William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor PC (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900), styled Viscount Folkestone from 1869 to 1889, was a British

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politician. He served as

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under

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between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891.

Background

Pleydell-Bouverie was the eldest son of

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (18 September 1815 – 11 March 1889) was a British nobleman and army officer. He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Fo ...

, by his wife Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of

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. He became known by the

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Political career

Lord Folkestone was returned to parliament for South Wiltshire in 1874. When the Conservatives came to power in 1885 under

, Folkestone was sworn of the

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and appointed

. The South Wiltshire constituency was abolished in 1885 and at the general election of that year, Folkestone was instead returned for

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. He remained as Treasurer of the Household until the Liberals under Gladstone came to office in February 1886. Salisbury returned as prime minister already in August 1885, and Folkestone once again became Treasurer of the Household. In 1889 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. He continued as Treasurer of the Household until 1891. Radnor became a director of the French Hospital in 1889 and served as governor from 1890 to 1900. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.

Family

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Lord Radnor married Helen Matilda Chaplin, daughter of Reverend Henry Chaplin and sister of Lord Chaplin, on 19 June 1866. They had four children: *Hon. Helen Pleydell-Bouverie (19 March 1867 – 30 October 1877). *

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor, (8 July 1868 – 26 June 1930), styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900, was a British Conservative Party politician and a British Army officer. Early life Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of Wi ...

(8 July 1868 – 26 June 1930), married Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour and had issue. *Lady Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie (16 September 1869 – 10 February 1931), married

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom JP KStJ (25 October 1864 – 15 March 1910), was an English Army officer and peer. Early life He was the eldest son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom and the former Lady Alice Villi ...

. Wilma's name was a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words *Hon. Stuart Pleydell-Bouverie DSO, OBE (14 November 1877 – 6 April 1947), married Edith Dorothy Vickers and had issue. Lord Radnor died in June 1900, aged 58, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Jacob. The Countess of Radnor was born in March 1846 and died in September 1929. She was a musician, and

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wrote his famous ''Lady Radnor's Suite'' for her in 1894. She conducted its first performance that year.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of 1841 births 1900 deaths Earls of Radnor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Folkestone, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Radnor, E5 Treasurers of the Household Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies