bᵻfˌoːɹ ɪnhˈɛɹɪɾɪŋ ðɪ ˈɜːldəm, plˈeɪdɛlbˈuːvɚɹi mˈæɹid dʒˈuːliən ᵻlˈiːnɚɹ ˈædəlˌeɪd bˈælfɚ, dˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv tʃˈɑːɹlz bˈælfɚ hɪmsˈɛlf ɡɹˈeɪtɡɹˈændsʌn ʌv ɹˈɑːbɚt bˈælfɚ, fˈoːɹθ ʌv bˈælbɜːni ænd nˈɛfjuː ʌv ɹˈɑːbɚt bˈælfɚ, sˈɪksθ ʌv bˈælbɜːni ænd skˈɑːɾɪʃ nˈæbɑːb dʒˈeɪmz bˈælfɚ, ˌɔn twˈɛnti dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn, ænd ðeɪ hæd tˈɛn tʃˈɪldɹən:
Before inheriting the earldom, Pleydell-Bouverie married Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour, daughter of Charles Balfour (himself great-grandson of Robert Balfour, 4th of Balbirnie and nephew of Robert Balfour, 6th of Balbirnie and Scottish nabob James Balfour), on 20 January 1891, and they had ten children: