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Bartholemew Bouverie (29 October 1753 – 31 May 1835), was a British politician.

Background and education

Bouverie was the second son of

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. He was the eldest son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke, and was edu ...

, by his second wife Rebecca Alleyne, daughter of John Alleyne, of

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, and sister of

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. He was the half-brother of

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor FRS FSA (4 March 1750 – 27 January 1828), styled Hon. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie from 1761 to 1765 and Viscount Folkestone from 1765 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons fr ...

, and the full brother of William Henry Bouverie and Edward Bouverie. He was educated at Harrow and

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Public life

Bouverie was returned to Parliament for Downton in December 1779, but was unseated on petition already in February of the following year. He was once again returned for the constituency in 1790, and continued to represent it until 1796. From 1802 to 1806 he was a Commissioner for auditing public accounts. The latter year he was returned for Downton for a third time, and now held the seat until 1812 and again between 1819 and June 1826, when he lost his seat. However, he was once again elected in December 1826, and continued to sit for the constituency until 1830. In 1829 he had been appointed a Metropolitan Commissioner for Lunacy, which he remained until his death. Bouverie was seldom active in the House of Commons and is not known to have ever spoken.

Family

Bouverie married Mary Wyndham Arundell, daughter of the Honourable James Everard Arundell, in 1779. Their daughter Harriet Bouverie married Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, and was the grandmother of

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. Harriet caused a society scandal when she had an affair with her brother-in-law

Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet Sir Henry St John Carew St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (15 April 1787 – 17 January 1848), of Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, was an English politician. He was the son of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet of Dogmersfield Park and educated ...

(the widower of her deceased sister Charlotte). She obtained a divorce from Rosebery and married St John-Mildmay in Stuttgart after obtaining a special permission by the

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. Another daughter of Bouverie, Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie, married

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, brother of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet. Mary Bouverie died in February 1832. Bouverie survived her by three years and died in May 1835, aged 81.

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