Earl of Radnor
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in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes
John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC , known as The Lord Robartes between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War...
, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II
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. He was made Viscount Bodmin at the same time. Robartes was the son of Richard Robartes, who had been created Baron Robartes, of Truro, in the Peerage of England in 1626. All three titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1757. Anna Maria Hunt, great-niece of the fourth Earl, married the Hon. Charles Bagenal-Agar, youngest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden. Their son Thomas James Agar-Robartes was created Baron Robartes in 1869. For more information on this title, see the Viscount Clifden
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The earldom was created for a second time in the Peerage of Great Britain
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in 1765 when William Bouverie, 2nd Viscount Folkestone, was made Earl of Radnor. The Bouverie family descends from William des Bouveries, a prominent London
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merchant. He was created a Baronet, of St. Catherine Cree Church, London, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1714. His eldest son, the second Baronet, represented Shaftesbury
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in the House of Commons
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. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament
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for Salisbury
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. In 1747 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain
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as Baron Longford and Viscount Folkestone.
His son, the second Viscount, also represented Salisbury in Parliament. In 1765 he was made Baron Pleydell-Bouverie, of Coleshill in the County of Berkshire, and Earl of Radnor. The earldom was created with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to the heirs male of his father. Both peerages were in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor FRS FSA was a British nobleman, styled Hon. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie from 1761 to 1765 and Viscount Folkestone from 1765 to 1776.-Life:...
. He was Member of Parliament for Salisbury and served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
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. The second Earl assumed the additional surname of Pleydell after succeeding to the estates of his maternal grandfather, Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, 1st Baronet (see Pleydell Baronets
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). His son, the third Earl
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor , styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe....
, represented Downton
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and Salisbury in the House of Commons. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor , 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....
. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
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He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Earl
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor PC , styled Viscount Folkestone from 1869 to 1889, was a British Conservative politician...
. He sat as Conservative
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Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire
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and Enfield
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and held political office as Treasurer of the Household
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from 1885 to 1886 under Lord Salisbury
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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. His son, the sixth Earl
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor CIE, CBE was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin, and was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900...
, represented Wilton
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(also known as South Wiltshire) in Parliament as a Conservative and served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his son, the seventh Earl
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, KG, KCVO was born on 18 December 1895 and died in 1968. He was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour....
. He notably held the honorary posts of Keeper of the Privy Seal and Lord Warden of the Stannaries
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and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1962. As of 2009 the titles are held by his grandson, also William Pleydell-Bouverie, the 9th Earl of Radnor, who succeeded his father in 2008.
The family seat is Longford Castle
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in Wiltshire
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Barons Robartes, First Creation (1625)
- Richard Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes (d. 1634)
- John Robartes, 2nd Baron RobartesJohn Robartes, 1st Earl of RadnorJohn Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC , known as The Lord Robartes between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War...
(1606–1685) (created Earl of Radnor in 1679)
Earls of Radnor, First Creation (1679)
- John Robartes, 1st Earl of RadnorJohn Robartes, 1st Earl of RadnorJohn Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor PC , known as The Lord Robartes between 1634 and 1679, was an English politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War...
(1606–1685) - Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor (1660–1723)
- Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (1695–1741)
- John Robartes, 4th Earl of Radnor (1686–1757)
des Bouverie Baronets, of St. Catherine Cree Church (1714)
- Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet (1656–1717)
- Sir Edward des Bouverie, 2nd Baronet (c. 1690–1736)
- Sir Jacob des Bouverie, 3rd Baronet (1694–1761) (created Viscount Folkestone in 1747)
Viscounts Folkestone (1747)
- Jacob des Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (1694–1761)
- William Bouverie, 2nd Viscount Folkestone (1725–1776) (created Earl of Radnor in 1765)
Earls of Radnor, Second Creation (1765)
- William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor (1725–1776)
- Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor FRS FSA was a British nobleman, styled Hon. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie from 1761 to 1765 and Viscount Folkestone from 1765 to 1776.-Life:...
(1750–1828) - William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor , styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe....
(1779–1869) - Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor , 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....
(1815–1889) - William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor PC , styled Viscount Folkestone from 1869 to 1889, was a British Conservative politician...
(1841–1900) - Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor CIE, CBE was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin, and was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900...
(1868–1930) - William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, KG, KCVO was born on 18 December 1895 and died in 1968. He was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour....
(1895–1968) - Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor was a British nobleman. He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie and Helena Olivia Adeane....
(1927–2008) - William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of RadnorWilliam Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor , of Longford Castle, Wiltshire, is an English peer and landowner.The son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor and Anne Garden Seth-Smith, daughter of Donald Farquharson Seth-Smith, Pleydell-Bouverie was educated at Harrow and the Royal...
(b. 1955)
The heir apparent is the present Earl's son Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone (b. 1999)