Background
Born Jacob des Bouverie, he was baptised on 14 October 1694 in Street Katharine Cree, London, the son of Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet and his second wife Anne Urry.
Born Jacob des Bouverie, he was baptised on 14 October 1694 in Street Katharine Cree, London, the son of Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet and his second wife Anne Urry.
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He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1708, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 20 October 1711. He adopted the surname of Bouverie by Acting of Parliament on 22 April 1737. He was created Viscount Folkestone and Baron Longford on 29 June 1747 and was appointed one of the deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire on 8 November 1750.
In 1755 he was elected the first president of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (now the Republic of South Africa ).
The eldest went on to inherit and his second surviving son Edward married Harriet Fawkener and became owner of Delapré.:
William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor (26 February 1725 – 28 January 1776)
Mary Bouverie (29 April 1726 – 1729)
Jacob Bouverie (3 April 1727 – 15 March 1731)
Bartholomew Bouverie (6 April 1728 – 6 March 1741)
Honorary
Anne Bouverie (7 October 1729 – 31 October 1813), married Honorary George Talbot
Honorary Mary Bouverie (2 October 1730 – 12 November 1804), married Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury
Harriet Bouverie (2 October 1731 – 13 December 1731)
Honorary
Charlotte Bouverie (11 November 1732 – 14 March 1809), married John Grant (d 8 January 1804)
Edward Bouverie (b 18 January 1734, d young)
Honorary
Harriet Bouverie (17 October 1736 – 12 November 1777), married Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet
Honorary Edward Bouverie (5 September 1738 – 3 September 1810) – father of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie
Mary died on 16 November 1739, and was buried at Britford, Wiltshire. They had two sons:
Jacob Bouverie (4 June 1742 – 4 February 1745)
Philip Bouverie Pusey (8 October 1746 – 14 April 1828).
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He was Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain for Salisbury between 1741 and 1747, and was appointed Recorder of Salisbury in 1744.