The son of
Sir Robert Bateson, he was born at
Belfast in October 1821. He was educated in England at
Rugby School, before going up to
Trinity College, Cambridge. Bateson made a single appearance in
first-class cricket for the
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against
Cambridge University at
Cambridge in 1844. Batting once in the match, he scored 3 runs in the MCC first innings before being dismissed by
Henry Wroth. A student of the
Inner Temple, Bateson was
called to the bar in 1847. Bateson was the subject of the photographer
Camille Silvy's work in 1861. His other interests included agricultural sciences. ==Family==