Earl Temple

The Baronetcy of Temple, of Stowe, in the Baronetage of England, was created on the 24th of September 1611 for Thomas Temple, eldest son of John Temple of Stowe, Buckinghamshire. His great-grandson Sir Richard, 4th Baronet, was created Baron Cobham on 19 October 1714, and Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham on 23 May 1718, the latter with a special remainder, failing his male issue (of which he had none) to his sisters and their heirs male. Upon his death on the 13th September 1749, the barony of 1714 became extinct. Both the viscountcy and barony of 1718 passed to his elder sister, and the baronetcy passed to his second cousin once removed William Temple, of Nash House, who became 5th Baronet. On the death of Sir William's nephew Sir Richard Temple, 7th Baronet, on 15 November 1786, the baronetcy became dormant.

The Earldom of Temple was created in the Peerage of Great Britain on 18 October 1749 for Hester, 2nd Viscountess Cobham, a sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham. ^[1] She had been married in 1710 to Richard Grenville, of Wotton, Buckinghamshire, and at her death on 6 October 1752, she was succeeded by her eldest son Richard, who became 2nd Earl Temple. His nephew George, 3rd Earl Temple (son of his younger brother George Grenville, who served as Prime Minister), was created Marquess of Buckingham on 4 December 1784. His son Richard, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham and 4th Earl Temple, was created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Earl Temple of Stowe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 4 February 1822, the latter title with a special remainder to allow female descendants to succeed. On the death of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos on 26 March 1889, the Dukedom and Marquessate became extinct, as did the Earldom of 1749. The Earldom of 1822 passed to his nephew William Gore-Langton, son of his sister Lady Anna, and the Viscountcy of Cobham to his fourth cousin once removed, the 5th Lord Lyttelton and Westcote, a great-great-grandson of the younger sister of the 1st Viscount. Both these titles remain extant.

Baronets, of Stowe (1611)

• Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet (1567–1637)
• Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (1592–1653)
• Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet (1634–1697)
• Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet (1669–1749), created Viscount Cobham in 1718
• Sir William Temple, 5th Baronet (1694–1760)
• Sir Peter Temple, 6th Baronet (d. 1761)
• Sir Richard Temple, 7th Baronet (1731–1786); at his death, the title became dormant

Earls Temple (1749)

• Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple (1690–1752), also 2nd Viscountess Cobham ^[1]
• Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779)
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple (1753–1813), created Marquess of Buckingham in 1784
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 4th Earl Temple, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham (1776–1839), created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822
• Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 5th Earl Temple, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861)
• Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 6th Earl Temple, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889)

Earls Temple of Stowe (1822)

• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Earl Temple of Stowe, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776–1839)
• Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861)
• Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889)
• William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe (1847–1902)
• for further Earls, see Earl Temple of Stowe

Family tree

v t e Family tree of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Viscount Cobham, Earl Temple, Earl Temple of Stowe, Baron Cobham, Baron Grenville, Baron Lyttelton, Baron Westcote and Temple baronets

Peter Temple Anthony Temple John Temple Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1611 William Temple 1555–1627 Thomas Temple 1567–1637 1st Baronet, of Stowe Alexander Temple 1583–1629 Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, 1618 John Temple 1600–1677 Peter Temple 1592–1653 2nd Baronet, of Stowe John Temple 1593–1632 James Temple 1606–1680 Thomas Lyttelton 1593–1650 1st Baronet, of Frankley Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1662 Thomas Temple 1613/14–1674 1st Baronet, of Stowe Peter Temple 1613–1660 Henry Lyttelton 1624–1693 2nd Baronet, of Frankley Charles Lyttelton 1628–1716 3rd Baronet, of Frankley Baronet, of Stowe (1662 creation) extinct, 1674 John Temple 1632–1705 Richard Temple 1634–1697 3rd Baronet, of Stowe Eleanor Temple d. 1729 m. Richard Grenville William Temple d. 1706 Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo, 1723 Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (6th creation), 1714 Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (7th creation), 1718 Earl Temple, 1749 Henry Temple c. 1673–1757 1st Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Temple 1675–1749 1st Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Hester Grenville c. 1690–1752 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham and 2nd Baroness Cobham Richard Grenville 1678–1727 Christian Temple Thomas Lyttelton 1686–1751 4th Baronet, of Frankley William Temple 1694–1760 5th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Peter Temple d. 1761 6th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Barony Cobham (1714 creation) extinct, 1749 Henry, Lord Temple Richard Temple 1731–1786 7th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Baron Lyttelton (1st creation), 1756 Baron Westcote, 1776 Baron Lyttelton (2nd creation), 1794 Baronetcy Temple, of Stowe dormant, 1786 Henry Temple 1739–1802 2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Grenville-Temple 1711–1779 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham George Grenville 1712–1770 Hester Grenville 1720–1803 Baroness Chatham m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt George Lyttelton 1709–1773 1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley William Henry Lyttelton 1724–1808 1st Baron Lyttelton Marquess of Buckingham, 1784 Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, 1790 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 1753–1813 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham William Wyndham Grenville 1759–1834 1st Baron Grenville William Pitt the Younger 1759–1806 Thomas Lyttelton 1744–1779 2nd Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley Barony Grenville extinct, 1834 Barony Lyttelton and Baronetcy, of Frankley extinct, 1779 Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos and Earl Temple of Stowe, 1822 Henry John Temple 1784–1865 3rd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1776–1839 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Nugent, 4th Earl Temple, 5th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham George Fulke Lyttelton 1763–1828 2nd Baron Lyttelton William Henry Lyttelton 1782–1837 3rd Baron Lyttelton Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1797–1861 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Marquess of Buckingham, 4th Earl Nugent, 6th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1823–1889 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 4th Marquess of Buckingham, 5th Earl Nugent, 6th Earl Temple, 7th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Anna Eliza Mary (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville) Gore-Langton 1820–1879 William Henry Powell Gore-Langton 1824–1873 George William Lyttelton 1817–1876 4th Baron Lyttelton Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquessates of Buckingham and Chandos, and the Earldoms of Temple (1st creation) and of Nugent extinct, 1889 William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton 1847–1902 4th Earl Temple of Stowe Charles George Lyttelton 1842–1922 8th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton 1871–1902 5th Earl Temple of Stowe Chandos Graham Temple-Gore-Langton 1873–1921 Evelyn Arthur Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton 1884–1972 John Cavendish Lyttelton 1881–1949 9th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Chandos Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton 1909–1966 6th Earl Temple of Stowe Ronald Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton 1910–1988 7th Earl Temple of Stowe Walter Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton 1924–2013 8th Earl Temple of Stowe Charles John Lyttelton 1909–1977 10th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham James Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton b. 1955 9th Earl Temple of Stowe John William Leonard Lyttelton 1943–2006 11th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Christopher Charles Lyttelton b. 1947 12th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Rowan Caradoc Temple-Gore-Langton b. 1987 Oliver Christopher Lyttelton b. 1976 Heir apparent to the Earl Temple of Stowe Heir apparent to the Viscount of Cobham

References

1. "No. 8892". The London Gazette . 10 October 1749. p. 2.

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