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
surface form: Viscount Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain
deathDate 1749-09-13
educatedAt Eton College
familyName Temple
givenName Richard
honorificTitle Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
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, Countess of Chatham
surface form: 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
Earls Temple hasTitleHolder Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
subject surface form: Earl Temple
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham honorificTitle Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1st Viscount Cobham