Genealogy of the Temple family, Earls Temple of Stowe
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Arms: Quarterly I and IV quarterly Sable and Or a bend Argent (Langton), II Gules a fess between three cross crosslets fitchée Or (Gore), III quarterly I and IV Or an eagle displayed Sable II and III Argent two bars Sable each charged with three martlets Or (Temple).
Crests: (1) An eagle Or and a wyvern Vert both of their necks entwined reguardant (Langton); (2) On a mount Vert an heraldic tiger salient Argent collared Gules (Gore); (3) On a ducal coronet a martlet Or (Temple).
Supporters: Dexter a lion rampant per fess nebuly Or and Gules gorged with a ribbon of the last pendant therefrom an escutcheon of the Arms of Langton; Sinister a horse Argent semée of eaglets displayed Sable gorged with a ribbon Gules pendant therefrom an escutcheon of the Arms of Gore.
Mottoes: (1) Templa Quam Delecta (Latin: How delightful are the temples – Temple). (2) Frangas Non Flectes (Latin: You may break but you will not bend me – Gore). (3) In Hoc Signo Vinces (Latin: In this sign thou shalt conquer – Langton).
James Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton, 9th Earl Temple of Stowe [The Rt Hon The Earl Temple of Stowe, The Cottage, Easton, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1BH; Garth, Outertown, Stromness, Orkney (2003)]; b 11 Sept 1955; suc f 17 Sept 2013; educ Peter Symonds GS Winchester, Winchester Coll, Bristol Univ; an accountant; mar 2008, ●Julie Christine, dau of Alan Mainwaring, of Brampton, Cumbria, and has issue,
1. ●Hon Rowan Caradoc; b 1987 (out of wedlock); mar 13 Sept 2014, ●Victoria Rose (b 1988), dau of Mark Motyer, by Elizabeth A. Myers, and has issue,
1.1. ●Theodore Holme; b 2001.
2. ●Lady Jenny Megan; b 1990.
Lineage of Temple: Robert Temple, feudal Ld of Temple, Leics temp Henry III, was ancestor of,
Peter Temple, feudal Ld of Stowe, Bucks temp Edward VI; mar Millicent, dau of William Kekyll, of Newington, Middx, and had issue,
1. John (see below).
2. Anthony, of Coughton, Warwicks; mar Jane Bargrave, and was allegedly f of,
2.1. Sir William Kt (4 May 1622), MP, MP(Ir); b 1555; educ Eton, King’s Coll Camb (BA 1577/78; MA 1581); MP for Tamworth 1597; MP(Ir) for Dublin Univ 1613-1626/27; Provost of Trinity Coll Dublin 1609-1626/27; Master in Chancery [I] 1609/10; mar Martha, dau of Robert Harrison, of Derbys; d 15 Jan 1626/27, leaving issue,
2.1.1. Sir John Kt (16 July 1633), PC(Ir) (1641), MP, MP(Ir), of Ballycrath, co Carlow; b ca 1601; educ Trinity Coll Dublin (BA 1617; Fellow 1618-27; MA 1620); MP(Ir) for Meath 1642-49; MP: Chichester 1645, Tregony 1660; Master of the Rolls [I] 1641-77; Jt Ld Commsnr of the Great Seal [I] 1648-49; mar 1627, Mary (d 8 Nov 1638 at Penshurst, Kent), dau of Dr John Hammond MD, of Chertsey, Surrey; d 14 Nov 1677 (bur at Trinity Coll Dublin), leaving with other issue,
2.1.1.1. Sir William Temple, 1st Bt, of Sheen, Surrey [E] (so cr 31 Jan 1665/66); bapt 30 Apr 1628; educ Bishops Stortford Sch, Emmanuel Coll Oxf, Balliol Coll Oxf; MP(Ir): Carlow 1660, co Carlow 1661-63; MP: Northampton 1678, Camb Univ 1679-81; Envoy to Brussels 1665-67; Amb to The Hague 1668-70, 1674-79; Master of the Rolls [I] 1677-96; mar 31 Jan 1654/55, Dorothy (b 1627; bur 7 Feb 1694/95), sis of Sir John Osborn, 1st Bt, of Chicksands (qv); dspms 27 Jan 1698/99, when the baronetcy became EXTINCT,
2.1.1.1.1. John; Paymaster-Gen and SoS for War 1689; mar Mary de Plessis Rambouillet; dvp spm 1689 having committed suicide,
2.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth; mar her cousin, John Temple, and had issue (see below).
2.1.1.1.1.2. Dorothy; b 1688; mar 7 March 1710 at St Paul’s Ch, Covent Gdn, London, Nicholas Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Suffolk (b 24 May 1686; d 29 Apr 1767), s and h of Nicholas Bacon, of the same (see BACON of Redgrave and Mildenhall, Bt); d 1758, leaving issue.
2.1.1.2. Sir John Kt (15 Aug 1663), MP(Ir), of East Sheen, Surrey and of Palmerston, co Dublin; b 25 March 1632; educ Christ Church Oxf (BA 1649), Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1657); Solicitor-Gen [I] 1660-89; MP(Ir) for Carlow 1661-66; Spkr of the HoC [I] 1661-66; Attorney-Gen [I] 1690-95; mar 4 Aug 1663, Jane, dau of Sir Abraham Yarner, of Dublin; d 10 March 1705, leaving with other issue,
2.1.1.2.1. William; bapt 25 Apr 1671; dvp 11 Feb 1678/79 (bur at St Michan’s Ch, Dublin).
2.1.1.2.2. Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston, of Palmerston in the County of Dublin and Baron Palmerston, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo [I] (so cr 12 March 1722/23); b ca 1673; educ Eton, King’s Coll Camb (admit 1693); Jt Chief Remembrance for the Court of Excheq [I] 1715-40 (sole 1740-d); MP (Whig): East Grinstead 1727-34, Bossiney 1734-41, Weobley 1741-47; mar 1st 10 June 1703, Anne (d 8 Dec 1735), sis of Sir Richard Houblon and dau of Abraham Houblon, of Langley, Bucks, Gov of the Bank of England 1701-03 (d 11 May 1722), by Dorothy, dau and hrss of Sir Richard Hubert, of Langley, Bucks; mar 2nd 11 May 1738, Isabella (d 11 Aug 1762), widow of Sir John Fryer, 1st Bt, of London (d 1726) and dau of Sir Francis Gerard, 2nd Bt, of Bryn, Lancs (qv); d 10 June 1757, leaving issue by his 1st w,
2.1.1.2.2.1. Hon Henry; mar 1st 18 June 1735, Elizabeth (b c 1718; d 8 Oct 1736), dau of Col Francis Lee, by Lady Elizabeth, 3rd dau of Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (see LICHFIELD, E); mar 2nd 12 Sept 1738 at St Antholin’s Ch, Dublin, Jane (d 28 Jan 1789 at East Sheen, Surrey), dau of Sir John Barnard MP, Ld Mayor of London 1737-38 (d 28 Aug 1764); dvp 18 Aug 1740 at East Sheen (bur 25 Aug at Mortlake Ch, East Sheen), leaving issue by his 2nd w,
2.1.1.2.2.1.1. Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston; b 4 Dec 1739; educ Clare Hall Camb (MA 1759); MP: East Looe 1762-68, Southampton 1768-74, Hastings 1774-84, Boroughbridge 1784-90, Newport 1790-96, Winchester 1790-1802; Ld of Trade 1765-66; Ld of Admiralty 1766-77; Ld of HMT 1777-82; FSA and FRS 1776; mar 1st 6 Oct 1767, Frances (d 1 June 1769 during childbirth), dau of Sir Francis Poole, 2nd Bt, of Poole (qv); mar 2nd 5 Jan 1783, Mary (d 20 Jan 1805), dau of Benjamin Mee, of Bath, Somersts; d 16 Apr 1802, leaving by his 2nd w,
2.1.1.2.2.1.1.1. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston KG (1856), GCB (1832), PC (1809); b 20 Oct 1784; educ Harrow, Edinburgh Univ, St John’s Coll Camb (MA 1806); MP (Tory till 1830 then Whig till 1859 then Lib): Newport 1807-11, Camb Univ 1811-31, Bletchingley 1832-33, South Hampshire 1832-34, Tiverton 1835-65; Ld of Admiralty 1807-09; SoS for War 1809-28; Foreign Sec 1830-34, 1835-41, 1846-51; Home Sec 1852-55; 1st Ld of Admiralty and PM 1855-58, 1859-65; Elder Bro of Trinity House 1860 (Master 1860-65); Ld Rector of Glasgow Univ 1862-65; mar 16 Dec 1839 his long-time mistress, Hon Emily Mary (b 21 Apr 1878; d 11 Sept 1869), widow of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (see LUCAS OF CRUDWELL, B) and sis William Henry Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (d 24 Nov 1848) and Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (d 29 Jan 1853), being elder dau of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (d 22 July 1828); dsp 18 Oct 1865, when all the peerages became EXTINCT.
2.1.1.2.2.1.1.2. Hon Sir William KCB (1851); b 19 Jan 1788; Amb Extra to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1832-56; d unm 24 Aug 1856.
2.1.1.2.2.1.1.3. Hon Frances; mar 9 Aug 1820, AoF Sir William Bowles KCB, RN, MP for Launceston 1844-52, 3rd Naval Ld 1844-46, C-in-C Portsmouth 1859-60, R-Adm of the UK 1865-66, V-Adm of the UK 1866-69 (b 25 May 1780 at Salisbury, Wilts; dsp 2 July 1869 at Hill Str, London), s of William Bowles, by Dinah, dau of Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Bt, of Thirkleby (qv); dsp 1839.
2.1.1.2.2.1.1.4. Hon Elizabeth; mar 1811, Laurence Sullivan, of Ponsonby Park, Herts, Dep Sec at War; d 1837, leaving issue.
2.1.1.2.2.1.2. Hon Richard MP, of Broadlands, Romsey, Hants; b ca 1726; educ Clare Coll Camb (admit 1743); MP for Downton 1747-49; mar 18 May 1748, Henrietta (b 1 Aug 1730; mar 2nd 5 Feb 1753, George Neville, 1st Earl of Abergavenny, see ABERGAVENNY, M), sis of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester and dau of Thomas Pelham MP, of Stanmer, Sussex (b ca 1705; d 21 Dec 1737) (see CHICHESTER, E); dsp 8 Aug 1749.
2.1.1.2.3. John; mar his cousin, Elizabeth Temple (see below); d Feb 1742, leaving 4 dau.
2.1.1.2.4. Catherine; bapt4 Sept 1664; mar 1st 15 Dec 1681, Hon Charles Ward, of Killough, co Down, ygr s of Sir Robert Ward, 1st Bt, of Killough, co Down (see BANGOR, V); mar 2nd, Charles King, of Dublin.
2.1.1.2.5. Dorothy; mar 1st, Francis Colvill; mar 2nd as his 1st w, Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Bt, of Broome House, Kent (b 11 Dec 1665; d 28 March 1750); dsp.
2.1.1.2.6. Mary; mar 1683, Thomas, of Durrow, Queen’s co.
2.1.1.2.7. Jane Martha; b 1672; Maid of Honour to Queen Mary II 1689; Governess to the daughters of George II 1718, 1737, 1738; mar 1st 8 March 1691/92, John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (see BERKELEY, E); mar 2nd 12 May 1700 as his 2nd w, Hans William Bentick, 1st Earl of Portland KG (see PORTLAND, E); d 26 Jun 1751, leaving issue by her 2nd husband.
2.1.1.2.8. Francis; mar her bro-in-law, William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (see BERKELEY, E); d 16 July 1707, leaving issue.
2.1.1.3. Martha; mar 21 Apr 1662, Sir Thomas Gifford, 1st Bt, of Castle Jordan, co Meath (d ca 1665); dsp 31 Dec 1722 (bur 5 Jan 1723 at Westminster Abbey, London).
2.1.1.4. Mary; mar 1st, Abraham Yarner; mar 2nd, Hugh Eccles.
2.1.2. Rev Thomas DD, Vicar of Battersea, Surrey, and had issue,
2.1.2.1. William, of Temple Sowerby, Westmld and of Howgett House, Yorks, and had issue,
2.1.2.1.1. Mary; b ca 1660; mar 1681 as his 2nd w, William Chapman, of Whitby, Yorks (d 12 Feb 1720); d 19 March 1739.
2.1.3. Catherina; mar 1st, John Archdall, of Archdall, co Fermanagh; mar 2nd, Sir John Veel.
2.1.4. Mary; mar Job Ward.
The elder s,
John Temple, of Stowe, Bucks and of Burton Dassett, Warwicks; mar Susan, dau and hrss of Thomas Spencer, of Everton, Northants (see SPENCER, E); d 9 May 1603, leaving issue,
1. Thomas, later 1st Bt (see below).
2. Elizabeth; mar ca 1602, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (see SAYE AND SELE, V); d 1648, leaving issue.
The only s,
Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Bt, of Stowe, Bucks [E] (so cr 24 Sept 1611), Kt (28 June 1603); bapt 9 Jan 1566/67; educ Univ Coll Oxf, Lincoln’s Inn; MP for Andover 1588-89; High Sheriff: Oxon 1606-07, Bucks 1616-17, Warwicks 1620/21; mar ca 1595, Hester (d 1656), dau of Miles Sandys, of Latimer and of Eton, Bucks, by Hester, dau of William Clifton, of Brimpton, Somersets; d bef March 1636/37, leaving with other issue,
1. Peter, later 2nd Bt (see below).
2. Sir John Kt (21 March 1612/13); b 10 Nov 1593; mar Dorothy, dau and cohrss of Edmund Lee, of Stanton Bury, Bucks; d 1632, leaving issue,
2.1. Sir Peter Kt (6 Jan 1641); mar Eleanor (mar 2nd, Richard Grenville, see KINLOSS, L), dau of Sir Timothy Tyrell, of Oakley, Bedfords; bur 14 Jan 1659/60, leaving issue,
2.1.1. Sir William Temple, 5th Bt, of Stowe; b Apr 1694; mar 1st May 1718, Elizabeth (d 1729), dau and hrss of Dr Peter Paxton MD, of Bucks, and had issue,
2.1.1.1. Paxton; b Apr 1720; dvp unm 1745 at London.
2.1.1.2. Henrietta; b 1723; mar 18 Nov 1740, William Dicken, of Shenton, Bucks (see TEMPLE of The Nash, Bt); d Apr 1797, leaving issue.
(continued) Sir William, 5th Bt mar 2nd Nov 1731, Elizabeth (b ca 1695; d 2 Dec 1762), dau of Hugh Ethersey, of Leckhampstead, Bucks; dspms 1760, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.1.1.3. Anna Sophia; mar 24 June 1758 her cousin, Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bt, of Stowe (see below); d 4 Oct 1805.
2.1.2. Sir Peter Temple, 6th Bt, of Stowe; mar 1st 1719, Elizabeth Broughton, of London (d 1726), and had issue,
2.1.2.1. Peter; b 1721; d unm 1748.
2.1.2.2. Elizabeth; b 1720; d unm 1742.
(continued) Sir Peter, 6th Bt mar 2nd 1729, Elizabeth (d June 1759), dau of John Mold, of Charlton, Oxon; d 15 Nov 1761, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.1.2.3. Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bt, of Stowe; b 1 June 1731; Commsnr of the Navy Brd 1761; Comptroller of Excise 1763-86; mar 24 June 1758 his cousin, Anna Sophia Temple (see above), ygr dau and cohrss of his uncle, Sir William Temple, 5th Bt, of Stowe; dsps 15 Nov 1786, when the baronetcy became DORMANT but was assumed by a distant cousin (see below).
2.2. Col Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Bt [NS] (so cr 7 July 1662?); bapt 10 Jan 1614; educ Lincoln’s Inn; Gov of Acadia (Nova Scotia) 1657-67; d unm 27 March 1674, when the baronetcy became EXTINCT.
2.3. Col Edmund, of Sulby Priory, Northants; bapt 6 June 1622; served during the Civil War with the Parliamentarians; mar 1647, Eleanor, dau and cohrss of Sir Stephen Harvey, of Hardingstone, Northants; bur 9 March 1667/68, leaving issue,
2.3.1. Stephen, of Sulby Priory; bur sp 26 Oct 1672.
2.3.2. John, of Sibbertoft, Northants; mar Martha — (d 1723); bur 22 Feb 1702, leaving issue,
2.3.2.1. Richard; d 1683.
2.3.2.2. Purbeck, of Sibbertoft; b 1689; mar Mary — (d 1771); d 16 May 1763, leaving with 3 dau,
2.3.2.2.1. Edward; d unm 15 Sept 1796.
2.3.3. Edmund, of Leics; mar Ellen —; d ca 1690, leaving 3 s (who all d unm).
2.4. Sir Purbeck Kt (3 Sept 1660), of Edgcombe Place, Surrey; Gov of Henley Coll; mar Sarah, dau of Robert Draper; dsp Aug 1695.
2.5. Dorothy; mar John Alston, of the Inner Temple.
2.6. Hester; mar Edward Pascal, of Essex.
2.7. Mary; b ca 1623; mar Robert Nelson, of Gray’s Inn, and had issue,
2.7.1. John, of Boston, MA, USA; mar Elizabeth, dau of William Taller, of Dorchester, MA, USA; d 1734, leaving issue,
2.7.1.1. Robert, of Ten Hills, Boston, MA; b c 1728; dspms 1781,
2.7.1.1.1. Mehetabel Hester; b ca 1780; mar 19 June 1784, Hans Blackwood, 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (see DUFFERIN AND CLANEBOYE, B); d 28 July 1843, leaving issue.
2.7.1.1.2. John Temple, self-styled 8th Bt, of Stowe; bapt 16 Apr 1732; Surveyor-Gen of the Customs for the Northern Dist of America 1761-67; Commsnr of Revenue 1767-74; Lt-Gov of New Hampshire 1768-74; British Consul-Gen to America 1786-98; mar 20 Jan 1767, Elizabeth, dau of James Bowdoin, Gov of Massachusetts 1785-87 (b 7 Aug 1726; d 6 Nov 1790); d 17 Nov 1798 at NY, USA, leaving issue.
3. Rev Thomas LLD, Rector of Burton-on-the-Water, Gloucs; b ca 1604; mar and had issue.
4. Miles; mar and had issue.
5. Bridget; mar as his 2nd w, James Hamilton, styled Lord Paisley (dvp bef 1670), eldest s and h app of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn (see ABERCORN, D).
The elder s,
Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Bt; bapt 10 Oct 1592; High Sheriff of Bucks 1634-35; MP for Buckingham 1640, 1640-53; mar 1st 5 July 1614, Ann (bur 23 Jan 1619/20), 2nd dau and hrss of Sir Arthur Throckmorton, of Paulerspury, Northants, by Ann, dau of Thomas Lucas, of Colchester; bur 3 Apr 1655, leaving issue,
1. Ann; mar 1637, Thomas Roper, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass (d ca 1670); dsp.
2. Frances; mar 20 Sept 1650, Weston Ridgeway, 3rd Earl of Londonderry (see JERSEY, E); d 1688/89.
(continued) Sir Peter, 2nd Bt mar 2nd 20 May 1630, Christian (bur 3 Apr 1655), dau and cohrss of Sir John Leveson, of Haling, Kent and of Killeshall Hall, Staffs, by Frances, dau and hrss of Sir Thomas Sondes, of Throwley, Kent; bur 3 Apr 1655, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
3. Richard, later 3rd Bt (see below).
4. Christiana.
5. Martha.
The only s,
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt; b 1634; educ Gray’s Inn; MP: Warwickshire 1654-55, Buckingham 1659, Buckinghamshire 1660-97; Commsnr of Customs 1672-94; mar ca 1675, Mary (bur 15 May 1726), dau and hrss of Henry Knapp, of Weston, Oxon; bur 12 May 1697, leaving issue,
1. Richard, later 4th Bt later 1st Viscount Cobham (see below).
2. Henry; d unm 1703.
3. Hester, later 2nd Viscountess Cobham later 1st Countess Temple (see below).
4. Christiana; mar 8 May 1708, Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt, of Hagley Park, Worcs (see COBHAM, V); d ca 1748.
5. Mary; mar 1st, Very Rev Richard West, Archdeacon of Berkshire (see BRIDPORT, V); mar 2nd, Sir John Langham, 4th Bt, of Cottesbrooke, Northants (qv); d 16 Nov 1763, leaving issue by both husbands.
6. Penelope; mar Moses Berenger.
The eldest s,
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt later 1st Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent [GB] (so cr 23 May 1718 with spec rem, failing h m, to his elder sis, Hester, and her h m, in default of which to his 2nd s, Christiana, and her h m) also earlier Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent [GB] (so cr 19 Oct 1714), PC (1716); b 24 Oct 1675; educ Christ’s Church Camb (admit 1694); Col: unattached 1702-10, 4th Hussars 1710-13, 1st Royal Dragoons 1715-21, 1st DG 1721-33, 1st Troop of Horse Gren Grds 1742-55?, 5th DG 1744-45, 10th Royal Hussars 1745-d; Brig-Gen 1706; Maj-Gen 1709; Lt-Gen 1710; Gen 1735; FM 1742; High Steward of Buckingham 1697-d; Comptroller of Clothing for the Army 1708-d?; Envoy Extra to Vienna 1714-15; Cosntable of Windsor Castle 1716-23; Comptroller of the Army Accounts 1722-d?; Gov of Jersey 1723-d; Ld-Lt and Custos Rot of Bucks 1728-38; mar Sept 1715, Anne (dsp 20 March 1760), dau of Edmund Halsey, of Southwark, London and of Stoke Poges, Bucks; dsp 14 Sept 1749, when all the peerages became EXTINCT, except the Viscountcy of Cobham etc, which passed under its spec rem to his elder sis,
Hester (née Temple), 2nd Viscount Cobham suo jure later 1st Countess Temple suo jure [GB] (so cr 18 Oct 1749 with rem to the h); b ca 1690; mar 1710, Richard Grenville MP, of Wotton Underwood, Bucks (b 23 March 1677/78; d 17 Feb 1726/27), s of Richard Grenville MP, of the same (see KINLOSS, L); d 6 Oct 1752, leaving issue,
1. Richard, later 2nd Earl Temple (see below).
2. Hon George PC (1754), MP; b 14 Oct 1712 at Wotton Underwood, Bucks; educ Eton; MP (Whig) for Buckingham 1741-70; Ld of Admiralty 1744-47; 1st Ld of Admiralty 1762-63, Ld of HMT 1747-54; Treas of the Navy 1754-55, 1756-57, 1757-62; SoS (N Dept) 1762; 1st Ld of HMT, PM and Chllr of the Excheq 1763-65; mar 1749, Elizabeth (b ca 1719 at Westminster; d 5 Dec 1769 at Wotton Underwood; bur at All Saints Ch, Wotton Underwood), dau of Sir William Wyndham, 1st Bt, of Orchard Wyndham, Somersets (see LECONFIELD, B); d 13 Nov 1770 at Mayfair, Middx (bur at All Saints Ch, Wotton Underwood), leaving issue,
2.1. George, later 3rd Earl Temple later 1st Marquess of Buckingham (see below).
2.2. Charlotte; b 14 Sept 1754; mar 21 Dc 1771 as his 2nd w, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bt, of Grey’s Inn (qv); d 29 Sept 1832, leaving issue.
2.3. Maj Thomas PC (1798), MP; b 31 Dec 1755 at Wotton Underwood; educ Eton 1764-71, Christ Church Oxf (admit 1771), Lincoln’s Inn (admit 1774); Ensign with 2nd Ft Grds 1778; Lt with 8th RoF 1779; retired from the Army in 1780; Maj 1798; MP (Whig): Aldborough 1790-96, Buckinghamshire 17779-84, 1813-18, Buckingham 1796-1901; British Min to France 1782; Jt Envoy Extra to Vienna 1794; CJ in Eyre (S of Trent) 1800-d; Pres of the Brd of Control 1806; 1st Ld of Admiralty 1806-07; a prolific bibliophile; d unm 17 Dec 1846 at Piccadilly, Middx.
2.4. Elizabeth; b 30 July 1757; mar 12 Apr 1787, John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort KP (see PROBY of Eaton Hall, Bt); d 2 Dec 1842, leaving issue.
2.5. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, of Wotton Underwood in the County of Buckingham {UK] (so cr 25 Nov 1790), PC (1783), PC(Ir) 1783); b 25 Oct 1759; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1780), Lincoln’s Inn; MP (Whig): Buckingham 1782-84, Buckinghamshire 1784-9-; Chief Sec of Ir 1782-83; Paymaster-Gen 1784; Jt Paymaster-Gen 1784-89; V-Pres of the BoT 1786-89 (Member 1784-86); Special Envoy: The Hague 1787, Paris 1787-88; Pres of the Brd of Control 1790-93 (Member 1784-90); Spkr of the HoC 1789; Home Sec 1789-1801; Foreign Sec 1791-1801; Ranger of St James’s Park and Hyde Park 1791-94; Auditor of the Excheq 1794-1834; 1st Ld of HMT and PM 1806-07; Commsnr of HMT [I] 1806; Chllr of Oxf Univ 1809-34; FRS 1818; mar 18 July 1792, Hon Anne (b 10 Sept 1722; dsp 13 June 1865), dau of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford (see JERSEY, E); dsp 12 Jan 1834, when the peerage became EXTINCT.
2.6. Hester; b 30 Nov 1760; mar 10 May 1782, Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (see FORTESCUE, E); d 13 Nov 1847, leaving issue.
2.7. Catherine; b ca 1762; mar 19 June 1780, Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke (see BRAYBROOKE, B); d 6 Nov 1796, leaving issue.
3. Hon James PC (3 Apr 1761), MP, of Butleigh Court, Somersets; b 12 Feb 1715 at Wotton House, Wotton Underwood, Bucks; educ Eton 1728-32, Inner Temple (admit 1734; Barrister 1738); MP (Whig): Old Sarum 1742-47, Bridport 1747-54, Buckingham 1754-68, Horsham 1768-70; Dep-Paymaster of the Forces 1745-55; Ld of Trade 1746-55; Ld of HMT 1756-61; Cofferer of the HH Oct to March 1761; Jt V-Treas [I] 1766-70; mar 1740, Mary, dau and hrss of James Smyth, of South Elkington, Lincs; d 14 Sept 1783, leaving issue,
3.1. James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury, of Butleigh in the County of Somerset [GB] (so cr 20 Oct 1797 with spec rem, failing h m, to his ygr bro, Richard Grenville, and his h m), PC (1783); b 6 July 1742 as a twin; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf, Lincoln’s Inn; MP (Whig): Thirsk 1765-68, Buckingham 1770-90, Buckinghamshire 1790-97; Ld of HMT 1782-83; Commsnr for the BoT 1784-d; FSA 1792; d unm 26 Apr 1825, when the peerage became EXTINCT.
3.2. Gen Richard Grenville MP; b 6 July 1742 as a twin; educ Eton 1754-58; Ensign with 1st Ft Grds 1759; Capt with 24th RoF 1761; Capt and Lt-Col with 2nd Ft Grds 1772; Col 1779; Maj-Gen 1782; Col with 3rd RoF 1786-d; Lt-Gen 1796; Gen 1801; MP for Buckingham 1774-80; Head of the Hanover HH of HRH The Duke of York ca 1781-87; Comptroller and Master of HH to HRH The Duke of York 1788-d; d unm 22 Apr 1823.
4. Hon Henry MP, of Shrub Hill, Dorking, Surrey; b 15 Sept 1717; educ Eton 1728-32; Gov of Barbados 1746-56; MP (Whig): Bishop’s Castle 1759-61, Thirsk 1761; Amb to Constantinople 1761-65; Commsnr of Customs 1765-66; mar 11 Oct 1757, Margaret Eleanor (d 19 June 17930, dau of Joseph Banks, of Ravesby Abbey, Lincs; dspm 22 Apr 1784,
4.1. Louisa; b 10 Aug 1758; mar 10 March 1781, Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (see HARRINGTON, E); d 7 Mach 1829, leaving issue.
5. Capt Hon Thomas Henry RN; b 3 Apr 1719; k at sea 3 May 1747.
6. Lady Hester (née Temple), 1st Baroness Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent [GB] (so cr 4 Dec 1761); b 8 Nov 1720; mar 16 Oct 1754, William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (see JERSEY, E); d 9 Apr 1803, leaving issue.
The eldest s,
Richard Grenville (later Grenville-Temple by Royal Lic dated 1752), 2nd Earl Temple KG (1760), PC (1756); b 26 Sept 1711; educ Eton, Grand Tour 1729-33; MP (Whig): Buckingham 1734-41, 1747-52, Buckinghamshire 1741-47; High Steward of Buckingham 1749-d?; 1st Ld of HMT 1756-57; Ld Privy Seal 1757-61; Ld-Lt and Custos Rot of Bucks 1758-63; mar (by spec lic dated 9 May 1737), Anne (b ca 1709; d 7 Apr 1777), dau and cohrss of Thomas Chambers, of Hanworth, Middx, by Lady Mary, 2nd dau of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley (see BERKELEY, E); dsps 12 Sept 1779 (his only child was Hon Elizabeth, who was b 1 Sept 1738 and bapt 28 Sept 1738, having dvp 14 July 1742 at St James’s, Westminster), when he was suc by his nephew,
George Grenville (later Nugent-Temple-Grenville by Royal Lic dated 2 Dec 1779), 3rd Earl Temple later 1st Marquess of Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham [GB] (so cr 4 Dec 1784) also 2nd Earl Nugent (suc his f-in-law on 13 Oct 1788 under its spec rem), KG (1786), KP (1783), PC (1782); b 17 June 1753; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf, Grand Tour 1774; Teller of the Excheq 1763-d; Ld-Lt and Custos Rot of Bucks 1782-1813; Ld-Lt of Ir 1787-89; Grand Master of the Order of St Patrick 1787-89; Foreign Sec 1783; Col 1794; High Steward of Westminster 1794-d; mar 16 Apr 1775, Lady Mary Elizabeth (Nugent), 1st Baroness Nugent, of Carlanstown in the County of Westmeath [I] suo jure (so cr 26 Dec 1800 with spec rem to her 2nd s, George, and his h m) (d 16 March 1812), elder dau and cohrss by his 3rd w of Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (see NUGENT of Waddesdon, Bt); d 11 Feb 1813, leaving issue,
1. Richard, later 2nd Marquess of Buckingham later 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (see below).
2. George Nugent-Temple-Grenville (later assumed the surname of Grenville only), 2nd Baron Nugent GCMG (1832); b 31 Dec 1788; MP (Whig): Buckingham 1810-12, Ailesbury 1812-32, 1847-50; Ld of HMT 1830-32; Ld High Commsnr of the Ionian Islands 1832-35; Author: Memorials of John Hampden (1832), Legends of the Library at Lilies (1832) and Lands Classical and Sacred (1845); mar 6 Sept 1813, Anne Lucy (b 1 Jan 1790; dsp 18 Apr 1848), niece of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett KT (see WINCHESTER, M); dsp 26 Nov 1850, when the peerage became EXTINCT.
3. Lady Margaret Anne; b 8 July 1787; mar 25 Feb 1811, James Everard Arundell, 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour (d 1834); dsp 1 June 1845.
The elder s,
Richard Nugent-Temple-Grenville (later Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville by Royal Lic dated 15 Nov 1799), 2nd Marquess of Buckingham later 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and 1st Earl Temple of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham [UK] (so cr 4 Feb 1822 with the earldom only having spec rem, failing h m, to his great-grandm, Hester, 1st Countess Temple suo jure, in default of which to his granddau, Anne Eliza Mary, dau of his s and h, Richard Plantagenet, and her h m, in default of which to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and every other dau of the aforesaid Richard Plantagenet) KG (1820), PC (1806); b 20 March 1776; educ Brasenose Coll Oxf, Magdalen Coll Camb; MP (Whig) for Buckingham 1797, 1802, 1806-07, 1812-13; Commsnr of the Indian Brd 1800-01; V-Pres of the BoT 1806-07; Jt Paymaster-Gen of the Forces 1806-07; Ld-Lt and Custos Rot of Bucks 1813-d; FSA 1821; Ld Steward 1830-d; mar 16 Apr 1796, Lady Anne Eliza (née Brydges), 8th Lady Kinloss de jure (b ca 1780; d 15 May 1836), only surv child and sole hrss by his 2nd w of Richard James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos (see Lineage of Brydges below); d 17 Jan 1839, leaving an only child and h,
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos also 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe also 9th Lord Kinloss (having suc his m) KG (1842), GCH (1835), PC (1841); b 11Feb 1797; educ Eton, Oriel Coll Oxf; MP (Tory) for Buckinghamshire 1818-39; Col of Royal Bucks Yeo 1839-d?; FSA 1840; Ld Privy Seal 1841-42; High Steward of Winchester; Author: Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George The Third (1853), Memoirs of the Court of England during the Regency 1811-1820 (1856), Memoirs of the Court of George IV 1820-1830 (1859), Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of William IV and Victoria (1861); mar 13 May 1819 (div 1850 by Act of Parl), Lady Mary (b 10 July 1795; d 28 June 1862), 2nd and ygr dau of John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (see BREADALBANE AND HOLLAND, E); d 29 July 1861, leaving issue,
1. Lady Anne Eliza; b 7 Feb 1820; mar 9 June 1846, William Henry Powell Gore-Langton DL, JP, MP, of Newton Park and of Hatch Beauchamp, Somersets (b 25 July 1824; d 11 Dec 1873), s of William Gore-Langton, of Combe Hay, Somersets (see Lineage of Gore below); d 3 Feb 1879, leaving issue,
1.1. William Stephen, later 4th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below).
1.2. Col Hon Henry Powell Gore-Langton JP, of Hatch Park, Somersets; b 14 Dec 1854; granted with his ygr brothers the style and precedence of the ygr sons of an Earl by Royal Warrant dated 1 Sept 1890; mar 5 Sept 1878, Marguerite Lucy (d 8 Oct 1915), dau of Maj R. Guthrie MacGregor; d 13 Aug 1913, leaving issue,
1.2.1. John Henry Cyril; b 19 June 1879; dvp 31 Aug 1879.
1.2.2. William Alec Grenville; b 3 Nov 1881; dvp 27 May 1893.
1.2.3. Cdr Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton (later assumed the surname of Temple-Gore-Langton), DL, RN, of Hatch Park; b 18 Aug 1833; served during WWI (despatches) and WWII; mar 2 Sept 1909 his cousin, Lady Alice Mary (d 2 Jan 1961), 3rd dau of William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below); d 6 March 1968, leaving issue,
1.2.3.1. Hubert Alastair Grenville; b 26 Dec 1910; dvp 27 March 1914.
1.2.3.2. Lt-Cdr Alaric Hubert St George RN, of Hatch Park; b 14 Nov 1918; served during WWII; mar 14 Dec 1946, Margaret Edwina, elder dau of Lt-Col Donald McLeod Douglas MC, of Sanderstead, Surry; d 1987, leaving issue,
1.2.3.2.1. +Chandos Alric, of Hatch Park; b 1949; educ Taunton Sch, St Catherine’s Coll Oxf; mar 1 Sept 1978, ●Fiona, dau of Bernard Collins, of Pitsham Place, Midhurst, Sussex, and has issue,
1.2.3.2.1.1. ●Emma Lucilla Clare; b 19 March 1983, and has issue,
1.2.3.2.1.1.1. ●Bella Fiona Elizabeth; b 2017.
1.2.3.2.1.2. ●Lucy Fiona; b 1985; mar 2016, ●Denis Olegivich Nifontov, s of Oleg Nifontov, of Moscow, Russia.
1.2.3.2.1.3. +Capt Chandos James Brydges RHG/D; b 1987; late Equerry to HRH The Princess Royal; mar 2016, ●Sarah Louise (b 1988), dau of Prof Sir David Royden Fish, by Glenda Joyce Parker, and has issue,
1.2.3.2.1.3.1. ●Charlotte Alice; b 2018.
1.2.3.2.1.3.2. ●Sophie Grace; b 26 Jan 2020.
1.2.3.2.2. +Grenville Julian Brydges, of Lower Weston, Bath, Somersets; b 18 June 1954 as a twin; educ Millfield.
1.2.3.2.3. ●Clare Margaret, of London SW4; b 18 June 1954 as a twin; mar 1984, ●Peter E. Jordan, ygr s of Maj H. J. Godfrey Jordan, of Thornhill, Kiltimagh, co Mayo, and has issue,
1.2.3.2.3.1. ●Henry James Bourke; b 1987 as a twin; educ Eton, Oxf Univ, RMA Sandhurst; Maj Life Grds.
1.2.3.2.3.2. ●Oliver Charles d’Exter (sic); b 1987 as a twin; educ Eton, Corpus Christi Coll Camb.
1.2.3.3. Lt Robert Lancelot, West Somerset Yeo; b 30 March 1885; mar 22 Dec 1914, Winifreda Lillian Margaret (d 1987), dau of Capt Arthur G. Nixon, of the Rifle Brigade; d 26 Jan 1948, leaving issue,
1.2.3.3.1. Montagu Grenville; b 28 Jan 1919; mar 10 May 1944, Wilda (sic) Handler (mar 2nd 1971, D. Smiley); d 21 March 1968, leaving issue,
1.2.3.3.1.1. (Gillian) Dixie, of 588A 4678 Elk Drive, Victoria, BC, V8Z 5MI, Canada (2003); b 11 Feb 1945; mar 1st 1963 (div 1968), George Clifford Madill, and had issue,
1.2.3.3.1.1.1. ●Michael “Mike” George; b 1964.
1.2.3.3.1.1.2. ●Susan “Sue” Lorraine; b 1965.
1.2.3.3.1.1.3. ●Lance Maurice; b 1967.
1.2.3.3.1.2. Gillian Dixie mar 2nd 1971 (div 1978), John Molloy; mar 3rd 1985 (div), Stanley Moritz; d 2021, leaving further issue by her 2nd husband,
1.2.3.3.1.2.1. ●Shannon Marie; b 1973.
(continued) Gillian Dixie mar 2nd 1971 (div 1978), John Molly; mar 3rd 1985 (div; resumed maiden name), Stanley Moritz; d 8 Jan 2021, leaving further issue by her 3rd husband,
1.2.3.3.1.2.2. ● (Shannon) Marie; b 1973.
1.2.3.3.1.3. +Robert Edward Temple-Gore-Langton (later assumed the surname of Gore-Langton); b 9 May 1950; educ Victoria British Columbia Univ (BSc), Trinity Hall Cambridge (PhD); mar 1989, ●Dr Susan Anne Jennifer Daniel PhD, and has issue,
1.2.3.3.1.3.1. +Jonathan Kent; b 1990.
1.2.3.3.1.3.2. ●Jena Anne; b 1992.
1.2.3.3.2. Margaret Coëline, of 2326 Lincoln Road, Victoria, BC V8R 6A4, Canada (2003); b 16 June 1920; an artist; mar 16 June 1944, F/Lt Andrew William Stewart RCAF; d 2005, leaving issue,
1.2.3.3.2.1. David Andrew; b 10 Oct 1945; d 26 March 1958.
1.2.3.3.2.2. ●Heather Margaret; b 8 July 1948; mar 8 July 1969 (div 1988), Peter John Lund RCMP, of Ottawa, Canada, and has issue,
1.2.3.3.2.2.1. ●Wendy Anne; b 1969; has issue by ●Richard Phillips,
1.2.3.3.2.2.1.1. ●Astra Blue Lund-Phillips; b 1997.
1.2.3.3.2.2.1.2. ●Tai David Lund-Phillips; b 2000.
1.2.3.3.2.2.2. David Alexander; b 1975; d unm 27 Feb 1988.
1.2.3.3.2.3. ●Ronald David; b 24 Dec 1961.
1.2.3.3.2.4. ●Victoria Ann; b 1 Sept 1953; mar 1976, ●Michael Regiland Ziegler, of Victoria, BC, Canada, and has issue,
1.2.3.3.2.4.1. ●Tristan Brooks; b 1983.
1.2.4. Gillian Mary, of Lower Sunnymead, Northdown Road, Bideford, Devonshire EX39 3LP (2003); b 8 Sept 1925; mar 1st 3 Aug 1950, Hugo Wuerzer (d 22 Feb 1984), s of Hans Wuerzer; mar 2nd 29 Nov 1986, George Arthur Barr; d 6 June 2013, leaving issue by her 1st husband,
1.2.4.1.1. ●Wendy Margaret; b 27 May 1951; mar 1976, ●Brig David H. Keenan OBE, and has issue,
1.2.4.1.1.1. ●Nicholas Edward; b 1 Dec 1983 as a twin.
1.2.4.1.1.2. ●Rosalind Jane; b 1 Dec 1983 as a twin.
1.2.4.1.2. Nigel John; b 25 June 1955; educ St Edward’s Sch, Bath Univ, Birmingham Univ; mar 1984, ●Sheila Marion, dau of E. F. Thorpe, of Taunton, Somersets, and has issue,
1.2.4.1.2.1. ●James Lewis; b 29 Sept 1985.
1.2.4.1.2.2. ●Laura Jane; b 5 Feb 1988.
1.2.4.1.3. ●Jane Felicity; b 14 Nov 1956.
1.2.4.1.4. ●Robert Guy; b 1959; educ Wellington.
1.2.5. Lt Norman Eric; b 22 July 1886; served during WWI with Canadian Forces (despatches); mar 18 Aug 1914, Irene Monica, dau of Maj A. G. Greaves-Banning; dsp 1971.
1.2.6. Lt-Cdr Richard Gerald RN; b 16 March 1892; served during WWII as Capt with Berks RHA (TA); mar 1st 1925 (div 1936), Laura Edith Pryor, dau of Herbert W. Bevan, and had issue,
1.2.6.1. +Richard Eric Bean; b 1933; mar 1957, ●Marjorie Joyce, dau of Thomas A. Boag, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.1. +Richard Thomas; b 1959; mar 2002, ●Michelle Denise, dau of Michael D. Barley.
1.2.6.1.2. ●Laura Gay; b 1961; mar 1993, ●Mark Joseph Ahern, of Victoria, BC, Canada, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.2.1. ●Robert Bevan; b 1995.
1.2.6.1.2.2. ●Lillie Anna; b 1999.
1.2.6.1.3. +Robert Bevan Joseph; b 27 May 1965.
(continued) Richard Eric Bean mar 2nd 1936, Doreen Audrey (d 2001), dau of Dr Aubrey H. Davies MB, MRCS, LRCP, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
1.2.6.1.4. +Gerald Hugh, of BC, Canada; b 1947; mar 1968, ●Marie Francoise Henriette Perillat, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.4.1. ●Chantal Marie; b 1970; mar 1995, ●Alexander Clare Hamilton, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.4.1.1. ●Alexis Louise Marie; b 1997.
1.2.6.1.4.2. ●Corinna Doreen; b 1971; mar 1992, ●Timothy Ronald Ganert, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.4.2.1. ●Spencer Wilfred; b 1994.
1.2.6.1.4.2.2. ●Taryn Samantha; b 1998.
1.2.6.1.5. +Norman Guy, of BC, Canada; b 1950; mar 1979, ●Deborah Lynn Voth, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.5.1. ●Chantal Lynn; b 1985.
1.2.6.1.5.2. ●Tracy Lee; b 1987.
1.2.6.1.6. ●Dorothy Veronica; b 1952; mar 1976 (div), ●Lawrence Douglas Tyndall, and has issue,
1.2.6.1.6.1. ●Eric Kimberley; b 1979.
1.2.6.1.6.2. ●Ashley Nicole; b 1983.
1.3. Hon Edward Grenville; b 16 May 1858; mar 23 June 1868, Hon Florence Emily (d 24 Dec 1902), sis of Montolieu Fox Oliphant Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank (see ELIBANK, L); d 16 March 1936, leaving issue,
1.3.1. Lt Grenville Edward, Royal Scots; b 17 Oct 1891; educ Magdalen Coll Camb; served during WWI and WWII with Intelligence Corps; d unm 12 Aug 1967.
1.3.2. Anna Dorothea Florence; b 8 July 1894; mar 27 July 1926, George Ernest Gordon Hope-Johnstone (see ANNANDALE AND HARTFELL, E); d 2 Jan 1959, leaving issue.
1.4. Lady Mary Jane; b 1 Oct 1872; granted with her ygr sisters the style and precedence of the dau of an Earl by Royal Warrant dated 1 Sept 1890; mar 1 Oct 1872, Henry Mills Skrine, of Warleigh Manor and of Claverton Manor, Somersets (b 2 0May 1844; d 7 March 1915), eldest s and h of Henry Duncan Skrine, of the same; d 9 May 1923, leaving issue.
1.5. Lady Frances Anne; b 1874; mar 18 Dec 1879; mar 18 Dec 1879, Henry Gribble Turner MC, of Staplegrove Manor, Taunton, Somersets (dsp 15 Feb 1920); dsp 5 July 1907.
2. Richard Plantagenet Campbell, later 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (see below).
The only s,
Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos also 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe also 10th Lord Kinloss (by ruling of the HoL dated 21 July 1868), GCSI (1876), PC (1866), DL (Northants 1846; Bucks 1852); b 10 Sept 1823; educ Eton, Christ College Oxf; MP (Con) for Buckingham 1846-57, 1859-61; Ld of HMT 1852; Keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) 1852-53; Deputy Warden of the Stannaries 1852; Chm: London and Northwest Railway 1852-61, Exec Cttee of the Royal Commsn for the Great Exhibition of 1862; Ld Pres of the Cncl 1866-67; Colonial Sec 1867-68; Ld-Lt and Custos Rot of Bucks 1868-d; Gov of Madras 1875-80; Chm of the Cttees (HoL) 1886-d; mar 1st 2 Oct 1851, Caroline (dspm 28 Feb 1874), only sis of Sir Robert Bateson Hervey, 1st Bt, of Langley Park, Bucks (b 17 Nov 1825; d March 1887) and only dau of Robert Hervey, of Langley Park; mar 2nd 17 Feb 1885, Alice Anne (b 29 Sept 1847; mar 2nd Aug 1894 as his 2nd w, Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton, see EGERTON, E; d 15 Sept 1931), eldest dau of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Bt, of Stanhope (qv); dspm 26 March 1889, when the Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos, the Earldom of Temple and the Earldom of Nugent became EXTINCT, the Viscountcy of Cobham and Barony of Cobham passed to his cousin (see COBHAM, V), the Lordship of Kinloss pass to his eldest dau and hrss of line (see below), while the Earldom of Temple of Stowe passed to his nephew (see below), leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. Lady Mary, later 11th Lady Kinloss suo jure (see KINLOSS, L).
2. Lady Anne; b 25 Oct 1853; mar 3 Aug 1882, Lt-Col George Rowley Hadaway RA (d 1926), only s of Inspec-Gen S. M. Hadaway, Metropolitan Police, of Mayfair, Middx; d 18 March 1890, leaving issue,
2.1. Anna Mary; b 1 Nov 1884; d unm 23 Apr 1897.
2.2. Caroline Adelaide; b 11 Nov 1884; d unm 20 Nov 1963.
2.3. Alice Eva; b 1 Sept 1888; dvp young.
3. Lady Caroline Jemima Elizabeth; b 11 Apr 1858; d unm 25 May 1946.
The nephew,
William Stephen Gore-Langton (later Temple-Gore-Langton by Royal Lic dated 12 March 1892), 4th Earl Temple of Stowe JP, DL (Somersets); b 11 May 1847; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1871); Maj with North Somerset Yeo; MP (Con) for Mid Somerset 1878-85; mar 29 Dec 1870, Helen Mabel (d 21 Nov 1919), 3rd dau of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Bt, of Stanhope (qv); d 28 March 1902, leaving issue,
1. Algernon William Stephen, later 5th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below).
2. Capt Hon Chandos Graham, 1st KDG; b 8 Sept 1873; mar 10 June 1907, Frances Ethel (d 25 May 1953), yst dau of Rev Arthur L. Gore; d 19 Aug 1921, leaving issue,
2.1. Chandos Granville, later 6th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below).
2.2. Lady Elizabeth Ann, of 12A Northanger Court, Grove Str, Bath, Somersets BA2 6PE (2003); b 3 Apr 1808; granted the style and precedence of the dau of an Earl by Royal Warrant dated 1 May 1947; mar 7 July 1927, G/Capt Peter Bathurst RAF (b 1 March 1903; d 1970), grands of Allen Alexander Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (see BATHURST, E); d 9 Oct 2004, leaving issue.
2.3. Ronald Stephen Brydges, later 7th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below).
3. Lady Gertrude Alice; b 16 Dec 1874; ma 15 Dec 1904 as his 1st w, Maj William Maurice Copland du Quesne Caillard (b 30 Apr 1874; d 18 Nov 1955), only s of Camile Felix Désiré Caillard DL, of Wingfield House, Wilts, by his 2nd w, Amy Ursula, widow of Capt John Hanham, of Dean’s Court, Wilts and 2nd dau and eventual sole hrss of Alexander Copland, of Wingfield House and of Gloucester Place, Portman Sq, London; d 23 Nov 1919, leaving issue,
3.1. Evelyn Alice Ursula; b 2 Feb 1907; mar Oct 1926, Rowland Arthur Marriott; d 1982, leaving issue,
3.1.1. (Susanna) Jane; b 6 Oct 1927; mar 1954, Christian Vigant William “Bill” de Falbe (d June 2002), s of Brig-Gen Vigant William de Falbe CMG, DSO, JP, DL, of Whittington House, Lichfield, Staffs (b 1867; d 1940); d 4 June 2019 (bur 24 June at St Mary’s Ch, Thundridge), leaving 6 children.
3.1.2. ●Susanna; b and d 1929.
3.1.3. ●Evelyn Richard; b 30 Dec 1930.
3.1.4. ●Charles Rowland; b 5 Feb 1936.
3.2. Ursula Mabel; b 19 Oct 1908.
3.3. Helen Bridget Emily; b 28 Nov 1912.
3.4. Avril Gertrude May; b 5 Apr 1918.
4. Lady Mabel Evelyn; b 15 Jan 1876 as a twin; d unm 11 Jan 1966.
5. Lady Alice Mary Evelyn; b 15 Jan 1876 as a twin; mar 2 Sept 1909 her cousin, Cdr Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton DSO, DL, RN (b 18 Aug 1883; d 6 March 1968); d 2 Jan 1961, leaving issue (see as above).
6. Lady Frances Aline; b 29 Sept 1877; mar 4 Apr 1908, Brig-Gen John Harington CB, CMG, DSO (b 10 Apr 1873; d 11 Apr 1943), 5th s of Sir Richard Harington, 11th Bt, of Ridlington, Rutld (qv); d 20 March 1951, leaving issue.
7. Lady Clare Violet; b 2 Feb 1880; mar 20 Jan 1903, Thomas Francis Egerton, of Parkham, Binfield, Berks (d 2 March 1951), only s of George Mark Leycester Egerton, of The Mount, Yorks, by Mary Elizabeth, 5th dau of Sir Edward Blackett, 6th Bt, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb (d 23 Nov 1885); d 29 March 1966, leaving issue,
7.1. Margery H.; b 19 Apr 1911; d unm 11 Aug 2007 (cremated 22 Aug at East Hampstead Crematorium).
8. Cdr Hon Evelyn Arthur Grenville DSO, RN, of Tregunna House, Wadebridge, Cornw; b 5 Apr 1884; mar 25 Apr 1922, Irene Maria Gartside (later Gartside-Spaight) (b 1890; d 30 Sept 1967), eldest dau of Brig-Gen Cavendish Walter Gartside (later Gartside-Spaight), of Derry Castle, co Tipperary, by Louisa Dorina, eldest dau and cohrss of Col George Campbell Spaight, of Derry Castle; d 7 June 1972, leaving issue,
8.1. Walter Grenville Algernon, later 8th Earl Temple of Stowe (see below)).
8.2. Elspeth Dorina; b 21 Jan 1926; mar 20 July 1950, Thomas Alfred Spry Carlyon, of 15 Quay Rd, Charlestown, St Austell, Cornw (2003) (b 7 Feb 1923; d 1999), 2nd s of Maj Alfred Spry Carlyon, of Costislost, Wahaway, Bodmin, Cornw, by Gwendolene, dau of Col — Young-Jamieson, of Cobb’s Well, Fowey, Cornw; d 6 Feb 2020, leaving issue,
8.2.1. ●William Thomas Alfred; b 1951; educ Stowe; mar 1998, ●Mrs Alison Jean Humphreys, dau of C. H. J. Bellingham, of Cornworthy, Devons, and has issue,
8.2.1.1. ●Sam; b 1991 as a triplet.
8.2.1.2. ●Thomas; b 1991 as a triplet.
8.2.1.3. ●Sophie; b 1991 as a triplet.
8.2.2. ●Nicola Elspeth; b 1954.
The eldest s,
Algernon William Stephen Gore-Langton (later assumed Temple-Gore-Langton ca 1902), 5th Earl Temple of Stowe; b 9 Nov 1871; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1895); Hon Attaché: Berlin 1897-96, Vienna 1897-98; Priv Sec to the Gov of Cyprus 1899; 2nd Lt with Coldstream Grds 1900-02; served during WWI as Staff Lt attached with Ministry of Munitions and Natl Service; Capt and Hon Maj of 3rd Btn Somerset LI; mar 25 Jan 1913, Agnes Florence Regina (d 3 March 1941), widow of Alfred Burrows, of Melbourne, Australia and dau of Charles K. de Laporte, of London; dsp 19 Feb 1940, when he was suc by his nephew,
Chandos Granville Temple-Gore-Langton, 6th Earl Temple of Stowe; b 13 July 1909; Lt-Col with Royal Wilts Yeo and North Somerset Yeo; mar 1st 3 July 1934 (div 1940), Frances Vauriel Fenton (mar 2nd 23 July 1979, Ronald James Scully), only dau of Maj Francis Vivian Lister OBE, of Chisenbury Priory, Wilts; mar 2nd 7 July 1943, Joan Helen (dsp 28 Apr 1977), only dau of Charles Abbott, of Penn, Bucks; dsp 14 Apr 1966, when he was suc by his ygr bro,
(Ronald) Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton, 7th Earl Temple of Stowe; 5 Nov 1910; d unm 28 Aug 1988, when he was suc by his cousin,
Walter Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton, 8th Earl Temple of Stowe; b 2 Oct 1924; educ Nautical Coll Pangbourne; mar 1st 24 July 1954, Zillah Ray (d 12 Oct 1966), dau of James Boxall, of Fir Grove, Tillington, West Sussex; mar 2nd 1 June 1968, (Margaret) Elizabeth Graham (b 17 Nov 1928; d 4 Apr 2018), only dau of Col Henry William Scarth of Breckness, of Skaill House and Hall of Hand, Shetland, by Mary Beatrix, dau of Duncan J. Robertson of Eynhallow OBE; d 17 Sept 2013, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. James Grenville, later 8th Earl Temple of Stowe (see as above).
2. +Hon Robert Chandos; b 22 Nov 1957; educ Eton; a journalist; mar 1985, ●Susan Penelope, elder dau of David Cavender, of The Manor House, Dowlish Wake, Somersets, by Mrs Jennifer Neaubuer, of Smallcombe House, Bath, Somersets, and has issue,
2.1. ●Georgia Ray; b 1989.
2.2. +Louis Grenville; b 1990.
2.3. +Christopher Chandos; b 1993.
3. ●Lady Anna Clare DL (Somersets 2012); b 19 May 1960; educ Exeter Univ; mar 2004, ●Steven Dawson.
Lineage of Gore(-Langton): Gerald Gore (see ARRAN, E); mar Helen Devenant (d 13 Feb 1607/08), leaving a 4th s,
Sir John Gore Kt (4 June 1634); Sheriff of London 1614-15; Alderman for the CoL 1615, 1618, 1621; Ld Mayor of London 1624-25; d Dec 1636; mar as his 2nd w, Hester, dau of Sir Thomas Cambell, Ld Mayor of London 1609-10 (b ca 1536; d 13 Feb 1614); d Dec 1636, leaving with 2 elder s,
1. Sir John, of Gilstone, Herts; mar Bridget, dau of Sir Edward Harington, 2nd Bt, of Ridlington, Rutld (qv).
2. William (see below).
The 4th s,
William Gore, of Morden, Surrey and later Barrow Court, Somersets; mar Jane (d 1662), dau of Thomas Smith, of Tedworth, Wilts, leaving a s,
Sir Thomas Gore, of Barrow Court; mar Philippa, sis and cohrss of Sir Giles Tooker, of Maddington, Wilts; d 1675, leaving issue,
1. William; d 1718, leaving issue.
2. Thomas; d 1725, leaving issue.
3. Edward (see below).
4. Jane; mar Richard Baskerville, of Richardston, Wilts.
5. Anne; mar — Stear.
The 3rd s,
Edward Gore, of Barrow Court; mar Arabella, sis and cohrss of Sir John Smythe, 3rd Bt, of Long Ashton, Somersets (d 17 Sept 1737); d 1742, leaving an elder s (among other issue),
Edward Gore, of Barrow Court; mar Barbara, widow of Sir Edward Mostyn, 5th Bt, of Talacre (qv) and dau and hrss of Sir George Browne, 3rd Bt, of Kiddington Park, Oxon (see MANCHESTER, D); d 1801, leaving issue,
1. William (see below).
2. Rev Charles, of Barrow Court, Vicar of Henbury, Somersets; b ca 1765; mar 9 May 1798, Harriet Little, of Grosvenor Place, London; d 21 Apr 1841, leaving issue,
2.1. Montagu MP, of Barrow Court; b 1800; MP (Con) for Barnstaple 1841-47; High Sheriff of Somersets 1852-53; d unm 8 Sept 1864.
2.2. Rev William Charles, Rector of Barrow, Somersets; d unm 17 Feb 1842.
2.3. Rev George, Rector of Newton St Loe, Somersets; b 1 Jan 1807; mar 21 Apr 1841, Frances Anne, dau of Thomas Bates Rous, of Court-y-rala, Glamorgans; d 1887, leaving issue,
2.3.1. Lt-Col Francis William George TD, JP, DL, of Court-y-rala, Glamorgans and of Llanwern, Monmouths; b 22 June 1855; Maj with CoL Rough Riders Imp Yeo; mar 1 Oct 1885,Lady Constance Grace (d 28 Feb 1941), 3rd dau of George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (see MONSON, B); d 17 July 1938, leaving issue,
2.3.1.1. Lt George Rous Temple, Gren Grds; b 28 Dec 1889; d unm 1913.
2.3.1.2. Capt Christopher Gerald; b 25 Dec 1903; educ Eton; mar 4 Feb 1930, Lady Barbara Susan (b 23 Aug 1909; d 1992), eldest dau of Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton and 4th Earl of Winton (see EGLINTON and WINTON, E); d 11 June 1954, leaving issue,
2.3.1.2.1. Capt John Temple, Gren Grds, of Bridgefoot, Sussex; educ Eton; b 30 March 1931; mar 1st 29 Apr 1957 (div 1969), Serena Margaret (d 21 Jan 2015), dau of Charles Francis Edward Mounsey, of Yaxley Hall, Eye, Suffolk; mar 2nd 15 Oct 1969, ●Antonia (b 1936), former w of Alan Brodie Henderson (see FARINGDON, B) and only dau of Osmond James George McCullen, of Eaton Sq, Belgravia, London, and has issue,
2.3.1.2.1.1. ●Charlotte Sara Jane; b 29 Oct 1958; mar 1st 1979 (div 1991), Sir Hervey James Hugh Bruce-Clifton, 7th Bt, of Downhill, co Londonderry (qv); mar 2nd 1993 (div), Richard Nicholas Bethell, 6th Baron Westbury (see WESTBURY, B); mar 3rd aft 2004, ●Alasdair Malcolm Douglas Macleod Hilleary, a cartoonist (b 1954), s of Ruaridh Edward Macleod Robertson Hilleary, by ●Asthore Sheena Douglas Mackintosh (b 1928), and has issue by her 1st husband.
2.3.1.2.1.2. Christopher Charles, of Csakbereny, Hungary; b 19 Dec 1959; mar 1st 2 May 1992 at Budapest, Hungary (div 1997), Kathryn, dau of Anthony Spencer Ambler, and had issue,
2.3.1.2.1.2.1. ●Helen Lucia; b 2 Apr 1993.
2.3.1.2.1.2.2. ●John Theodore; b 24 Jan 1996.
(continued) Christopher mar 2nd, ●Catherine Maria Dickens, a descendant of Charles Dickens and former w of Count Jeanne-Marie Wenckheim (b 1966); d 13 Aug 2015 at Csakbereny, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2.3.1.2.1.2.3. ●Maritta Elsa; b 17 Sept 2004.
2.3.1.2.1.3. ●Georgina Susan DL (West Sussex); b 30 Jan 1962; mar 26 June 1987 (div 2022), Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk GCVO (see NORFOLK, D), and has issue.
2.3.1.2.2. ●Susan Sara; b 26 Oct 1935; mar 1st 17 Dec 1956 (div 1962), Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti MP, MEP (b 2 July 1930; d 24 Sept 1998), ygr s of Sir Vincent Ziani de Ferranti MC, of Rose Hill, Over Alderley Edge, Cheshire (b 16 Feb 1893; d 20 May 1980), and has issue,
2.3.1.2.2.1. ●Jonathan Christopher Vincent; b 7 Oct 1957.
2.3.1.2.2.2. ●Adrian Sebastian; b 24 Dec 1958.
2.3.1.2.2.3. ●Marcus Basil; b 25 July 1961 (sponsored by HRH The Duchess of Kent); mar 10 March 1964, ●Alexandra Mary (b 10 March 1964), elder dau of Hon Thomas Richard Lindsay, 3rd s of David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres (see CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, E), and has issue,
2.3.1.2.2.3.1. ●Polly; b 25 May 1992.
2.3.1.2.2.3.2. ●Thomas; b 5 May 1994.
2.3.1.2.2.3.3. ●Augustus; b 24 Jan 1997.
(continued) Susan mar 2nd 17 Aug 1963, Peter Quixano Henriques (d 13 June 1974), s of George Henriques, of Park Hall, Buxton, Derbys; mar 3rd 1979, ●Sir John Raymond Johnstone Kt (1993), CBE (1988), Chm of the Forestry Commsn 1989-94 and Historic Buildings Cncl for Scotland 1995-2000 (b 27 Oct 1929; d 15 Aug 2022), s of Capt Henry James Johnston RN (b 1895; d 1947 at Edinburgh), by Alison McIntyre; and has further issue by her 3rd husband,
2.3.1.2.2.4. ●David Quixano; b 11 Dec 1964.
2.3.1.2.2.5. ●Benedict James Quixano; b 14 Oct 1967.
2.3.1.3. Violet Gladys; d unm 11 May 1970.
2.3.1.4. Crystal Gloria; mar 14 Apr 1931, Bernard Thomas Brassey, 2nd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe MC, TD (see BRASSEY OF APETHORPE, B); d 15 March 1962.
The eldest s,
Col William Gore (later assumed Gore-Langton aft his 1st marriage), of Newton Park, Somersets; b Dec 1760; mar 1st 1783, Bridget, only child and hrss of Joseph Langton, of Newton Park, and had issue,
1. William (see below).
2. Capt Edward, 52nd RoF; b 1789; served during the Peninsular War 1807-14 and Waterloo Campaign 1815; d unm 3 March 1860.
3. John; d unm at Ceylon.
4. Frances Matilda.
(continued) Col William mar 2nd, Mary, dau of John Browne, of Salperton, Gloucs; d 1847, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
5. William Henry MP, JP, DL; b 1802; MP (Whig later Lib) for Bristol 1852-62; Mayor of Bristol 1851-52; mar 1st 1824, Maria (d 7 Jan 1864), dau of John Lewis; mar 2nd 19 Apr 1865, Mary Ann, dau of William Williams, of Pwll-y-Pant, Glamorgans; d 16 May 1875, leaving issue by his 1st w,
5.1. William Frederick; b 1839 as a twin.
5.2. Edward Albert; b 1839 as a twin.
6. Capt Frederick, Gren Grds; d unm 27 Oct 1834.
7. Mary Henrietta; mar 20 Dec 1831, Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 9th Bt, of Sutton Park, Bedfords (b 1796; d 1858); d 1 Apr 1890, leaving issue.
8. Caroline Maria; mar 5 July 1836, Col — D’Oyly, Gren Grds.
Lineage of Brydges, Dukes of Chandos: Sir Giles Brydges/Brugge, of Cubberley, Gloucs Kt (22 June 1497), sometime considered 6th Baron Chaundos; b ca 1462; mar Isabel, dau by his 2nd w of Thomas Baynham, of Mitcheldean, Gloucs; d 1 Dec 1511 (will dated 19 Nov 1511 and pr 18 Feb 1512), leaving with other issue,
1. John, later 1st Baron Chandos (see below).
2. Thomas, of Coberley, Cornbury and Keynsham Abbey, Gloucs; d 14 Nov 1559.
3. William, of Horton, Gloucs; probably the man of that name who mar ca 1538, Anne, dau of William Barker, of Chiwick.
4. Catherine; mar 1st, Leonard Poole, of Saperton, Gloucs, Gent Usher to the King (d 1538); mar 2nd, Sir David Brooke MP, of Glastonbury, Somersets, Chief Baron of the Excheq 1353-58 (1560).
5. Florence; b 1493; mar Sir William Morgan; d 1539.
The eldest s,
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos (or Chaundos), of Sudeley in the County of Gloucester [E] (so cr 8 Apr 1554), JP (Gloucs and Wilts 1529-d); bapt 9 March 1491/92; served under Henry VIII in France (fought at Battles of the Spurs, Calais and Boulogne); Kt of the Body to Henry VIII 1533; Jt Keeper of Cornbury and Langley Parks 1536-d; Sheriff: Wilts 1537-38, Gloucs 1549-50; Constable of Sudeley Castle 1538-42; Groom of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII 1539; Lt of the Tower of London 1553-54 in which capacity he attended Lady Jane Grey to her execution; mar by 1620, Hon Elizabeth (d 29 Dec 1559), dau of Edmund Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Wilton (see WILTON, E); d 12 Apr 1557, leaving issue,
1. Edmund, later 2nd Baron Chandos (see below).
2. Hon Charles, of Wilton Castle, Herefs; High Sheriff of Herefs 1590-91; Dep Lt of the Tower of London; mar Jane, dau of Sir Edward Carne, of Ewenny, Glamorgans; d 9 Apr 1619, leaving issue,
2.1. Sir Giles Brydges, 1st Bt, of Wilton Castle, Herefs [E] (so cr 17 May 1627), JP (Herefs 1618-d), DL (Herefs by 1633); b ca 1573; educ St Alban Hall Oxf (admit 1590 aged 17); Capt of Militia of Ft by 1619-d?; Commsnr of Subsidy for Herefs 1621-22, 1624, 1626; High Sheriff of Herefs 1625-26; MP: Tewkesbury 1621, Herefordshire 1625, 1628; mar 16 Jan 1620, Mary, dau of Sir James Scudamore MP, of Holme Lacy, Herefs; d 12 Sept 1637, leaving issue,
2.1.1. Sir John Brydges, 2nd Bt; b 1623; mar Mary Pearle (mar 2nd as his 1st w, Sir William Hinson (later Powell), 1st Bt, of Pengethly, Herefs (d 1653), only dau and hrss of James Pearle, of Dewsal and Aconbury, Herefs; d 21 Feb 1651/52, leaving issue,
2.1.1.1. James, later 3rd Bt later 8th Baron Chandos (see below).
3. Hon Anthony; mar Catherine, dau of Henry Fortescue, of Faulkbourn Hall, Essex, and had issue.
4. Hon Catherine; mar ca 1556 as his 1st w, Edward Dudley, 4th Baron Dudley (see DUDLEY, B), and had issue.
5. Hon Elizabeth; mar Henry Tracy, of Toddington, Gloucs (see SUDELEY, B), and had issue.
6. Hon Mary; mar George Throckmorton, 7th s of Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton, Warwicks, by Hon Katherine, 2nd dau by his 1st w of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (see VAUX OF HARROWDEN, B), and had issue.
The eldest s,
Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos KG (15720, Kt (1547), JP (Gloucs and Wilts 1547-d); b by 1520; Esq of the Body to Henry VIII 1540; Gent Pensioner 1540-53?; Jt Constable of Sudeley Castle 1542-57; V-Adm of Gloucester 1559-d; mar ca 1548, Dorothy (b ca 1524; mar 2nd, William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, who d 25 May 1632; d 31 Oct 605), sis and cohrss of John Braye, 2nd Baron Braye and yst child of Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye (see BRAYE, B); d 11 March 1572/73, leaving issue,
1. Giles, later 3rd Baron Chandos (see below).
2. William, later 4th Baron Chandos (see below).
The elder s,
Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos; b 1548; MP: Cricklade 1571, Gloucestershire 1572-73; Ld-Lt of Gloucs 1586-d; mar bef Sept 1573, Lady Frances (d 12 Sept 1623), 5th dau by his 1st w of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (see LINCOLN, E); dspm 21 Feb 1593/94, when he was suc by his ygr bro,
1. Hon Elizabeth; mar Sir John Kennedy; dsp.
2. Hon Catherine; mar 26 Feb 1608, Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (see BEDFORD, D); d 29 Jan 1656/57, leaving issue.
The ygr bro,
William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos; b aft 1548; educ Gray’s Inn; MP: Cricklade 1572, Gloucestershire 1595-1602; Steward of Cricklade 1594-d; mar Mary (bur 23 Oct 1624), dau of Owen Hopton MP, of Yoxford and Blythburg, Suffolk, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1565-65 and Lt of the Tower of London 1570-90 (b ca 1519; d 22 July to 20 Dec 1595), by Anne, dau and cohrss of Sir Edward Itchingham/Etchingham; d 18 Nov 1602, leaving issue,
1. Grey, later 5th Baron Chandos (see below).
2. Hon Frances; mar 1st, Sir Thomas Smith, of Parsons Green, Middx, Master of the Requests to James I; mar 2nd ca 1610 as his 2nd w, Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (see EXETER, M); d 1663, leaving issue by both husbands.
3. Hon Beatrice; mar 1616, Henry Poole MP, of Sapperton, Gloucs (b ca 1592; d bef Feb 1652), s of Sir Henry Poole MP, of the same, by Anne, dau of Sir William Wroughton, of Broad Hinton, Wilts, and had issue.
The only s,
Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos KB (1605), JP (Gloucs and Wilts 1603); b ca 1579; MP for Cricklade 1597-1602; imprisoned during the Earl of Essex’s Rebellion in 1601 but later freed; Jt Ld-Lt of Gloucs 1613-d; Custos Rot of Gloucs by 1621-d; mar 28 Feb 1608, Lady Anne (b 1580; mar 2nd 22 July 1624, Mervyn Touchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, who was executed 14 May 1631 for rape and sodomy; admon granted 2 March 1654/55), eldest dau and cohrss of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (see DERBY, E); d 10 Aug 1621, leaving issue,
1. George, later 6th Baron Chandos (see below).
2. William, later 7th Baron Chandos (see below).
The elder s,
George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos; b 1620; served during the Civil War with the Royalists; mar 1st 14 Dec1637, Lady Susan (bur 20 Apr 1652), 3rd and yst dau of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester (see MANCHESTER, D), and had issue,
1. Hon Mary; mar 1st, William Brownlow, of Great Humby, Lincs; mar 2nd, Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Bt, of Prestwould Hall (qv), and had issue by both husbands.
2. Hon Elizabeth; bapt 25 March 1651; mar 1st 20 Aug 1673 as his 2nd w, Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury and 3rd Baron Herbert of Castle Island (see POWIS, E); mar 2nd 1684 as his 2nd w, William O’Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin (see INCHIQUIN, B); mar 3rd bef Aug 1694, Charles Howard, 4th Baron Howard of Escrick (see NORFOLK, D); dsp 3 Feb 1717/18.
(continued) 6th Baron Chandos mar 2nd 17 Jan 1652/53, Lady Jane (mar 2nd 21 Oct 1655, Sir William Sedley, 4th Bt, of Ailesford, Kent, who dsp 1656; mar 3rd 1657, George Pitt, of Stratfield Saye, Hants, who d 27 July 1694; d 6 June 1676), 2nd dau of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers (d 10 Oct 1654), by his 1st w, Hon Catherine, 2nd dau and cohrss in her issue of William Parker, 13th Baron Morley (see MORLEY, E); dspm Feb 1654/55, when he was suc by his ygr bro, and also left further issue by his 2nd w,
3. Hon Lucy; mar as his 1stw, Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Lisburne (slain 15 Sept 1691 at Siege of Limerick); d 12 July 1689.
The ygr bro,
William Brydges, 7th Baron Chandos; b 1621 or 1622; mar Susan (bur 15 Oct 1672), dau and cohrss of Garret Carr/Kerr, of London; dsps 22 Aug 1676, when he was suc by his 3rd cousin,
1. Hon William; dvp ca March 1671.
2. Hon Mary.
3. Hon Frances.
4. Hon Rebecca.
The 3rd cousin,
James Brydges, 3rd Bt and 8th Baron Chandos; b ca Sept 1643; educ St John’s Coll Oxf; Sheriff of Herefs 1667-68; Dir of HEIC 1679-80, 1688-91; Amb to Turkey 1680-87; mar bef 1673, Elizabeth (d 26 May 1719), dau and cohrss of Sir Henry Barnard, of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London and of Bridgnorth, Salop, by Emma, dau of Robert Charlton, of Whitton Court, Salop; d 16 Oct 1714, leaving with other issue,
1. James, later 9th Baron Chandos later 1st Duke of Chandos (see below).
2. Rev Hon Henry, of Adlestrop, Gloucs, Rector of Agmondesham, Bucks; b 4 July 1675; educ Christ Church Oxf; Archdeacon of Rochester 1720-d; mar 7 June 1705, Annabella (d Aug 1763), paternal granddau of Sir Robert Atkins, Ld Chief Baron of the Excheq and dau of Henry Atkins; d 9 May 1728, leaving issue,
2.1. James; dvp May 1723.
2.2. Robert; d unm Sept 1779.
2.3. James, of Pinner, Middx; mar his cousin, Jane (dsp suddenly 1 March 1776), ygr dau of John Brydges, styled Marquess of Carnarvon (see below); dsp July 1789.
2.4. Elizabeth Louisa; mar Sir Robert Walters, 4th Bt, of Saresden, Oxon (b 1680; d 1731); d 1740.
2.5. Annabella; mar Thomas Inwood, of Stanmore, Middx.
2.6. Mary; mar Simon Adeane, of Charlgrove, Oxon, and had issue.
2.7. Catherine; Lindley Simpson, of Bahworth, Notts.
2.8. Henrietta; mar Rev John Kearney DD, and had issue.
2.9. Cassandra; d unm March 1739/40.
3. Hon Francis; Receiver-Gen of the Duties on Malt 1702; mar Sarah Western; mar Sarah, dau of — Western, of Rivenhall, Essex; dsp 25 Sept 1714 (MI at Whitchurch, Middx).
4. Hon Mary; mar 1689 at Westminster Abbey as his 2nd w, Theophilus, of Adlestrop, Gloucs and of Longborough, Warwicks (d 10 Feb 1724/25), eldest s and h of William Leigh, of the same (see LEIGH, B); d 13 June 1703, leaving issue.
5. Hon Elizabeth; mar 1st Dec 26 1691, Alexander Jacob, a Turkey merchant; mar 2nd, Rev Thomas Dawson DD, Vicar of Windsor, Berks; d 23 Nov 1759 (bur at Whitchurch, Middx), leaving issue by her 1st husband,
5.1. Alexander.
5.2. Robert.
6. Hon Emma; mar 16 May 1692, Edmund Chamberlayne, of Maugersbury House, Gloucs; d 18 June 1715, leaving issue.
7. Hon Anne; mar Charles Walcot, of Walcot, Salop, and had issue.
8. Hon Catherine; mar 1st 2 May 1700, Brereton Bourchier, of Barnsley Court, Gloucs; mar 2nd, Henry Perrot, of North Leigh, Oxon; d 11 July 1732.
The eldest s,
James Brydges, 9th Baron Chandos later 1st Earl of Carnarvon and Viscount Carnarvon [GB] (so cr 19 Oct 1714 with spec rem, failing h m, to the h m of his f) later still 1st Duke of Chandos and Marquess of Carnarvon [GB] (so cr 29 Apr 1719), PC (1721); b 6 Jan 1673/74; educ Westminster, New Coll Oxf 1690-92, Wolfenbüttel Academy 1692-94, Lincoln’s Inn; MP for Hereford 1698-1714; Member of the Cncl of the Ld High Adm 1703-05; Paymaster-Gen of the Forces Abroad 1705-13; Jt Clerk of the Hanaper 1714-d; Gov of the Turkey Co 1718-36; Ld-Lt of Herefs and Radnors 1741-42; Chllr of St Andrews Univ 1724-44; Founding Gov of the Foundling Hosp 1739; mar 1st 27 Feb 1695/96, Mary (bapt 18 July 1668; d 15 Dec 1712), dau and eventual sole hrss of Sir Thomas Lake, of Canons-in-Whitchurch, Middx, by Rebecca, dau of Sir John Langham, 1st Bt, of Cottesbrooke, Northants (qv); mar 2nd 4 Aug 1713 his 2nd cousin, Cassandra (dsp 16 July 1735), sis of Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton (see MIDDLETON, B); mar 3rd 18 Aug 1736, Lydia Catherine, widow of Sir Thomas Davall, of Ramsey, Essex and dau of John van Hattan, by Lydia, dau of Thomas Davall; d 9 Aug 1744, leaving issue by his 1st w,
1. John, styled Marquess of Carnarvon; b 1703; educ Westminster, Leyden Univ 1721, Grand Tour 1721-23; MP for Steyning 1726-27; mar 1 Sept 1724, Lady Catherine (d 17 Jan 1754), 2nd dau of Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart (see DYSART, E); dvp 8 Apr 1727, leaving issue,
1.1. Catherine; mar William Berkeley Lyon; mar 2nd 9 Aug 1753, Evelyn Francis Stanhope, of Stanwell House, Middx (d 16 May 1807), and had issue by both husbands.
1.2. Jane; mar her cousin, James Brydges, of Pinner, Middx (see above), 2nd s of Rev Hon Henry Brydges, 2nd s of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos as above.
2. Henry, later 2nd Duke of Chandos (see below).
The only s,
Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos; b 17 Jan 1708; educ Westminster, St John’s Coll Camb, Grand Tour 1724-27; MP: Hereford 1727-34, Steyning 1734-41, Bishop’s Castle 1741-44; Groom of the Bedchamber 1728-42 and Groom of the Stole 1742-51 to Frederick, Prince of Wales; Master of Freemasons 1738-39; Clerk of the Hanaper and Ranger of Enfield Chase 1744-d; High Steward of Westminster 1754-d; mar 1st 21 Dec 1728,Lady Mary (d 14 Aug 1738), eldest dau and sole hrss in her issue by his 1st w of Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin (see AILESBURY, M), and had issue,
1. James, later 3rd Duke of Chandos (see below).
2. Lady Caroline; b 19 March 1729/30; mar 10 or 17 March 1755 her 2nd cousin, John Leigh, of Aldestrop, Gloucs and of Longborough, Gloucs (bapt 7 July 1724; d 31 March 1774) (see LEIGH, B), with one distant member of the Leigh family being Cassandra, m of the famed novelist, Jane Austen; d ca bef 1812, and had issue,
2.1. James Henry, of Adlestrop; b 8 Feb 1765.
(continued) 2nd Duke of Chandos mar 2nd 25 Dec 1744, Mrs Anne Jeffries, of St Marylebone, Middx and of Newbury, Berks (dspm 12 Aug 1759), dau of John Wells; mar 3rd 28 July 1767, Elizabeth (dsp 30 March 1813), 2nd dau and cohrss of Sir John Major, 1st Bt, of Worlingsworth Hall, Suffolk (see HENNIKER and HARTISMERE, B); d 28 Nov 1771, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
3. Lady Augusta Anne; b 6 Oct 1748; mar 20 Jan 1778 her cousin, Henry John Kennedy; dsp 20 March 1779.
The only s,
James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos later also 7th Lord Kinloss de jure (suc maternal grandf 10 Feb 1746/47), PC (1775); b 16 Dec 1731; educ Westminster; MP: Winchester 1754-61, Radnorshire 1761-68; Ld of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1760-64; Ld-Lt of Hants 1763-64; Ld Steward 1783-d; mar 1st 22 March 1753, Margaret (dsp 14 Aug 1768), dau and hrss of John Nicol, of Minchenden House, Southgate, Middx; mar 2nd 21 June 1777, Anne Eliza, widow of Roger Hope Elletson, sis of Richard Gamon Jr MP (b 14 Aug 1748; d 8 Apr 1818) and dau of Richard Gamon, of Datchworthy, Herts; dspm 29 Sept 1789, when all the peerages became EXTINCT, except the Lordship of Kinloss, which passed to his only child by the 2nd w and hrss of line,
Lady Anne Eliza (née Brydges), 8th Lady Kinloss de jure; b 27 Oct 1779; mar 16 Apr 1796, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (see Lineage of Temple above); d 15 May 1836, leaving issue.
S.S.
Paul Theroff
BRYDGES, Dukes of CHANDOS
TEMPLE, Dukes of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS
SHEFFIELD, Dukes of BUCKINGHAM
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/buckingham.html
The Temple-Gore-Langton Earls Temple of Stowe are here:
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/gore.html
Paul Theroff
https://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/buckingham.html
a false line of Temples claimed it from 1786, and for many years they were accorded the title in the Peerage books of the day. This line was in fact descended through a female line from the first Baronet, but the agnatic ancestry they claimed was found to be fictional.
Paul Theroff
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924093035024&seq=416