Education
Folkestone was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.
Folkestone was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869. 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.
They had twelve children:
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900)
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Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (10 October 1842 – 25 January 1909)
Review Honorary Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie (23 April 1845 – 7 November 1926), married Lady Constance Jane Nelson, daughter of Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson
Lieutenant-Colonel
Honorary John Pleydell-Bouverie (18 July 1846 – 28 March 1925), married Grace Malaby and had issue
Lady Anne Pleydell-Bouverie (c1847 – 18 September 1915), married Archibald Alexander Speirs
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Mark Pleydell-Bouverie (27 September 1851 – 17 February 1895)
Honorary Kenelm Pleydell-Bouverie (29 March 1852 – 11 July 1921), married Evelyn Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and had issue
Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie (c1853 – 5 January 1924), married David Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and had issue
Lady Edith Pleydell-Bouverie (c1855 – 28 December 1922), married Charles Cotes
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Christopher Pleydell-Bouverie (30 December 1856 – 22 March 1892)
Honorary 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.