Background
He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor and Helena Olivia Adeane. He married, firstly, Anne Garden Seth-Smith, daughter of Donald Farquaharson Seth-Smith, on 8 July 1953 and they were divorced in 1962.
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Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie
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He and Anne had two sons:
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor (b 5 January 1955)
Honorary Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie (b 14 January 1958), married Honorary Jane Victoria Gilmour (b 1959), daughter of Sir Ian Gilmour, in 1986 and had issue.
They had four daughters:
Lady Martha Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1964)
Lady Lucy Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1964)
Lady Belinda Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1966) whose husband died recently.
Lady Frances Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1973)
He died at Longford Castle in 2008. From 1971 to 2008 he served as Governor of the French Hospital in Rochester, Kent.
Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2014.
