Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

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His Grace
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
KG PC
Lord Steward of the Household
In office
28 July 1830  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
Died 17 January 1839
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Lady Anne Brydges

Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos KG, PC (20 March 1776 – 17 January 1839), styled Earl Temple from 1784 to 1813 and known as The Marquess of Buckingham from 1813 to 1822, was a British landowner and politician.

Background

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.

Political career

Buckingham was elected Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1797.[1] In 1806 he was made a Privy Counsellor[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] He returned to ministerial office in July 1830 when he was made Lord Steward of the Household,[5] 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 km2) in Britain, including thirty-eight properties in the Old Nichol.[6] Nicknames such as "Lord Grenville's fat nephew", Ph D (Phat Duke), and the "gros Marquis", attested to his size and unpopularity.[3]

Family

In April 1796, aged 20, Buckingham married the Lady Anne Brydges (died 1836[7]), daughter, only adult child 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;[8] and their full family name became the remarkable quintuple-barreled Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville. He died in January 1839, aged 62, and was succeeded by his son, Richard.

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  2. The London Gazette: no. 15887. p. 157. 4 February 1806.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Michael (2009) [2004]. "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 or UK public library membership required.)
  4. The London Gazette: no. 17781. p. 59. 12 January 1822.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 18713. p. 1619. 30 July 1830.
  6. Wise, Sarah (June 2009). The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum. Vintage. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84413-331-4.
  7. Debrett's (Accessed 10 August 2015)

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
James Grenville
Marquess of Titchfield
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1797–1800
With: Marquess of Titchfield
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Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
1801–1813
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William Selby Lowndes 1810–1813
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William Selby Lowndes
Thomas Grenville
Political offices
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George Rose
Vice-President of the Board of Trade
1806–1807
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George Rose
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Lord Charles Somerset
Paymaster of the Forces
1806–1807
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Lord Charles Somerset
Charles Long
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The Marquess Conyngham
Lord Steward
1830
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The Marquess Wellesley
Honorary titles
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The Marquess of Buckingham
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1813–1839
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The Lord Carrington
Titles of nobility
New creation Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
1822–1839
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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
Preceded by
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
Marquess of Buckingham
1813–1839
New creation Earl Temple of Stowe
1822–1839
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