Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone

The Right Honourable The Viscount Folkestone
Member of Parliament for Salisbury
In office 1741–1747 Serving with Sir Edward Seymour
Preceded by	Peter Bathurst Henry Hoare
Succeeded by	William Bouverie Edward Poore
Personal details
Born	Jacob des Bouverie c. (1694-10-14)14 October 1694 London, England
Died	17 February 1761(1761-02-17) (aged 66)
Spouses	Mary Clarke ​ ​ (m. 1724; died 1739)​ Elizabeth Marsham ​ ​ (m. 1741)​
Children	13
Parent(s)	Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet Anne Urry
Residence	Longford Castle
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (bapt. 14 October 1694 – 17 February 1761) was an English politician, known as Sir Jacob Bouverie, 3rd Baronet from 1737 to 1747.

Early life

Longford Castle, Wiltshire

Lord Folkestone was born Jacob des Bouverie and baptised on 14 October 1694 in St Katharine Cree, London, the son of Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet and his second wife Anne Urry (daughter and heiress of David Urry of London).[1]

On 21 November 1736, he succeeded his elder brother, Edward, in the baronetcy and to Longford Castle.[2] He dropped the prefix "des" in his surname by Act of Parliament on 22 April 1737.[3]

Career

He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1708, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 20 October 1711.[4][5]

He was Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain for Salisbury between 1741 and 1747, and was appointed Recorder of Salisbury in 1744.[3][4]

He was created Viscount Folkestone and Baron Longford on 29 June 1747 and was appointed one of the deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire on 8 November 1750. In 1755 he was elected the first president of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (now the Royal Society of Arts).[3]

Personal life

He married, firstly, Mary Clarke on 31 January 1724 in St Paul's Cathedral, London;[4] she was the daughter of Bartholomew Clarke, merchant of Hardingstone and Mary (née Young), sister and sole heir to Hitch Younge MP.[6][7] Together, they were the parents of five sons and six daughters, but only two sons survived infancy, including:[1]

• William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor (1725–1776), who married twice.[8]
• Mary Bouverie (1726–1729), who died young.[1]
• Jacob Bouverie (1727–1731), who died young.[1]
• Bartholomew Bouverie (1728–1741), who died young.[1]
• Hon. Anne Bouverie (1729–1813), who married Hon. George Talbot, son of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot.[1]
• Hon. Mary Bouverie (1730–1804), who married Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury.[1]
• Harriet Bouverie (1731–1731), who died young.[1]
• Hon. Charlotte Bouverie (1732–1809), who married John Grant of White Waltham (d. 1804).[1]
• Edward Bouverie (1734–1734), who died young.[1]
• Hon. Harriet Bouverie (1736–1777), who married Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet.[1]
• Hon. Edward Bouverie (1738–1810), who married Harriett Fawkener and was the father of Edward Bouverie, Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie.[1]

His first wife died on 16 November 1739, and was buried at Britford, Wiltshire.[4] He married, secondly, Elizabeth Marsham, on 21 April 1741 at Swanscombe in Kent. She was the eldest daughter of Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney and the former Elizabeth Shovell (daughter of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell).[4] They had two sons:[1]

• Jacob Bouverie (1742–1745), who died young.[1]
• Philip Bouverie-Pusey (1746–1828), who married Lady Lucy Cave, widow of Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet, MP, and only daughter of Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough, in 1798.[1]

Lord Folkestone died on 17 February 1761. After his death, his eldest son William inherited his estates. His second surviving son Edward married Harriet Fawkener and became the owner of Delapré Abbey, Northamptonshire. Members of the Bouverie family went on to hold the Salisbury seat in Parliament for almost the next hundred years.[9]

References

1. "Folkestone, Viscount (GB, 1747)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
2. Debrett, John (1814). The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland: In Two Volumes. England. 1. G. Woodfall. p. 263. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 758.
4. Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. LCCN 06-23564. p. 18
5. Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1736 (10 Geo. 2). c. 8
6. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland: The peerage of England. W. Owen. 1790. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
7. Lawson, J. B. "YOUNGE, Hitch (?1688-1759), of Garlic Hill, London and Roehampton, Surr". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
8. "Radnor, Earl of (GB, 1765)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
9. Lea, R. S. "BOUVERIE, Sir Jacob, 3rd Bt. (?1694-1761), of Longford Castle, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Peter Bathurst Henry Hoare	Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1741–1747 With: Sir Edward Seymour	Succeeded by William Bouverie Edward Poore
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Viscount Folkestone 1747–1761	Succeeded by William Bouverie
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Edward des Bouverie	Baronet (of St Catherine Cree Church) 1736–1761	Succeeded by Williame Bouverie