Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (bapt. 14 October 1694 – 17 February 1761) was an English politician, known as Sir Jacob Bouverie, 3rd Baronet from 1737 to 1747.

Early life

Lord Folkestone was born Jacob des Bouverie and baptised on 14 October 1694 in

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, the son of

Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet (26 September 1656 – 19 May 1717), was a merchant in London and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the eldest of the seven sons of London Turkey merchant Sir Edward des Bouverie (died 2 Ap ...

and his second wife Anne Urry (daughter and heiress of David Urry of London). On 21 November 1736, he succeeded his elder brother,

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, in the baronetcy and to

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. He dropped the prefix "des" in his surname by

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on 22 April 1737.

Career

He was admitted to the

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in 1708, and matriculated at

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on 20 October 1711.

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(1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 18 He was

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in the

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for

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between 1741 and 1747, and was appointed

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in 1744. He was created Viscount Folkestone and Baron Longford on 29 June 1747 and was appointed one of the deputy lieutenants of

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on 8 November 1750. In 1755 he was elected the first president of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (now the Royal Society of Arts).

Personal life

He married, firstly, Mary Clarke on 31 January 1724 in

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, London; she was the daughter of Bartholomew Clarke, merchant of

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and Mary (née Young), sister and sole heir to

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MP. Together, they were the parents of five sons and six daughters, but only two sons survived infancy, including: *

William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor 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. He was the eldest son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke, and was edu ...

(1725–1776), who married twice. * Mary Bouverie (1726–1729), who died young. * Jacob Bouverie (1727–1731), who died young. * Bartholomew Bouverie (1728–1741), who died young. * Hon. Anne Bouverie (1729–1813), who married Hon. George Talbot, son of

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. * Hon. Mary Bouverie (1730–1804), who married

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. * Harriet Bouverie (1731–1731), who died young. * Hon. Charlotte Bouverie (1732–1809), who married John Grant of White Waltham (d. 1804). * Edward Bouverie (1734–1734), who died young. * Hon. Harriet Bouverie (1736–1777), who married

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. * Hon. Edward Bouverie (1738–1810), who married Harriett Fawkener and was the father of Edward Bouverie, Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie. His first wife died on 16 November 1739, and was buried at

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, Wiltshire. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Marsham, on 21 April 1741 at

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in Kent. She was the eldest daughter of

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and the former Elizabeth Shovell (daughter of Admiral Sir

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). They had two sons: * Jacob Bouverie (1742–1745), who died young. *

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(1746–1828), who married Lady Lucy Cave, widow of

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, MP, and only daughter of

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, in 1798. Lord Folkestone died on 17 February 1761. After his death, his eldest son

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inherited his estates. His second surviving son Edward married

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and became the owner of

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, Northamptonshire. Members of the Bouverie family went on to hold the Salisbury seat in Parliament for almost the next hundred years.

References

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