Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie (born June 1987) is a British historian and former political journalist at

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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 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-S ...

, and his maternal grandfather was

Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, (8 July 1926 – 21 September 2007) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour, 3rd Baronet from 1977, hav ...

. He was educated at

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before going to

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, to read history.

Career

Between 2013 and 2017, Bouverie was a political journalist at

, working first for the television programme '' Dispatches'' and later as a producer for

Michael Crick Michael Lawrence Crick (born 21 May 1958) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He was a founding member of the ''Channel 4 News'' team in 1982 and remained there until joining the BBC in 1990.Ian Burrell"Michael Crick: 'Cuts are hur ...

. His first book, '' Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War'', was published by

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in April 2019. A ''Sunday Times'' bestseller, it was described by

Antony Beevor Sir Antony James Beevor, (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War, and most recently the Russian Revolution and Civil War. ...

as an "astonishingly accomplished debut". A second book, ''Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler'', was published in 2025 and was called "revelatory" by Adam Sisman, writing in ''

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''.

Books

* ''Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War'' (Bodley Head, 2019) * ''Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler'' (Bodley Head, 2025)

References

External links

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