William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor (born 5 January 1955), of Longford Castle, Wiltshire, is an English peer and landowner.
The son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, by his marriage to Anne Garden Seth-Smith, daughter of Donald Farquharson Seth-Smith,[1] whose great grandfather was Seth Smith (property developer) who built large proportions of Mayfair and Belgravia in the early 1800s.
Pleydell-Bouverie was educated at Harrow and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Until the death of his father, he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Folkestone.[2]
In 1996 he married Melissa Stanford, daughter of J. K. E. Stanford,[3] formerly Director-General of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation,[4] and a granddaughter of the author J. K. Stanford. They have four sons and two daughters: Lady Hope (born 1997); Jacob, Viscount Folkestone (born 1999); Luke (born 2000); Dan (born 2002);[3] Edward (born 2004); and a daughter born in 2007.[5] The heir apparent is their eldest son, Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone.[2]
References
- Seth-Smith family tree at seth-smith.org.uk, accessed 5 December 2008
- Folkestone, Viscount (born 5 Jan. 1955), in Who's Who 2008 (London, A. & C. Black, 2008
- Burke's Peerage, volume 3 (2003), p. 3,248
- Stanford, James Keith Edward, in Who's Who 2008 (London, A. & C. Black, 2008
- Notice in The Daily Telegraph dated 27 September 2007
Further reading
- Smith, Amelia (2017). Longford Castle: The Treasures and the Collectors. London: Unicorn. ISBN 978-1-910787-68-7.
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie |
Earl of Radnor 2008– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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