Tim Bouverie

Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie (born June 1987) is a British historian and former political journalist at Channel 4 News.^[1]

Tim Bouverie
Born	Timothy Pleydell-Bouverie June 1987
Nationality	British
Education	Bryanston School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation(s)	Historian, journalist
Relatives	Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor (grandfather) Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (grandfather)
Family	Earl of Radnor, Pleydell-Bouverie

Early life and education

Bouverie was educated at Bryanston School before going to Christ Church, Oxford, to read history.^[2][3]

Career

Between 2013 and 2017, Bouverie was a political journalist at Channel 4 News, working first for the television programme Dispatches and later as a producer for Michael Crick.^[4][5]

His first book, Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War, was published by Bodley Head in April 2019.^[6][7][8] A Sunday Times bestseller, it was described by Antony Beevor as an "astonishingly accomplished debut".^[9][10] A second book, Allies at War: The Politics of Defeating Hitler, was published in 2025 and was called "revelatory" by Adam Sisman, writing in The Guardian.^[11]

Books

• Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War (Bodley Head, 2019)^[12][13]
• Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World (Penguin Random House, 2025)