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CHAPTER IX. 

 The Earl of Radnor, 1833 ^o 1834. 



The retirement of Mr. Parker did not 

 naturally, diminish the difficulty that had been 

 already experienced in finding a Master. At 

 last Lord Radnor consented to fill the breach, 

 and took over the reins of office. 



Sir William Pleydell-Bouverie, third Earl 

 of Radnor, was the great-grandson of Sir 

 Jacob de Bouverie, second Baronet and first 

 Viscount Folkestone, whose eldest son Wil- 

 liam married, 1 747, Harriet, only daughter of 

 Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, of Coleshill, Berks, 

 by which alliance the estate of Coleshill came 

 to the Radnor family. Lord Folkestone's son 

 by a second marriage, Philip Bouverie, took 

 the name, and inherited the estate of Pusey, 

 Berks, and became the grandfather of the late 

 Philip Pusey, M.P., who was the first elected 

 President of the Royal Agricultural Society, 

 the first President, the Duke of Richmond, 

 having been nominated by the Crown in the 

 Charter of Incorporation. Mr. Philip Bouverie- 



