Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor

Who was Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor?

Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869.

Folkestone was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. On 2 October 1837, he was commissioned a cornet in the Salisbury Troop of the Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry. He was a lieutenant in the Regiment from 20 May 1840 to April 1847.

He married Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, on 3 October 1840. They had twelve children:

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor

Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie

Rev. Hon. Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie, married Lady Caroline Nelson, daughter of Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson

Lt.-Col. Hon. John Pleydell-Bouverie, married Grace Malaby and had issue

Lady Anne Pleydell-Bouverie, married Archibald Alexander Speirs

Hon. Mark Pleydell-Bouverie

Hon. Kenelm Pleydell-Bouverie, married Evelyn Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and had issue