William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor

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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 married, firstly, Helena Olivia Adeane, daughter of Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane and Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Wyndham, on 11 October 1922 and had six children. He and Helena were divorced in 1942.

He married, secondly, Anne Isobel Graham Oakley, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Oakley, on 9 October 1943 and had one child.

  • Hon. Richard Oakley Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 25 June 1947)
Government offices
Preceded by
The Lord Clinton
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1933–1965
Succeeded by
The Earl Waldegrave
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie
Earl of Radnor
1930–1968
Succeeded by
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie