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Radnor, EARL OF. British title 

 borne in turn by the families of 

 Robartes and Pleydell-Bouverie. 

 John Robartes, Lord Robartes of 

 Truro (1606-85), was created earl 

 in 1679. He had been a leading 

 man on the parliamentary side 

 during the Civil War, but was 

 afterwards among the supporters 

 of Charles II, under whom he was 

 lord-lieutenant of Ireland, lord 

 privy seal, and lord president of the 

 council. The title became extinct 

 on the death of the 4th earl, un- 

 married, in 1757. The estates, 

 however, passed to relatives, and 

 after a time to Thomas James 

 Agar-Robartes, Baron Robartes 

 (1808-82), whose son, the 2nd 

 baron, became Viscount Clifden in 

 1899. He settled in Cornwall, 

 where his descendants are still 

 found, Lanhydrock, near Bodmin, 

 the old seat of the earls of Radnor, 

 being their property. 



The second family of earls began 

 with William Bouverie, Viscount 

 Folkestone (1725-76), the descend- 

 ant of a rich merchant of Huguenot 

 descent. He was made earl of 

 Radnor in 1765. His son took the 

 additional name of Pleydell on in- 

 heriting wealth from his maternal 

 grandfather, and subsequently the 

 family name was Pleydell-Bouverie. 

 From him the later earls, nearly 

 all named Jacob, are descended. 

 The earl owns much land at Folke- 

 stone, and his chief seat is Long- 

 ford Castle, Wiltshire. His eldest 

 son is called Viscount Folkestone. 

 See Longford. 



Radnorshire. Inland co. of 

 Wales. Its area is 471 sq. m. In 

 the E. and S. it is fairly level, but 

 the rest of the 

 shire is hilly, and 

 there is some 

 picturesque 

 scenery in the 

 valleys. The 

 wild district in 

 the centre of the 

 county is known 

 as Radnor 

 Forest. The 

 principal river is the Wye ; others 

 are its tributaries, the Elan, Lugg, 

 Arrow, and Ithon. .V 



The Elan is utilised to supply 

 Birmingham with water. An agri- 

 cultural area, oats and wheat are 

 grown and sheep are reared, while 

 about half the land is under per- 

 manent pasture. The L. & N.W. 

 and Cambrian Rlys. serve the co., 

 which unites with Brecon to send 

 a member to Parliament. Pres- 

 teigne is the co. town ; others are 

 Knighton, Rhayader, and Llan- 

 drindod Wells. In early times 

 Radnorshire formed the district of 

 Maesyfed, one ruled by the lords 

 marchers after the conquest of 



Radnorshire arms 



Radnorshire. Map of the inland mountainous county of Wales ' 



Wales by Edward I. Its most 

 notable ecclesiastical building was 

 the rich Cistercian abbey known as 

 Cwmhir. In 1536 it was made a 

 shire on the English model, taking 

 its name from Radnor, then an im- 

 portant place. Pop. (1921) 23,528. 



Radom. Dist. of Poland. It is 

 bounded W. by Kielce and Piotr- 

 kov, N. by Warsaw and Siedlce, E. 

 by Lublin, and S. by Galicia. The 

 soil is in places very fertile, and the 

 chief occupation is agriculture. 

 There are numerous ironworks, 

 sugar factories, tanneries, and dis- 

 tilleries. Its area is 4,700 sq. m. 

 Pop. 1,160,000. 



Radom. Town of Poland and 

 capital of the dist. of the same 

 name. It stands on the river 

 Mlechna and the Ivangorod-Dom- 

 brova rly., about 60 m. S. of War- 

 saw. It has a considerable trade, 

 especially in cattle, and tanning 

 and distilling are important in- 

 dustries. It changed hands several 

 times in the Great War, 1914-15. 

 Pop. 49,000. 



Radom, BATTLE OF. Fought 

 between the Austrians and the 

 Russians, Oct. 25-28, 1914. After 

 their defeat at Ivangorod, Oct. 23, 

 1914, the Austrians were forced 

 back to Radom on Oct. 24, and a 

 heavy battle developed near that 

 town next day, lasting three to 

 four days. N. of the Ilzanka, a 

 tributary of the Vistula, the Ger- 

 man supports of the Austrians 

 were trapped and suffered serious 

 losses; as did the Austrians there 

 and at other points in this thickly 



forested region. The fighting 

 around Radom itself, after a long 

 succession of sanguinary duels in 

 the woods, came to an end on Oct. 

 28 with the occupation of the town 

 by the Russians. From Radom the 

 Austrians retreated to Kielce 

 (q.v.). The town was retaken by 

 them, July 20, 1915, following the 

 great Russian retreat. 



Radomsk OB NOVO-RADOMSK. 

 Town of Poland. It is in the dist., 

 and 30 m. S., of Piotrkov, on the 

 Radomka and the Warsaw- Vienna 

 rly. There are several spinning 

 mills and furniture factories. Pop. 

 13,000. 



Ra do my si. Town of S.W. 

 Russia. It is hi the govt., and 60 m. 

 N.W., of Kiev, on the Teterev. 

 Trade is carried on in grain, cattle, 

 and timber. Its old name was 

 MykorMychek. Pop. 18,000. 



Radowitz, JOSEPH MARIA VON 

 (1797-1853). German soldier and 

 statesman. Born Feb. 6, 1797, he 

 entered the 

 army, fought 

 at Leipzig, 

 and in 1830 

 was promoted 

 artillery chief 

 of staff in the 

 Prussian 

 army. A friend 

 o f Frederick 

 William IV, he 

 was employed 

 in diplomatic missions, 1847-48, and 

 in 1850 became foreign minister to 

 Prussia for a few months. He died 

 Dec. 25, 1853. 



J. M. von Radowitz. 

 German soldier 



