Viscount Cobham

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Viscount Cobham was a British aristocrat and politician best known for developing the grand estate and political landscape at Stowe, making it a symbol of 18th-century Whig power and taste.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Viscount Cobham canonical 23
Lord Cobham 4
Viscount Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf noble title ⓘ
associatedWith Stowe House and Gardens ⓘ
linked to: Stowe House
associatedWithPlace Buckinghamshire ⓘ
Stowe ⓘ
category British viscountcies ⓘ
Titles in the Peerage of England ⓘ
Titles in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdFor Richard Temple ⓘ
creationDate 1718 ⓘ
familySeat Stowe House ⓘ
genderRestriction primarily male-preference succession ⓘ
hasHereditaryStatus hereditary peerage ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Christopher Lyttelton, 14th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Christopher Lyttelton, 16th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Christopher Lyttelton, 17th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Hester Grenville, 2nd Viscountess Cobham ⓘ
John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
John Lyttelton, 13th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
John Lyttelton, 15th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple and 3rd Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
influenced English landscape garden movement ⓘ
influencedBy classical architecture ⓘ
neo-Palladianism ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
linkedFamily Grenville family ⓘ
Lyttelton family ⓘ
Temple family ⓘ
monarchAtCreation George I of Great Britain ⓘ
nobleRank viscount ⓘ
notableFor association with Whig political power ⓘ
development of the estate at Stowe ⓘ
influence on 18th-century British politics ⓘ
patronage of landscape gardening at Stowe ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of England ⓘ
Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
politicalAlignment Whig Party ⓘ
precedence above a baron ⓘ
below an earl ⓘ
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable ⓘ
symbolOf 18th-century Whig power ⓘ
18th-century aristocratic taste ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stowe landscape gardens → associatedWith → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Stowe House → formerSeatOf → Viscounts Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Lyttelton family → hasTitle → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Temple family → titleHeld → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Stowe Gardens → designedFor → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham → createdPeerageTitle → Viscount Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Baron Cobham → relatedTitle → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
ICC Chair → positionHeldBy → Lord Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Second Labour Government of New Zealand → governorGeneral → Lord Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Epistle to Cobham → addressedTo → Lord Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Epistle to Cobham → dedicatee → Lord Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
Hagley Hall → ownedBy → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham → nobleTitle → Viscount Cobham ⓘ
subject linked to: Richard Temple
Stowe landscape → associatedWith → Viscount Cobham ⓘ