George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham KG (born June 17, 1753 in London , † February 11, 1813 at Stowe House , Buckinghamshire ) was a British nobleman and politician.
family
He was born as George Grenville into a politically very active and prominent family. He was the son of the future British Prime Minister George Grenville and his wife Elizabeth Wyndham, a daughter of the Tory politician Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet . His brother William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville , also became Prime Minister in 1806. Another brother, Thomas Grenville , was First Lord of the Admiralty . His aunt, Hester Grenville, was the wife of William Pitt the Elder , and thus he was a cousin of William Pitt the Younger . His uncle Richard Grenville, 2nd Earl Temple, was Secretary of the Navy and Keeper of the Lord Seal . George followed this in 1779 as 3rd Earl Temple and 4th Viscount Cobham .
George married Mary Elizabeth Nugent, 1st Baroness Nugent of Carlanstown († 1812), daughter and heiress of Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, in London in 1775 . With a royal license he changed his family name from Grenville to Nugent-Temple-Grenville in 1779 . With his wife he had the following children:
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839);
- Mary Anne Nugent-Temple-Grenville (1787–1845), ⚭ 1811 James Arundell, 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour ;
- George Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown (1789–1850), ⚭ 1813 Anne Lucy Poulett.
Stowe Manuscripts Collection
He started a collection of historical manuscripts called the Stowe Manuscripts Collection at his Stowe House estate . In 1883 this collection, including the 8th century Sacramentary Stowe Missal , was purchased by the state and given to the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin (catalog number MS D II 3).
Career
After studying at the University of Oxford , Grenville was from 1774 to 1779 as Knight of the Shire for Buckinghamshire Whig MP in the House of Commons . He left the House of Commons in 1779 when he inherited the title of his uncle when he died and was given a seat in the House of Lords . From 1782 to 1812 Nugent-Temple-Grenville was Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, from 1782–1783 and 1787–1789 also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . He was the first Grand Master of the Order of Saint Patrick and, in 1783, Secretary of State for four days (December 19 to December 23) . In 1782 he became a member of the Privy Council and in 1786 as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter.
In 1784 Nugent-Temple-Grenville was made Marquess of Buckingham and in 1788 succeeded his father-in-law as 2nd Earl Nugent . He died at the age of 59 and is buried in Wotton , Buckinghamshire.
Web links
- George Nugent-Temple-Grenville at Hansard (English)
- George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham on thepeerage.com
- Buckingham, Marquess of (GB, 1784–1889) at Cracoft's Peerage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frederick M. Powicke, Edmund B. Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society, London 1961, p. 166.
- ↑ Frederick M. Powicke, Edmund B. Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society, London 1961, p. 116.
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 48.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Richard Grenville |
Earl Temple 1779-1813 |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville |
New title created |
Marquess of Buckingham 1784-1813 |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville |
Robert Craggs-Nugent |
Earl Nugent 1788-1813 |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville |
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck |
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1782–1783 |
Robert Henley |
Frederick North |
Home Secretary 1783 |
Thomas Townshend |
Charles Manners | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1787–1798 |
John Fane |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nugent-Temple-Grenville, George, 1st Marquess of Buckingham |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nugent-Temple-Grenville, George |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1753 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1813 |
Place of death | on Stowe House , Buckinghamshire |