Death of the 8th Earl of Radnor?

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Just saw a post on alt.talk.royalty that the 8th Earl of Radnor passed
away Sunday evening.

Does anyone have any confirmation?

Thanks.

Brooke

[Michael Rhodes]

The 8th Earl of Radnor died at his home, Longford Castle, near
Salisbury, Wilts, 11 Aug, 2008. He was aged 80. Lord Radnor was Earl
(GB 1765) and also Viscount Folkestone and Baron Longford (GB) and
Baron Pleydell-Bouverie, and a Baronet (GB 1714).

He was born Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 10th Nov 1927, son of the 7th
Earl, KG, KCVO (1895-1968), by his 1st wife, the former Helena Olivia
Adeane (d 1985), scion of that LG family and descended from the
Barons
Leconfield, dau of Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane, CB; educated at
Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; patron of 2 Livings; succeeded
to the family honours on the demise of his father, 1968; married 3
times; (1) 1953 (div 1962) Anne Garden Farquharson Seth-Smith, scion
of that LG family; married (2) 1963 (div 1985), Margaret, dau of
Robin
Fleming; married (3) 1986, Mrs Jillean Gwenellan Pettit, who d 11
March 2004) -known as Jill - previously wife of the late Anthony
Pettit. Lord Radnor leaves 2 sons by his 1st marriage, (1) William,
Viscount Folkestone b 5 Jan 1955, who now succeeds as 9th holder of
the earldom; and (2) the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, who was b 1958;
and 4 daus by his 2nd marriage, (1) Lady Lucy b 1964; (2) Lady Martha
b 1964 (twin); (3) Lady Belinda b 1966; & (4) Lady Frances b 1973.


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[bx...@yahoo.com]

This is one earldom that doesn't have to worry about heirs. The new
Earl has 4 sons. The eldest is Jacob, Vicount Folkestone (b. 1999).

(Info from Debrett's 2008)

Brooke

On Aug 12, 5:54�pm, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Shinjinee]

Hi Brooke. The brother also has heirs, and there are also plenty of
heirs in the collateral branch, or so I believe
(minus a Debrett).Wasn't it a half-nephew of the late Earl who was
eaten by a lion?

Shinjinee

[Shinjinee]

The unfortunate nephew was David Pleydell-Bouverie (aged 19 in
1999).He was elder son and heir of Hon Richard Oakley Pleydell-
Bouverie (b.1947), third and yst son of the 7th Earl, and only son by
his 2nd wife Isobel [Anne Isobel Graham Oakley (1908-1998), widow of
Richard Thomas Reynolds Sowerby]. In 1999, Richard P-B was High
Sheriff of Hertfordshire. His wife's name is Victoria.

He had been educated at Harrow, and was due to inherit his father's
2,000 acre estate at Kimpton, near Luton. His surviviving siblings
were Bartholomew (aged 17 in 1999) and Harriot (aged 15)

Another aristocrat on the trip was one David Boyle, possibly of the
earls of Cork & Orrerry.



Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/566184.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/409714.stm

[extracted and somewhat re-written from the two sources above]

"David Pleydell-Bouverie, 19, from Peters Green, near Luton,
Bedfordshire, died when lions attacked his tent on the shores of Lake
Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 1 August." [1999]. He was killed at the
Matusadona National Park in Zimbabwe, near Lake Kariba.

More information at
http://www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/1999/lions_kill_boy_in_zimbabwe.html

"The elder son of the Hon Richard ... Pleydell-Bouverie and grandson
of the late 7th Earl of Radnor, David Pleydell-Bouverie had been
spending his gap year working for a company called Under Canvas in
Africa before starting university."

http://www.thepeerage.com/p3441.htm#i34402
The unfortunate father of the deceased

http://www.thepeerage.com/p3431.htm#i34302
Anne Isobel Graham Oakley

On Aug 14, 1:07 am, "b...@yahoo.com" <b...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Michael Rhodes]

The Earl of Radnor, who died 11 August 2008 aged 80, was the owner of
Longford Castle in Wiltshire; he preserved and enhanced his
inheritance, and was a knowledgeable custodian of an exceptional
collection of Old Master paintings. His family – the Bouveries – were
Huguenots in the Spanish Netherlands who were persecuted by the
Catholic Duke of Alva, and in the 16th century Laurens des Bouverie, a
silk merchant, moved to London, setting up in Threadneedle Street.
Laurens founded the family fortune on the profits of trade with the
Middle and Far East. His great-grandson, William, became Governor of
the Bank of England and was created a baronet in 1714. Family lore has
it that his son, Edward, spotted Longford Castle while riding near
Salisbury in 1717 and there and then bought it from the Coleraines
with the money he had in his saddlebags.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2560301/The-Earl-of-Radnor.html

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