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.
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]
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]
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]
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]