Philip Bouverie-Pusey


Philip Bouverie-Pusey was an English heir and landowner.

Early life

Pusey was born Philip Bouverie on 8 October 1746 in Westminster, London. He was the only surviving son of Jacob Bouverie and, his second wife, the former Elizabeth Marsham. Shortly after his birth, his father was created Viscount Folkestone and Baron Longford on 29 June 1747. From his father's first marriage to Mary Clarke, he had many half-siblings, including William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor, Hon. Anne Bouverie, Hon. Mary Bouverie, Hon. Charlotte Bouverie, Hon. Harriet Bouverie, and the Hon. Edward Bouverie.
His mother was the eldest daughter of Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney and the former Elizabeth Shovell. Through his uncle, Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney, he was first cousin of Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney. His father, a son of Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet and his second wife Anne Urry, dropped the prefix "des" in his surname by Act of Parliament on 22 April 1737, and inherited Longford Castle and his father's baronetcy from his brother Edward in 1736.

Career

In 1784, Philip took the surname of Pusey to inherit the manorial Pusey estate in the Vale of White Horse, which had been settled at the north-west Berkshire estate of that name since the eleventh century. His father's sister, the former Jane Bouverie, had married John Allen-Pusey and when he died without issue, Allen-Pusey's sisters selected Philip to inherit the estate. The estate included a large country house, known as Pusey House, designed by John Sanderson for Allen-Pusey in 1753.

Personal life

On 20 August 1798, he was married to Lady Lucy Cave at St George's Hanover Square Church. Lady Lucy was the widow of Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet and daughter of the Rev. Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough and Jane Sherard. Her older brother was Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough. Together, they lived at Pusey House and at Grosvenor Square in London, and were the parents of four sons and five daughters, including:
Pusey died on 14 April 1828 and his widow, Lady Lucy Pusey, died on 27 March 1858.