William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor

Who was 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.

He first entered the House of Commons for Downton upon reaching his majority in 1801, switching to Salisbury in 1802. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire on 22 November 1801.

He married, firstly, Lady Catherine Pelham-Clinton, daughter of Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, on 2 October 1801 and had two children:

Lady Catherine Pleydell-Bouverie, married Edward Pery Buckley

a stillborn daughter

On 31 March 1803, he was commissioned a captain in the Berkshire Regiment of Militia, and a captain in the Berkshire Yeomanry on 14 March 1805. From 9 December 1812 to August 1817, he was lieutenant-colonel of the Berkshire Regiment of Militia.

He married, secondly, Judith Anne St John-Mildmay, daughter of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet on 24 May 1814 and had six children:

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor

Hon. Ann Maria Pleydell-Bouverie