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

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from 1771 to 1776 when he succeeded to the

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Earl of Radnor Earl of Radnor, in the County of Wiltshire, is a title which has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. The ea ...

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of

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 ...

and Harriet Pleydell, the daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell of

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(now

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). Jacob was educated at Harrow and

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, from which he took a BA in 1770 and an MA in 1773. He was returned to the

for

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upon his coming of age in 1771. He succeeded his father as Earl of Radnor on 23 January 1776 and as

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on 13 March 1776. On 15 February 1779, Radnor was made a

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. He was commissioned a captain in the Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia on 27 September 1779. On 30 November 1780, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for

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, and, on 19 November 1791,

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, a post he resigned in 1819 due to ill health. From 24 December 1791 to 8 May 1800, he was also colonel of the

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. Radnor became a director of the French Hospital in 1789, later serving as governor. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.Tessa Murdoch and

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with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, ''The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections'' Cambridge: John Adamson . On 12 February 1795, Radnor was made a

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, and was appointed High Steward of Wallingford in 1799. On 20 January 1802, he was also appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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. He died at

Longford Castle Longford Castle stands on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is the seat of the Earl of Radnor, and an example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. History In 1573 Thomas Gorges acquired the manor (at the t ...

in 1828 and was succeeded by his eldest son.

Family

Radnor resided at Longford Castle and his mother's property, Coleshill House, and married Hon. Anne Duncombe, daughter of

Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (c. 1695 – 18 June 1763), was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Feversham. Duncombe was the son of Anthony Du ...

and Anne Hales, on 24 January 1777 and had seven children: *Lady Mary Anne Pleydell-Bouverie (28 April 1778 – 5 October 1790) *

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor (11 May 1779 – 9 April 1869), styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe. Career After studying at the University of ...

(1 May 1779 – 9 April 1869) *Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Pleydell-Bouverie (28 June 1780 – 5 November 1850) *Hon. Lawrence Pleydell-Bouverie (6 August 1781 – 23 November 1811) *Lady Harriet Pleydell-Bouverie (2 September 1782 – 31 December 1794) *Lady Barbara Pleydell-Bouverie (17 October 1783 – 26 June 1798) *Rev. Hon. Frederick Pleydell-Bouverie (16 November 1785 – 6 June 1857); married Elizabeth Sullivan, daughter of

Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan, 1st Baronet (10 December 1752 – 17 July 1806) was a British MP and writer. Biography He was the third son of Benjamin Sullivan of Dromeragh, Co. Cork, by his wife Bridget, daughter of Paul Limrick, D.D. With the ...

. They had ten children. *Hon.

Philip Pleydell-Bouverie Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (21 October 1788 – 27 May 1872), was a British Whig politician. Background Pleydell-Bouverie was a younger son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, by his wife the Hon. Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe ...

(21 October 1788 – 27 May 1872)

References

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