Earl Temple of Stowe

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Earl Temple of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1822 for Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, who was created Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham and Chandos at the same time. In contrast to the Marquessate and Dukedom, which were created with remainder to the heirs male of his body only, the Earldom was created with remainder to (1) the heirs male of his body, failing which to (2) the heirs male of his deceased great-grandmother Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, failing which to (3) his granddaughter Anna Elizabeth Mary Grenville (daughter of Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Earl Temple, later 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos) and the heirs male of her body, and then to possible younger daughters of the Earl Temple and the heirs male of their bodies (however, there were no other daughters). The Earldom remained merged with the Dukedom until the death of the first Duke's grandson Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, when the Dukedom and four of its subsidiary titles became extinct (the Viscountcy and Barony of Cobham and Lordship of Kinloss survived however; see these titles for more information). The late Duke was succeeded in the Earldom of Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder by his nephew William Stephen Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe. He was the eldest son of the aforementioned Anna Elizabeth Mary Grenville and her husband William Henry Powell Gore-Langton. The latter was a descendant of Sir John Gore, Lord Mayor of London in 1624, whose elder brother Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, was the ancestor of the Earls of Arran (1762 creation), the Barons Annaly (1766 and 1789 creations) and the Barons Harlech. The fourth Earl Temple of Stowe had previously represented Mid Somerset in Parliament as a Conservative. In 1892 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Temple. As of 2006 the title is held by his grandson, the eighth Earl. He is the son of Hon. Evelyn Arthur Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton, youngest son of the fourth Earl.

There are no subsidiary titles held by the Earl. Consequently, the eldest son and heir of the Earl uses the invented title of Lord Langton as a courtesy title.

The family seat from which the title derives was Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.

[edit] Earls Temple of Stowe (1822)

Heir Apparent: the present holder's eldest son James Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton, Lord Langton (b. 11 Sep 1955)

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