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] 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 grand-daughter 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]
In 2014, Radnor declined to meet a distant relation, the Dutch architect Jan des Bouvrie, who had found that his ancestor Jehan de le Bouvrie (born about 1480), was also the ancestor of the Earls of Radnor.[6]
In 2015, he declined to be interviewed by the Salisbury Journal about plans to build houses on fields he owned near Salisbury Cathedral, but a statement was issued by his estate office.[7]
The Daily Express reported in May 2016, during the European Union referendum campaign, that in 2014 Radnor's company Longford Farms Limited received £453,618 from the European Union to pay for the upkeep of the Longford Castle estate.[8]
References
- ↑ Seth-Smith family tree at seth-smith.org.uk, accessed 5 December 2008
- 1 2 Folkestone, Viscount (born 5 Jan. 1955), in Who's Who 2008 (London, A. & C. Black, 2008
- 1 2 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
- ↑ Verborgen Verleden, season 5, episode 6 (Jan des Bouvrie) at npo.nl (in Dutch)
- ↑ Earl of Radnor refuses interview over controversial plans for 100 homes on meadows dated 17 October 2015, accessed 3 August 2016
- ↑ Nick Gutteridge, Would EU believe it! Sam Cam’s dad rakes in MILLIONS in Euro subsidies in The Daily Express dated 16 May 2016, accessed 3 August 2016
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie |
Earl of Radnor 2008– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |