Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos

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The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos were a prominent British aristocratic family and peerage title in the United Kingdom, influential in politics and society during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British noble family ⓘ
ducal title ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedEstate Stowe estate ⓘ
linked to: Stowe House
associatedTitle Baron Cobham ⓘ
Earl Temple ⓘ
Marquess of Buckingham ⓘ
Viscount Cobham ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countySeat Buckinghamshire ⓘ
createdFor Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham ⓘ
dateOfCreation 1822 ⓘ
economicActivity landownership ⓘ
familyName Temple-Grenville ⓘ
financialTroubles heavy debts in 19th century ⓘ
heldOffice Lord President of the Council ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
hereditarySuccession male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
knownFor extravagant spending ⓘ
influence in British politics ⓘ
political patronage ⓘ
linkedFamily Brydges family ⓘ
Grenville family ⓘ
Nugent family ⓘ
Temple family ⓘ
linkedParliamentaryRepresentation Buckingham constituency ⓘ
Buckinghamshire constituencies ⓘ
monarchOfCreation George IV ⓘ
nobleRank Duke ⓘ
notableEvent sale of Stowe House contents in 1848 ⓘ
notableMember Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Conservative Party ⓘ
Tory Party ⓘ
politicalInfluencePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
reasonForExtinction death of 3rd Duke without male heirs ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Buckinghamshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
seat Stowe House ⓘ
socialStatus aristocracy ⓘ
style His Grace ⓘ
territorialDesignation Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
titleExtinction 1889 ⓘ

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Stowe House → formerSeatOf → Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
Marquesses of Buckingham → linkedFamilyTitle → Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
State Dining Room (Stowe House) → associatedWith → Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos ⓘ
subject linked to: State Dining Room
Catherine Greville → memberOfNobleFamily → Buckingham and Normanby ducal family ⓘ
linked to: Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos → coatOfArms → arms of Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville ⓘ
linked to: Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos