William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor

William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor FRS (26 February 1725 – 28 January 1776) was a British peer, styled Hon. William Bouverie from 1747 until 1761.^[1]

Longford Castle, Wiltshire – seat of the Earls of Radnor

He was the eldest son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke, and was educated at University College, Oxford.^[1]

On 8 November 1750, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire. On 22 September 1758, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire. He succeeded his father as Viscount Folkestone on 17 February 1761 and in the office of Recorder of Salisbury on 14 April 1761.^[1] On 31 October 1765, he was created Earl of Radnor and Baron Pleydell-Bouverie.

Radnor was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 December 1767.^[1] He was elected governor of the French Hospital in 1770, the first of nine earls of Radnor to serve successively in this capacity.^[2]

Private life[]

He married, firstly, Harriet Pleydell, daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bt, on 14 January 1748.^[1] They had one son:

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (4 March 1750 – 27 January 1828)

He married, secondly, Rebecca Alleyne, daughter of John Alleyne, on 5 September 1751, by whom he had three sons:^[1]

Hon. William Henry Bouverie (30 October 1752 – 1806)^[3]
Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie (29 October 1753 – 31 May 1835)
Hon. (20 September 1760 – 30 December 1824)

He married, thirdly, Anne Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet and widow of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, on 22 July 1765.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 94–95.
^ Murdoch, Tessa, and Randolph Vigne with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections Cambridge: John Adamson ISBN 978-0-9524322-7-2 OCLC 318092110, pp. 34 and 95.
^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 17 November 1752.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Jacob Bouverie Sir Edward Seymour	Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1747–1761 With: Edward Poore 1747–1754 Julines Beckford 1754–1761	Succeeded by Julines Beckford Hon. Edward Bouverie
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Earl of Radnor 1765–1776	Succeeded by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie
Preceded by Jacob Bouverie	Viscount Folkestone 1761–1776	Succeeded by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie

[baronage-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 94–95.

[2] Murdoch, Tessa, and Randolph Vigne with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections Cambridge: John Adamson ISBN 978-0-9524322-7-2 OCLC 318092110, pp. 34 and 95.

[3] The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 17 November 1752.

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