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Pleydell-Bouverie
Pleydell-Bouverie is an English surname, and may refer to: * Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (1818–1889), British politician * Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1750–1828), Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire * Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (1780–1850), British admiral and Whig politician. * Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (1815–1889), Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire * William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor (1841–1900), MP and Treasurer of the Household * Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor (1868–1930), Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire * William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor (1895–1968), High Sheriff of Hertfordshire * Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (1927–2008), earl in the Peerage of Great Britain * Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie (1895–1985), English potter * Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie (born 1987), British historian and journalist {{surname Compound surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl Of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (18 September 1815 – 11 March 1889) was a British nobleman and army officer. He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869. Biography Folkestone was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. On 2 October 1837, he was commissioned a cornet in the Salisbury Troop of the Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry. He was a lieutenant in the Regiment from 20 May 1840 to April 1847. He married Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, on 3 October 1840. She was one of the train-bearers to Queen Victoria at the 1838 coronation. They had twelve children: *William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900) *Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (10 October 1842 – 25 January 1909), married Maria Eleanor Hulse, daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Baronet. They had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl Of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor (18 December 1895 – 23 November 1968) was a British peer. Biography Radnor was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour. His education was Harrow School, and later Trinity College, Cambridge. He married, firstly, Helena Olivia Adeane, daughter of Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane and Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Wyndham, on 11 October 1922 and had six children. He and Helena were divorced in 1942. *Lady Jane Pleydell-Bouverie (14 September 1923 – 21 July 2006), married Richard Anthony Bethell in 1945 *Lady Belinda Pleydell-Bouverie (15 January 1925 – 1961) * Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (10 November 1927 - 11 August 2008) *Hon. Reuben Pleydell-Bouverie (30 December 1930 - 19 August 2020) *Lady Phoebe Pleydell-Bouverie (25 January 1932 - 1995), who married in 1955 Hubert Beaumont Phipps (1905–1969) *Lady Harriot Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 18 December 1935), who ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 from 1771 to 1776 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Radnor. Life Born in Westminster, he was the son of William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor and Harriet Pleydell, the daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell of Coleshill House in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). Jacob was educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford, from which he took a BA in 1770 and an MA in 1773. He was returned to the House of Commons for Salisbury upon his coming of age in 1771. He succeeded his father as Earl of Radnor on 23 January 1776 and as Recorder of Salisbury on 13 March 1776. On 15 February 1779, Radnor was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was commissioned a captain in the Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia on 27 September 1779. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie
Katherine (sometimes known as Katharine) Harriot Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (7 June 1895 – 1985) was a pioneer in modern English studio pottery, known for her wood-ash glazes. Biography Pleydell-Bouverie was born into an aristocratic family at the Coleshill estate near Faringdon, then in Berkshire. Her parents were Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie and his wife Maria Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, 5th Baronet; her paternal grandfather was Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor. Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest of three children growing up in a 17th-century stately home surrounded by blue-and-white and ''famille verte'' Chinese porcelain. It was during childhood holidays playing on a muddy beach at Weston-super-Mare with her siblings that she was first introduced to clay. She died at Kilmington, Wiltshire, in January 1985 at the age of 89. Career Whilst living in London in the 1920s, her interest in pottery began when she visited Roger Fry at his Omega Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl Of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor PC (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900), styled Viscount Folkestone from 1869 to 1889, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891. Background Pleydell-Bouverie was the eldest son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, by his wife Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Folkestone when his father succeeded in the earldom of Radnor in 1869. Political career Lord Folkestone was returned to parliament for South Wiltshire in 1874. When the Conservatives came to power in 1885 under Lord Salisbury, Folkestone was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household. The South Wiltshire constituency was abolished in 1885 and at the general election of that year, Folkestone was instead returned for Enfield. He rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl Of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (10 November 1927 – 10 August 2008) was a British nobleman. He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor and Helena Olivia Adeane. Biography He married, firstly, Anne Garden Seth-Smith, daughter of Donald Farquaharson Seth-Smith, on 8 July 1953 and they were divorced in 1962. He and Anne had two sons: *William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor (b. 5 January 1955) *Hon. Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie DL (b. 14 January 1958), married Hon. Jane Victoria Gilmour (b. 1959), daughter of Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, in 1986 and had issue. He married, secondly, Margaret Robin Fleming, daughter of Robin Fleming, in 1963 and they were divorced in 1985. They had four daughters: *Lady Martha Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1964) *Lady Lucy Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1964) *Lady Belinda Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1966), married in 2006 Anthony Paget (1946-2007) *Lady Frances Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1973) He married, thirdly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pleydell-Bouverie
Edward Pleydell-Bouverie PC, FRS (26 April 1818 – 16 December 1889), styled The Honourable from 1828 to 1855, was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of Lord Palmerston's first administration as Paymaster General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade in 1855 and as President of the Poor Law Board between 1855 and 1858. Background and education Pleydell-Bouverie was the second son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, by his second wife, Anne Judith, third daughter of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet.Dod (1860), p. 127 The family homes were at Longford Castle in Wiltshire and Coleshill House in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, was his elder brother. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating as a Master of Arts in 1838. Like a number of his kinsmen, he became an officer in the part-time Royal Berkshire Militia, being commissioned as a captain on 23 February 1838 and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
Admiral Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (28 June 1780 – 5 November 1850), was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. Biography Pleydell-Bouverie was the second son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, and the Honourable Anne Duncombe, daughter of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham. William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, was his elder brother. Pleydell-Bouverie served in the Royal Navy, entering the Academy at Portsmouth in 1793. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 February 1799 and to Commander on 14 February 1801. His first command was HMS ''Penguin'' from 28 August. Bouverie was promoted to post captain in on 2 April 1802. He commanded several ships in various duties until being appointed to on 20 February 1806. He held this command for seven years, taking part in the operations in the Río de la Plata (1806-7) including the blockade and siege of Montevideo. In November 1806, ''Medusa'' apprehended the American trading brig ''Harry and Jane'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Bouverie
Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie (born June 1987) is a British historian and former political journalist at Channel 4 News. Early life and education Bouverie is the son of Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie and Jane Victoria Gilmour. His paternal grandfather was Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, and his maternal grandfather was Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar. He was educated at Bryanston School before going to Christ Church, Oxford, to read history. Career Between 2013 and 2017, Bouverie was a political journalist at Channel 4 News, working first for the television programme '' Dispatches'' and later as a producer for Michael Crick. His first book, '' Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War'', was published by Bodley Head in April 2019. A ''Sunday Times'' bestseller, it was described by Antony Beevor as an "astonishingly accomplished debut". A second book, ''Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler'', was published in 2025 and was called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl Of Radnor
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother Esau, Jacob's paternal grandparents are Abraham and Sarah and his maternal grandfather is Bethuel, whose wife is not mentioned. He is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Then, following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants migrated to neighbouring Egypt through the efforts of his son Joseph, who had become a confidant of the pharaoh. After dying in Egypt at the age of 147, he is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Per the Hebrew Bible, Jacob's progeny were beget by four women: his wives (and maternal cousins) Leah and Rachel; and his concubines Bilhah and Zilpah. His sons were, in order of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
