Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple

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Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple (c. 1690–1752) was an English noblewoman.

The daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt., (1634–1697), of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, she married Richard Grenville and was the mother of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple and of the prime minister George Grenville. She was the sister of Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham, whose title she inherited under a special remainder in 1749; in the same year, her husband having been long dead, she was created Countess Temple.

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by New Creation	Countess Temple 1749–1752	Succeeded by Richard Grenville-Temple
Preceded by Richard Temple	Viscountess Cobham 1749–1752