Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

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Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was an influential early 18th-century British soldier and Whig politician renowned for his military service in the War of the Spanish Succession and for developing the celebrated landscape gardens at Stowe.

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British politician ⓘ
Viscount in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
Whig politician ⓘ
peer ⓘ
architecturalPatronage development of Stowe House and its gardens ⓘ
birthDate 1675-10-24 ⓘ
burialPlace Stowe, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdPeerageTitle Viscount Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Cobham
deathDate 1749-09-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
familyName Temple ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
memberOf Whig Party ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Cobham ⓘ
Viscount Cobham ⓘ
notableAchievement promotion to field marshal in 1742 ⓘ
notableFor patronage of young Whig politicians known as Cobham’s Cubs ⓘ
notableWork development of the landscape gardens at Stowe ⓘ
parent Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet ⓘ
linked to: Sir Richard Temple
politicalAlignment opponent of Sir Robert Walpole ⓘ
positionHeld Colonel of the 10th Dragoons ⓘ
Colonel of the 13th Foot ⓘ
Colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards ⓘ
Colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards ⓘ
Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards ⓘ
Constable of Windsor Castle ⓘ
Governor of Jersey ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Buckingham ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire ⓘ
relative George Grenville ⓘ
Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple ⓘ
William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
residence Stowe House ⓘ
sibling Hester Temple ⓘ
workedWith Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
John Vanbrugh ⓘ
William Kent ⓘ

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Stowe House → associatedWith → Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Viscount Cobham → hasTitleHolder → Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Temple family → notableMember → Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
Earl Temple → hasTitleHolder → Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
subject linked to: Earls Temple
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham → honorificTitle → 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ
linked to: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
Baron Cobham → notableTitleHolder → Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham ⓘ