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Philip Bouverie-Pusey (8 October 1746 – 14 April 1828) was an English heir and landowner.

Early life

Pusey was born Philip Bouverie on 8 October 1746 in

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. He was the only surviving son of Jacob Bouverie and, his second wife, the former Elizabeth Marsham. Shortly after his birth, his father was created

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and Baron Longford on 29 June 1747. From his father's first marriage to Mary Clarke, he had many half-siblings, including

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, Hon. Anne Bouverie (wife of Hon. George Talbot, son of

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), Hon. Mary Bouverie (wife of

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), Hon. Charlotte Bouverie (wife of John Grant), Hon. Harriet Bouverie (wife of

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), and the Hon. Edward Bouverie (father of Edward Bouverie and Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie). His mother was the eldest daughter of

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and the former Elizabeth Shovell (daughter of Admiral Sir

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). Through his uncle,

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, he was first cousin of

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. His father, a son of

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and his second wife Anne Urry (daughter and heiress of David Urry of London), dropped the prefix "des" in his surname by

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on 22 April 1737, and inherited

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and his father's baronetcy from his brother

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in 1736.

Career

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In 1784, Philip took the surname of Pusey to inherit the manorial Pusey estate in the

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, which had been settled at the north-west

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estate of that name since the eleventh century. His father's sister, the former Jane Bouverie, had married John Allen-Pusey and when he died without issue, Allen-Pusey's sisters selected Philip to inherit the estate (which had been bequeathed to Allen, who took the additional name of Pusey, by his uncle, Charles Pusey, who died in 1710). The estate included a large

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, known as Pusey House, designed by

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for Allen-Pusey in 1753.

Personal life

On 20 August 1798, he was married to Lady Lucy Cave (

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Sherard) (1771–1858) at

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. Lady Lucy was the widow of

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(former MP for

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) and daughter of the Rev.

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and Jane (née Reeve) Sherard. Her older brother was

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. Together, they lived at Pusey House and at

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in London, and were the parents of four sons and five daughters, including: *

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(1799–1855), who married Lady Emily Frances Theresa Herbert, daughter of

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and

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, in 1822. * Edward Bouverie-Pusey (1800–1882), a religious professor and one of the leaders of the

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who married Margaret Raymond-Parker, daughter of John Raymond-Barker of Fairford Park. * Elizabeth Bouverie-Pusey (1803–1883), who married the Rev. James H. Montagu Luxmoore, son of Rt. Rev.

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and brother of

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. * Charlotte Bouverie-Pusey (1807–1883), who married

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in 1839. * William Bouverie-Pusey (1810–1888), the Rector at

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who married Catherine Freeman, daughter of Thomas Freeman. Pusey died on 14 April 1828 and his widow, Lady Lucy Pusey, died on 27 March 1858.

References

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