Edward des Bouverie

Sir Edward des Bouverie, 2nd Baronet (1688 – 21 November 1736) was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1719 to 1734. In 1717 he inherited his title three years after its grant to his father, and his combined wealth enabled him to purchase Longford Castle in Wiltshire, which later became a home of his brother's most senior descendants and has been in the family for more than 300 years.

des Bouverie bought Longford Castle; one tower was demolished and great extensions were carried out by later generations of the family – mainly as Earls of Radnor (a title recreated in 1765 for his great-nephew)