Family and Education
b. 11 May 1779, 1st s. of Jacob Pleydell Bouverie†, 2nd earl of Radnor, and Hon. Anne Duncombe, da. of Anthony Duncombe†, 1st Bar. Feversham; bro. of Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie* and Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie*. educ. Paris 1789; Edinburgh Univ. 1794; Brasenose, Oxf. 1795; continental tour 1797. m. (1) 2 Oct. 1800, Catherine (d. 17 May 1804), da. and h. of Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, earl of Lincoln†, s. of Henry, 2nd duke of Newcastle, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 24 May 1814, Anne Judith, da. of Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay†, 3rd bt., of Dogmersfield, Hants, 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 3rd earl of Radnor 27 Jan. 1828. d. 9 Apr. 1869.
Offices Held
Chairman, q. sess. Wilts. (Salisbury) 1815 – 35; recorder, Salisbury 1828 – 36.
Capt. Berks. militia 1803, Berks. vol. cav. 1805; lt.-col. R. Berks. militia 1812, res. 1817.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Coleshill House, nr. Highworth, Berks.
Notes
R.K. Huch, The Radical Lord Radnor (Minnesota Monographs in the Humanities vol. 10, 1977), the only biography, is thin and unreliable.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
PLEYDELL BOUVERIE, William, Visct. Folkestone (1779-1869)
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