Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor
CBE | |
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Member of Parliament for Wilton | |
In office 16 July 1892 – 3 June 1900 | |
Preceded by | Sir Thomas Grove |
Succeeded by | James Morrison |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 July 1868 |
Died | 26 June 1930 | (aged 61)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour
(m. 1891) |
Children | 10, including William |
Parent(s) | William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor Helen Chaplin |
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor,
Early life
Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3]
Career
After two years' service as assistant private secretary to the Right Hon.
Beyond political life, he was an officer in the 4th (
He also chaired a
Lord Radnor served as Governor of the French Hospital. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.[11]
Family
Before inheriting the earldom, Pleydell-Bouverie married Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour, daughter of Charles Balfour (himself great-grandson of Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie and nephew of Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie and Scottish nabob James Balfour), on 20 January 1891, and they had ten children:
- Lady Jeane Pleydell-Bouverie (23 March 1892 – 1976), married Maj. (George) Gerald Petherick (d. 1946) in 1914 and had issue.
- Lady Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie (16 May 1844 – 12 November 1961), married John Henry McNeile.
- William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor (1895–1968)
- Lady Elizabeth Pleydell-Bouverie (27 June 1897 – 1982)
- Capt. Hon. Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (10 September 1899 – 7 May 1951), married Alice Pearl Crake, widow of 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, and had issue.
- Maj. Hon. Bartholomew Pleydell-Bouverie (6 April 1902 - 31 October 1965), married firstly Lady Doreen Clare Hely-Hutchinson, daughter of the 6th Earl of Donoughmore, and had issue and secondly with Katharine Tod.
- Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie (26 June 1903 – 17 September 2002), married Lt.-Col Gerald Barryand had issue.
- Hon. Anthony Pleydell-Bouverie (26 March 1905 – 25 June 1961), married Anita Estelle Costiander.
- Lady Helen Pleydell-Bouverie, OBE (2 January 1908 – 2003), married on 22 July 1931 Lt.-Col Hon. 2nd Viscount Hambleden, and had issue.
- Hon. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie (19 October 1909 – 1981), married firstly Audrey Evelyn James and secondly Audrey Kidston and had issue by the latter.
References
- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
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- ^ "Bouverie or Pleydell-Bouverie, the Hon. Jacob (BVRY886J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36609. London. 11 November 1901. p. 7.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36911. London. 29 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "The German Emperor′s visit - Inspection of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 27177". The London Gazette. 27 March 1900. p. 2043.
- ^ "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36069. London. 19 February 1900. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 31433". The London Gazette. 4 July 1919. p. 8391.
- OCLC 318092110.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]