Background
He was the son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke, and was educated at Oxford. He married, firstly, Harriet Pleydell, daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bt, on 14 January 1748.
He was the son of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke, and was educated at Oxford. He married, firstly, Harriet Pleydell, daughter of Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bt, on 14 January 1748.
William Bouverie from 1747 until 1761. They had one son:
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (4 March 1750 – 27 January 1828)
On 8 November 1750, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire. Honorary William Henry Bouverie (30 October 1752 – 1806)
Honorary
Bartholomew Bouverie (29 October 1753 – 31 May 1835)
Honorary
Edward Bouverie (20 September 1760 – 30 December 1824)
On 22 September 1758, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire. He succeeded his father as Viscount Folkestone on 17 February 1761 and in the office of Recorder of Salisbury on 14 April 1761.
On 31 October 1765, he was created Earl of Radnor and Baron Pleydell-Bouverie. Radnor was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 December 1767.
Royal Society; 11th Parliament of Great Britain. 10th Parliament of Great Britain.
