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Admiral The Honourable Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (28 June 1780 – 5 November 1850), was a British naval commander and Whig politician.
Pleydell-Bouverie was the second son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor of Coleshill House in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), and the Honourable Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham. William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor, was his elder brother.[1]
Pleudell-Bouverie was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.[1] He also sat as Member of Parliament for Downton between 1806 and 1807[2] and for Salisbury between 1828 and 1832 and again from 1833 to 1835.[3] He is not recorded as having ever spoken in the House of Commons.[4] He hoisted his flag in HMS Victory as Port Admiral at Portsmouth in 1837.
Pleydell-Bouverie married Louisa, daughter of Joseph May, in 1809. He died in November 1850, aged 70.[1]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
The Lord de Blaquiere
Viscount MarshamMember of Parliament for Downton
1806–1807
With: Hon. Bartholomew BouverieSucceeded by
Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
Sir Thomas PlumerPreceded by
Viscount Folkestone
Wadham WyndhamMember of Parliament for Salisbury
1828–1832
With: Wadham WyndhamSucceeded by
Wadham Wyndham
William Bird BrodiePreceded by
Wadham Wyndham
William Bird BrodieMember of Parliament for Salisbury
1833–1835
With: William Bird BrodieSucceeded by
William Bird Brodie
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