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Earl of Radnor, of the County of Radnor, is a title which has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes , a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II .
The Earl of Radnor: 1765 William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor Great Britain Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone: 75 The Earl Spencer: 1765 Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer: Great Britain Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp: 76 The Earl Bathurst: 1772 Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst: Great Britain Benjamin Bathurst, Lord Apsley: 77
The Countess of Radnor was born in March 1846 and died in September 1929. [1] She was a musician who in 1881 founded her own string orchestra for women players, initially Lady Folkestone's Band, then Lady Radnor's Band. [12] Sir Hubert Parry wrote his famous Lady Radnor's Suite for her in 1894. She conducted its first performance that year.
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor FRS FSA (4 March 1750 – 27 January 1828), styled Hon. Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie from 1761 to 1765 and Viscount Folkestone from 1765 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1771 to 1776 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Radnor.
Radnor was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour. His education was Harrow School , and later Trinity College, Cambridge . 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.
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (18 September 1815 – 11 March 1889) was a British nobleman and army officer. He 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. [1]
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor (11 May 1779 – 9 April 1869), styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and the Hon. Anne Duncombe.
Lady Helen Pleydell-Bouverie, OBE (2 January 1908 – 2003), married on 22 July 1931 Lt.-Col Hon. David John Smith, son of the 2nd Viscount Hambleden, and had issue. Hon. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie (19 October 1909 – 1981), married firstly Audrey Evelyn James and secondly Audrey Kidston and had issue by the latter.