Monarch Victoria Died June 3, 1900 Name William 5th | Monarch Victoria Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin Uncles Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | |
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Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Preceded by The Earl of Breadalbane Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Parents Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor Children Lady Wilma Pleydell-Bouverie, Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor Grandparents William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor Great-grandparents Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor | ||
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor PC (19 June 1841 – 3 June 1900), styled Viscount Folkestone from 1869 to 1889, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891.
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Background
Pleydell-Bouverie was the eldest son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor, by his wife Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston, daughter of James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam. He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Folkestone when his father succeeded in the earldom of Radnor in 1869.
Political career
Lord Folkestone was returned to parliament for South Wiltshire in 1874. When the Conservatives came to power in 1885 under Lord Salisbury, Folkestone was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household. The South Wiltshire constituency was abolished in 1885 and at the general election of that year, Folkestone was instead returned for Enfield. He remained as Treasurer of the Household until the Liberals under Gladstone came to office in February 1886. Salisbury returned as prime minister already in August 1885, and Folkestone once again became Treasurer of the Household. In 1889 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He continued as Treasurer of the Household until 1891.
Radnor became a director of the French Hospital in 1889 and served as governor from 1890 to 1900. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.
Family
Lord Radnor married Helen Matilda Chaplin, daughter of Reverend Henry Chaplin and sister of Lord Chaplin, on 19 June 1866. They had four children:
Lord Radnor died in June 1900, aged 58, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Jacob. The Countess of Radnor was born in March 1846 and died in September 1929. She was a musician, and Sir Hubert Parry wrote his famous Lady Radnor's Suite for her in 1894. She conducted its first performance in that year.