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…politically powerful millionaire nobleman, Lord Cobham, who lived in splendour in a palatial mansion and vast park at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire, to which William and his friends paid visits. Cobham sent William abroad on “The Grand Tour” of Europe (only France and Switzerland were visited, however) and later bought him…
Temple, Richard, first Viscount Cobham ( 1675–1749 ), politician and landowner, was born on 24 October 1675, the first child of Sir Richard Temple, third baronet (1634–1697), of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, and MP for Buckingham, and his wife and first cousin, Mary (b. after 1640, d. 1726), the daughter of Henry Knapp of Rawlins, Oxfordshire.
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham. The viscountcy of Cobham was created in 1718 for Field Marshal Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet, of Stowe. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet. During his lifetime, the Field Marshal received three titles in the Peerage of Great Britain:
- Oliver Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton
- Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham
Upon his father's death in 1861, his titles were Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; Marquess of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain; and Earl Nugent in the Peerage of Ireland.
Há 1 dia · Richard viscount Cobham, died in 1749, without issue, on which his titles and estates descended to his sister, Hester Grenville above mentioned, who was created, in 1749, countess Temple, with the dignity of earl Temple to her heirs male; she died in 1752, and was succeeded by her eldest son and heir, Richard Grenville Temple, earl ...
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Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham (1675-1749), Field Marshal and politician; MP for Buckinghamshire. Sitter in 8 portraits.
