Bartholomew Bouverie

British politician

For the British statesman who used this pen-name at Eton, see William Gladstone.

The Honourable

Bartholemew Bouverie

Member of Parliament for Downton
In office
1826–1830

Serving with Alexander Powell

Preceded by| Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt
Robert Southey
Succeeded by| James Brougham
Charles Shaw-Lefevre
In office
1819–1826

Serving with Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, Bt

Preceded by| Viscount Folkestone
Sir William Scott
Succeeded by| Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt
Robert Southey
In office
1806–1812

Serving with Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie, Sir Thomas Plumer

Preceded by| The Lord de Blaquiere
Viscount Marsham
Succeeded by| Sir Thomas Plumer
Charles Henry Bouverie
In office
1790–1796

Serving with Sir William Scott

Preceded by| Robert Shafto
Lord William Seymour-Conway
Succeeded by| Sir William Scott
Hon. Edward Bouverie
In office
December 1779 – February 1780

Serving with Sir Philip Hales, Bt

Preceded by| Sir Philip Hales, Bt
Thomas Duncombe
Succeeded by| Sir Philip Hales, Bt
Robert Shafto
Personal details
Born| (1753-10-29)29 October 1753
Died| 31 May 1835(1835-05-31) (aged 81)
Relations| Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor (half-brother)
William Henry Bouverie (brother)
Sir John Alleyne, 1st Baronet (uncle)
Parent(s)| William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor
Rebecca Alleyne
Education| Harrow School
Alma mater| University College, Oxford

The Hon. Bartholemew Bouverie (29 October 1753 – 31 May 1835), was a British politician.

## Early life

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Bouverie was the third son of William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor, by his second wife Rebecca Alleyne, daughter of John Alleyne, of Four Hills, Barbados, and sister of Sir John Alleyne, 1st Baronet.[1] He was the half-brother of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, and the full brother of William Henry Bouverie and Edward Bouverie.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone and Mary Clarke (the daughter of Bartholomew Clarke, merchant of Hardingstone and Mary (née Young), sister and sole heir to Hitch Younge MP).[3][4]

He was educated at Harrow in c. 1766 and University College, Oxford in 1772.[2][5]

## Career

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Bouverie was returned to Parliament for Downton in December 1779, but was unseated on petition already in February of the following year. He was once again returned for the constituency in 1790, and continued to represent it until 1796. From 1802 to 1806 he was a Commissioner for auditing public accounts.[2]

The latter year he was returned for Downton for a third time, and now held the seat until 1812 and again between 1819 and June 1826, when he lost his seat. However, he was once again elected in December 1826, and continued to sit for the constituency until 1830. In 1829 he had been appointed a Metropolitan Commissioner for Lunacy, which he remained until his death. Bouverie was seldom active in the House of Commons and is not known to have ever spoken.[2]

## Personal life

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Mrs. Harriet Bouverie and Mrs. Frances Ann Crewe, by Giuseppe Filippo Liberati Marchi, 1770 (at the Yale Center for British Art)

On 9 March 1779, Bouverie married Mary Wyndham Arundell, daughter of the Hon. James Everard Arundell (a son of 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour) and Ann Wyndham.[6] Together, they were the parents of:

* Henry James Bouverie (1781–1832), a Commissioner of Customs.[6]
* Rev. Edward Bouverie (1782–1874), the Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 1820 and 1874; he married Lady Frances Courtenay, daughter of Rt. Rev. Henry Reginald Courtenay and Lady Elizabeth Howard (a daughter of 2nd Earl of Effingham), in 1811.[6]
* The Ven. William Arundell Bouverie (1797–1877), the Archdeacon of Norfolk; he married Hon. Frances "Fanny" Sneyd, daughter of Walter Sneyd and Hon. Louisa Bagot (daughter of the 1st Baron Bagot), in 1831.[6]
* Charlotte Bouverie (d. 1810), who married Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet, MP for Winchester who was the eldest son of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 3rd Baronet.[6]
* Harriet Bouverie (d. 1834), who married Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery, (grandparents of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom); she caused a society scandal when she had an affair with her brother-in-law Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet (the widower of her deceased sister Charlotte). She obtained a divorce from Rosebery and married St John-Mildmay in Stuttgart after obtaining a special permission by the King of Württemberg.[6]
* Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie (d. 1864), who married Paulet St John-Mildmay, brother of Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, 4th Baronet.[6]

His wife died in February 1832. Bouverie survived her by three years and died in May 1835, aged 81.[2]

## References

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1. ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 11.
2. ^ a b c d e historyofparliamentonline.org BOUVERIE, Hon. Bartholomew (1753-1835), of 21 Edward Street, Portman Square, Mdx. Originally published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009.
3. ^ The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of England. W. Owen. 1790. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. ^ Lawson, J. B. "YOUNGE, Hitch (?1688-1759), of Garlic Hill, London and Roehampton, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
5. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Bouverie, Hon. Bartholomew" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
6. ^ a b c d e f g Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, p. 3249.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie

Parliament of Great Britain

Preceded by

Sir Philip Hales, Bt
Thomas Duncombe

|  Member of Parliament for Downton
December 1779 – February 1780
With:  Sir Philip Hales, Bt | Succeeded by

Sir Philip Hales, Bt
Robert Shafto

Preceded by

Robert Shafto
Lord William Seymour-Conway

|  Member of Parliament for Downton
1790–1796
With:  Sir William Scott | Succeeded by

Sir William Scott
Hon. Edward Bouverie

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by

The Lord de Blaquiere
Viscount Marsham

|  Member of Parliament for Downton
1806–1812
With:  Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie 1806–1807
Sir Thomas Plumer 1807–1812  | Succeeded by

Sir Thomas Plumer
Charles Henry Bouverie

Preceded by

Viscount Folkestone
Sir William Scott

|  Member of Parliament for Downton
1819–June 1826
With:  Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, Bt | Succeeded by

Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt
Robert Southey

Preceded by

Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt
Robert Southey

|  Member of Parliament for Downton
December 1826–1830
With:  Alexander Powell | Succeeded by

James Brougham
Charles Shaw-Lefevre
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