Philip Pleydell-Bouverie

Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (21 October 1788 27 May 1872), was a British Whig politician.

Background

Pleydell-Bouverie was a younger son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, by his wife the Hon. Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham. The family home was Coleshill House in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Political career

Pleydell-Bouverie was returned to Parliament for Cockermouth in 1830, a seat he held until the following year, and then represented Downton until 1832. He remained out of the House of Commons for 24 years, but in 1857 he was elected as one of three Members of Parliament for Berkshire. He held the seat until 1865.

Family

Pleydell-Bouverie married Maria, daughter of Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet, in 1811. They had five children:

She died in November 1862. Pleydell-Bouverie survived her by ten years and died in May 1872, aged 83.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Garlies
Laurence Peel
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth
18301831
With: Lord Garlies
Succeeded by
John Lowther
Sir James Scarlett
Preceded by
James Brougham
Thomas Creevey
Member of Parliament for Downton
18311832
With: Thomas Creevey
Constituency disenfranchised
Preceded by
Robert Palmer
The Viscount Barrington
George Henry Vansittart
Member of Parliament for Berkshire
18571865
With: Robert Palmer 18571859
George Henry Vansittart 18571859
Leicester Viney Vernon 18591860
John Walter 18591865
Richard Benyon 18601865
Succeeded by
Richard Benyon
Robert Loyd-Lindsay
Sir Charles Russell, Bt
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Robert Charles Tudway
High Sheriff of Somerset
1843
Succeeded by
John Fownes Luttrell
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