Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (18 September 1815 – 11 March 1889), was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869.[1]
Folkestone was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. On 2 October 1837, he was commissioned a cornet in the Salisbury Troop of the Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry. He was a lieutenant in the Regiment from 20 May 1840 to April 1847.[1]
He married Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, on 3 October 1840. They had twelve children:
- William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900)
- Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (10 October 1842 – 25 January 1909)
- Rev. Hon. Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie (23 April 1845 – 7 November 1926), married Lady Constance Jane Nelson, daughter of Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson
- Lt.-Col. Hon. John Pleydell-Bouverie (18 July 1846 – 28 March 1925), married Grace Malaby and had issue
- Lady Anne Pleydell-Bouverie (c.1847 – 18 September 1915), married Archibald Alexander Speirs
- Hon. Mark Pleydell-Bouverie (27 September 1851 – 17 February 1895)
- Hon. Kenelm Pleydell-Bouverie (29 March 1852 – 11 July 1921), married Evelyn Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and had issue
- Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie (c.1853 – 5 January 1924), married David Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and had issue
- Lady Edith Pleydell-Bouverie (c.1855 – 28 December 1922), married Charles Cotes
- Hon. Christopher Pleydell-Bouverie (30 December 1856 – 22 March 1892)
- Hon. Frank Pleydell-Bouverie (19 April 1858 – 15 July 1909)
- Lady Gertrude Pleydell-Bouverie (19 April 1858 – 11 January 1940), married Arthur Monckton and had issue
Folkestone was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1846 and a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire on 2 May 1855. He succeeded his father as Earl of Radnor in 1869 and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1878.[1]
Radnor served as Governor of the French Hospital. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 3. London: Longmans, Green. p. 97.
- ↑ Tessa Murdoch and Randolph Vigne with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections Cambridge: John Adamson ISBN 978-0-9524322-7-2 OCLC 318092110.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Wade Browne |
High Sheriff of Wiltshire 1846 |
Succeeded by Wadham Locke |
| Preceded by The Marquess of Ailesbury |
Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1878–1889 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Bath |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by William Pleydell-Bouverie |
Earl of Radnor 1869–1889 |
Succeeded by William Pleydell-Bouverie |