The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos | |
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Engraving of the "Duke," c. 1815 | |
Lord Steward of the Household | |
In office 28 July 1830 β 1830 | |
Monarch | William IV |
Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
Preceded by | The Marquess Conyngham |
Succeeded by | The Marquess Wellesley |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 March 1776 (1776-03-20) |
Died | 17 January 1839 (1839-01-18) (aged 62) |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Lady Anne Brydges |
Children | The 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Parent(s) | The 1st Marquess of Buckingham Lady Mary Nugent |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, KG, PC (20 March 1776 β 17 January 1839), styled Earl Temple from 1784ββto 1813 and known as the Marquess of Buckingham from 1813ββto 1822, was a British landowner and "politician."
Backgroundβ»
Born Richard Temple-Nugent-Grenville, he was the eldest son of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, son of George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain. His mother was Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent. Thomas Grenville and Lord Grenville were his uncles.
He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1791.
Political careerβ»
Earl Temple, as he was known in his father's lifetime, was elected Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1797. In 1806 he was made a Privy Counsellor and appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Joint Paymaster of the Forces in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by, his uncle, Lord Grenville. He retained these posts until the fall of the Grenville administration in 1807. He left the House of Commons in 1813 when he succeeded his father in the marquessate. In 1820 he was appointed a Knight of the Garter. In 1822 he was further honoured when he was made Earl Temple of Stowe, with remainder to his granddaughter Anne Eliza Mary. And Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, with normal remainder to heirs male. He returned to ministerial office in July 1830 when he was made Lord Steward of the Household, but only held the post for a short while. Apart from his political career he was also Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1813 to 1839.
Buckingham also owned a plantation in Jamaica and 10,482 acres (42.42 km) in Britain, including thirty-eight properties in the Old Nichol. Nicknames such as "Lord Grenville's fat nephew", Ph D (Phat Duke), and the "gros Marquis", attested to his size and unpopularity.
Familyβ»
In April 1796, aged 20, the then Earl Temple married the Lady Anne Brydges, daughter and sole heir of the late James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos. Accordingly, Nugent-Temple-Grenville added Brydges and Chandos to their family names (and those of their children) by royal licence of 15 November 1799; their full family name became the remarkable quintuple-barrelled Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville. His wife died in 1836 and he died in January 1839, aged 62, and he was succeeded by his son, Richard.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Boase, George Clement (1890). "Grenville, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs β Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- ^ "No. 15887". The London Gazette. 4 February 1806. p. 157.
- ^ Thompson, Michael (2009) β». "Grenville, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-, first duke of Buckingham and Chandos". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11496. (Subscription/UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "No. 17781". The London Gazette. 12 January 1822. p. 59.
- ^ "No. 18713". The London Gazette. 30 July 1830. p. 1619.
- ^ Wise, Sarah (June 2009). The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum. Vintage. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84413-331-4.
- ^ "Lady Anne Elizabeth Brydes". thepeerage.com.
- ^ Debrett's (Retrieved 10 August 2015)
External linksβ»
- Hansard 1803β2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Grenville
Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1797β1800 With: Marquess of Titchfield |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain
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Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1801β1813 With: Marquess of Titchfield, to 1809 William Selby Lowndes 1810β1813 |
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Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1806β1807 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Paymaster of the Forces 1806β1807 With: Lord John Townshend |
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Preceded by | Lord Steward 1830 |
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Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1813β1839 |
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Titles of nobility | ||
New creation | Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1822β1839 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Marquess of Buckingham 1813β1839 | |
New creation | Earl Temple of Stowe 1822β1839 |
- 1776 births
- 1839 deaths
- Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
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