobdon Court, Herefordshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1734.
Bateman was the son of Sir James Bateman, of Shobdon Court, Shobdon, Lord Mayor of London and Governor of the Bank of England, by his wife Esther Searle, daughter of John Searle, of Finchley, Middlesex.
Bateman was returned as Member of Parliament for Leominster at a by-election in 1721 but did not stand at the 1722 general election.
In 1725 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron of Culmore, in the County of Londonderry, and Viscount Bateman.
At the 1727 general election he was again elected to represent Leominster in parliament.
In 1734 he was a candidate at Radnor instead, but was defeated and never stood for Parliament again.
He was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1732 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.
Lord Bateman married Lady Anne Spencer, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Lady Anne Churchill, daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in 1720.
He died in Paris in December 1744 and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son, John.
Lady Bateman died in February 1769.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.

Question: What is the date of birth of William Bateman, 1St Viscount Bateman's father?
Answer: 29 April 1660