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. Longford Castle front

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

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. On 8 November 1750, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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. On 22 September 1758, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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. He succeeded his father as Viscount Folkestone on 17 February 1761 and in the office of

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on 14 April 1761. On 31 October 1765, he was created Earl of Radnor and Baron Pleydell-Bouverie. Radnor was appointed a

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on 17 December 1767. He was elected governor of the French Hospital in 1770, the first of nine earls of Radnor to serve successively in this capacity.

Private life

He married, firstly, Harriet Pleydell, daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bt, on 14 January 1748. 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: *Hon. William Henry Bouverie (30 October 1752 – 1806)''The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760''. 17 November 1752. *Hon.

Bartholomew Bouverie The Honourable 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, by his second wife Rebecca Alleyne, daughter of John A ...

(29 October 1753 – 31 May 1835) *Hon. Edward Bouverie (20 September 1760 – 30 December 1824) He married, thirdly, Anne Hales, daughter of

Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet ( – October 1762), of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 37 years between 1722 and 1762. Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baro ...

and widow of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, on 22 July 1765.

References

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