Cadwallader John Bates
| Cadwallader John Bates | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 January 1853 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 18 March 1902 Langley Castle, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation |
Antiquarian Historian Farmer & colliery owner |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine d'Echarvine 1895 |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Bates (1810–1882), Emily Batten/Bates |
Cadwallader John Bates (14 January 1853 – 18 March 1902) was an historian and antiquarian who focused on Northumberland.
Cadwallader Bates was born at Kensington Gate on the west side of London. His father, Thomas Bates (1810–1882) was a Northumberland gentleman-farmer with land in the Hexham area. Thomas Bates was also a lawyer, and had been a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge between 1834 and 1849. The Bates family had been based in England's northern border regions for five centuries, and in the nineteenth century they were a prosperous family. The boy's mother, Emily Batten, came from the southwest of the country, however, and had close family connections with Wales, which explains how the couple's eldest son came to be given the resoundingly Welsh name, "Cadwallader".
Cadwallder Bates was a great nephew of (1775–1849) who had been a famously successful stockbreeder: after his death his herd of 68 shorthorn cattle had been sold for over £4,500 in 1850.
Bates entered Eton College in 1866. However, problems with his eyes obliged him to leave after two years. He then, in 1869, started a degree course at his father's old college, Jesus College, Cambridge. His eye problems again intervened, preventing him from taking his Tripos exams in the normal way. He accordingly received, in 1871, an "Aegrotat" degree in Moral Sciences, which was at that time a recently introduced degree subject at Cambridge. One source highlights the career limiting impact of his failure to obtain a normal first degree, but the college nevertheless allowed him to stay, and receive an MA degree in 1875. He was then able to compensate for any gaps in his education through what the same source identifies as "the education of travel", visiting little known areas of mainland Europe, notably in Germany and in Poland : in the process he accumulated a large bank of cultural and historical knowledge.
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