Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor, CIE, CBE (8 July 1868 – 26 June 1930),[1] styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900, was a British Conservative Party politician and a British Army officer.

[6] During his year as Mayor, he received the German Emperor Wilhelm II on his visit to Shorncliffe to inspect a cavalry regiment in November 1902.

He saw active service in South Africa in 1900 when he volunteered to serve in a company attached to a regular battalion during the Second Boer War.

[8] Leaving Southampton for Cape Town in February 1900,[9] he returned later the same year as he succeeded to the title on the death of his father.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and brevet colonel commanding the 4th Battalion, and later served in India from 1914 to 1917, where he was Brigadier-General of the Dehra Dun Brigade.