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 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 House of Commons fr ...

, by his wife the Hon. Anne, 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 ...

. The family home was

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Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

(now

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Political career

Pleydell-Bouverie was returned to Parliament for

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in 1830, a seat he held until the following year, and then represented Downton until 1832. He remained out of the

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for 24 years, but in 1857 he was elected as one of three

Members of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

. He held the seat until 1865.

Family

Pleydell-Bouverie married Maria (11 June 1782-27 Nov 1862), daughter of

Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet (c. 1747 – 22 July 1817) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament (MP). À Court was the son of General William Ashe-à Court and Anne Vernon. He represented Heytesbury in the House of Commo ...

, in 1811. They had five children: *Letitia Anne, who married Rev. Charles Deedes, grandson of

Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (17 September 1733 – 4 September 1791) was a British baronet and Whig politician. Born at Whitehall, he was the only son of Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Palmer, daughter of Sir Thomas ...

. They had one son, Rev. Philip Deedes who by his wife Josephine Parker had one son, General Sir Charles Parker Deedes. *Maria (d. 9 Oct 1903), who married Rev. William Pitt Trevelyan, grandson of

Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Baronet (6 February 1735 – 18 April 1828), of Nettlecombe Court in Somerset, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1777 to 1796. Origins A member of an ancient family of Cornwall, he was the onl ...

and

Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet (22 November 1731 – 28 January 1814) was a British merchant and a Governor of the Bank of England. Life Neave was the son of James Neave and Susanna Trueman. He developed considerable interests in the West Indies ...

. They had four sons. *Unknown daughter who probably was stillborn. *Caroline (d. 8 Feb 1867), married Rev. Hyde Wyndham Beadon, descendant of Bishop Richard Beadon. They had no known issue. *Philip (21 Apr 1821-10 March 1890), married Jane Seymour great great granddaughter of

Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 5th Baronet (1660 or 1663 – 29 December 1740) of Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Tory politician. Early life Seymour was baptized on 18 December 1663, the eldest ...

. They had eight children, including their daughter Janet (wife of Sir Frederick Peel), Frances (wife of the Hon. Alexander Campbell, son of

John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor (11 June 1817 – 29 March 1898), was a British politician. Campbell was the son of John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor, and Lady Elizabeth Thynne. He was known as Viscount Emlyn until the death of his ...

) and Alys (married to Rev. Arundell St John-Mildmay, a descendant of

Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Paulet St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet (30 September 1764 – 11 November 1808), of Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire, was an English politician. Life St John was the only son of Sir Henry Paulet St John, Bt and his wife Dorothea Maria Tuck ...

and PM

George Grenville George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an ...

). She died in November 1862. Pleydell-Bouverie survived her by ten years and died in May 1872, aged 83.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pleydell-Bouverie, Philip 1788 births 1872 deaths Younger sons of earls High Sheriffs of Somerset Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Berkshire UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Whig (British political party) MPs People from Vale of White Horse (district)