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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 title of Radnor later descended to Robert's son Charles (1660–1723), who is mentioned by Jonathan Swift in his Journal to Stella, and who managed to regain the Bodvel inheritance. The title became extinct on the death of the fourth earl, John Robartes (1686–1757), eldest son of Francis Robartes. [9]
Robartes was the son of Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin, eldest son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Sarah Bodvel, second daughter of John Bodvel of Bodvile Castle, Cornwall and Ann Russell. His father was ambassador to Denmark in 1681, and his mother was a noted beauty.
John Robartes was born in London in 1686. He was the son of Francis Robartes and his second wife Lady Anne, was the widow of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan, and daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare. [1] He was educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge. [2]
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]
Robartes was the eldest son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Lucy Rich, second daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick. [1] He was educated at Felsted School in Essex and Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1660, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the Convention Parliament. [2]
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.
Robartes was the first son of Russell Robartes (1671–1719), by his marriage to Lady Mary Booth, a daughter of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington. He had a brother and two sisters. His father was a younger son of Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin, the eldest son and heir of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor.