Edward Pleydell-Bouverie
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Edward Pleydell-Bouverie (1818 – 1889) was a British politician.
The second son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating as a Master of Arts in 1838. He became a barrister and was called to the Inner Temple in 1843.
He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock from 1844-74. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1850-1852, Paymaster-General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade from March to August 1855, and as President of the Poor Law Board from 1855-8. He opposed Gladstone's Irish University Bill of 1873.
He wrote numerous letters to The Times signing himself as "E.P.B".
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Lord Stanley of Alderley |
Paymaster-General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1855 |
Succeeded by: Robert Lowe |
| Preceded by: Matthew Talbot Baines |
President of the Poor Law Board 1855–58 |
Succeeded by: Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt |
