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 Treasurer of the Household 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, by his wife Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. 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 Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household. The South Wiltshire constituency was abolished in 1885 and at the general election of that year, Folkestone was instead returned for Enfield. 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

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). *

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(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. Wilma's name was a

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of her parents' names, William and Matilda. *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.

Helen, Lady Radnor

The Countess of Radnor was born in March 1846 and died in September 1929. She was a musician who in 1881 founded her own string orchestra for women players, initially Lady Folkestone's Band, then Lady Radnor's Band. Sir Hubert Parry wrote his famous ''Lady Radnor's Suite'' for her in 1894. She conducted its first performance that year.'Helen Lady Radnor', obituary, ''The Times'', 12 September 1929, p. 14

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of 1841 births 1900 deaths Earls of Radnor

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