Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston

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Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c.1673 – 10 June 1757) was an Irish nobleman and British politician, the eldest son of Sir John Temple, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

On 10 June 1703, Temple married Anne Houblon (1682 - 8 December 1735), the daughter of Abraham Houblon, a governor of the Bank of England. They had two children:

• Henry Temple, Lord Temple of Mount Temple (d. 18 August 1740)
• Richard Temple (c.1726 – 8 August 1749)

He was created Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple of Mount Temple in 1723. He was a Member of Parliament for three English boroughs from 1727 until 1747.

In 1736, he bought Broadlands from Humphrey Sydenham and began to rework the gardens there. On 11 May 1738, he married again, to Isabella Gerard, daughter of Sir Francis Gerard, Bt; the two had no children. Neither of Palmerston's sons survived him, and he was succeeded by his grandson Henry.

[edit] References

• Temple pedigree
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Viscount Shannon Edward Conyers	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead with The Viscount Shannon 1727–1734	Succeeded by Earl of Middlesex Edward Conyers
Preceded by John Hedges James Cholmondeley	Member of Parliament for Bossiney with Townshend Andrews 1734–1737 Peregrine Poulett 1737–1741 1734–1741	Succeeded by Richard Liddell Thomas Foster
Preceded by Sir John Buckworth, Bt James Cornewall	Member of Parliament for Weobley with The Lord Carpenter 1741–1747	Succeeded by Mansell Powell Savage Mostyn
Peerage of Ireland
New title	Viscount Palmerston 1723–1757	Succeeded by Henry Temple