William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor explained

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor
Birth Date:18 December 1895
Education:Trinity College, Cambridge
Father:Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie
Relatives:William Pleydell-Bouverie (grandfather)
Spouse:
Children:7, including Jacob

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, (18 December 1895 – 23 November 1968) was a British peer.

Biography

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. He and Helena were divorced in 1942.

He married, secondly, Anne Isobel Graham Oakley, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Oakley, on 9 October 1943 and had one child.

Radnor served as Governor of the French Hospital. Successive Earls of Radnor were governors of the hospital from the eighteenth century to 2015.[1]

Arms

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, KG, KCVO, DL
Coronet:An Earl's Coronet
Crest:A demi double headed eagle Sable ducally gorged Or and charged on the breast with a cross crosslet Argent. (not shown)
Escutcheon:Quarterly 1st and 4th per fess Or and Argent a double headed eagle displayed Sable charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules a bend Vair (Bouverie); 2nd and 3rd Argent a bend Gules gutty d'eau between two ravens Sable a chief checky Or and Sable (Playdell).
Supporters:Two eagles reguardant wings elevated Sable ducally gorged Or and charged on the breast with a cross crosslet Argent. (not shown)
Motto:PATRIA CARA CARIOR LIBERTAS (not shown)

Notes and References

  1. Tessa Murdoch and Randolph Vigne with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor, The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections Cambridge: John Adamson .