William des Bouverie

Sir William des Bouverie, 1st Baronet (26 September 1656 – 19 May 1717), was a merchant in London and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

He was the eldest of the seven sons of London Turkey merchant Sir Edward des Bouverie (died 2 April 1694, aged 72) of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His mother, Anne, was the daughter and co-heir of London merchant Jacob de la Forterie. He followed his father and grandfather into trade and amassed a large fortune. His father purchased the manor of Coulsdon from the Mason family in 1688.

William was created a baronet, of St Catherine Cree Church, London, on 19 February 1714. A grandson born there, merchant Lawrence de Bouverie, moved to England where his descendant Sir Edward des Bouverie bought Longford Castle by Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire in 1717.