William Henry Bouverie

William Henry Bouverie (30 October 1752 – 23 August 1806) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 26 years from 1776 to 1802.

[2] In January 1776, Bouverie's father died and his step-brother was raised to the peerage, leaving a vacancy at Salisbury.

Bouverie was returned without a contest as Member of Parliament for Salisbury on the family interest in the ensuing by-election on 19 February 1776.

His health was deteriorating and he retired from Parliament at the 1802 general election in favour of his nephew Viscount Folkestone.

His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine (1806, p. 877) paid tribute to the "polished elegance of his manners", mentioned his interest in literature and medicine, and added that "there were few subjects on which he was not intimately well informed".