Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor

British Earl
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish Earl
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth10 November 1927
Death10 August 2008 (aged 80 years)
The details

Biography

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (10 November 1927 – 10 August 2008) was a British nobleman. 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. He and Anne had two sons:
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor (b. 5 January 1955)
Hon. Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 14 January 1958), married Hon. Jane Victoria Gilmour (b. 1959), daughter of Sir Ian Gilmour, in 1986 and had issue.
He married, secondly, Margaret Robin Fleming, daughter of Robin Fleming, in 1963 and they were divorced in 1985. 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 married, thirdly, Mary Jillean Gwenellan Eddy, daughter of William Edward Montague Eddy, in 1986. 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 2015.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Lady Mary Grimston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Henry Chaplin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Helen Chaplin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Caroline Ellice
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. James Balfour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Charles Balfour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Lady Eleanor Maitland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Julian Balfour
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. The Hon. George Liddell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Minnie Liddell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Cecil Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Henry Adeane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Henry Adeane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. The Hon. Matilda Stanley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Charles Adeane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Lady Elizabeth Yorke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. The Hon. Susan Liddell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Helena Adeane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. The Hon. Percy Wyndham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Mary Blunt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Madeline Wyndham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Madeline Campbell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Pamela FitzGerald
 
 
 
 
 
 

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