Marquesses of Buckingham

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The Marquesses of Buckingham were a prominent British aristocratic family whose wealth and influence peaked in the 18th and early 19th centuries, closely tied to high political office and grand country estates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British noble title ⓘ
hereditary peerage ⓘ
architecturalAssociation neoclassical country house design ⓘ
associatedEstate Stowe, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
associatedWith Buckinghamshire ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalRole leading county family in Buckinghamshire ⓘ
economicBase landed wealth ⓘ
rents from estates ⓘ
familyNameAssociated Grenville ⓘ
Temple ⓘ
familySeat Stowe House ⓘ
firstCreationDate 1784 ⓘ
firstHolder George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham ⓘ
heldOfficeIn House of Lords ⓘ
hereditarySuccession male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
historicalReputation great landowners of Georgian Britain ⓘ
prominent political dynasty ⓘ
involvedIn British national politics ⓘ
local county politics ⓘ
knownFor connections to high political office ⓘ
large landed estates ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
landscapeAssociation English landscape garden style ⓘ
linkedFamilyTitle Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
Earls Temple ⓘ
memberOf British peerage system ⓘ
monarchAtCreation George III ⓘ
namedAfter Buckingham ⓘ
nobleRank marquess ⓘ
notablePeriodOfInfluence 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
patronOf architecture ⓘ
landscape gardening ⓘ
peakInfluence early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Tory ⓘ
Whig ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Buckinghamshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
socialClass British aristocracy ⓘ
socialStatus high nobility ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence British government ministries ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
titleCreatedFor George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple ⓘ

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Stowe House → formerSeatOf → Marquesses of Buckingham ⓘ
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham → titleCreated → Marquess of Buckingham in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Marquesses of Buckingham