UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 26 September 1711

Died: 12 September 1779

Viscount Cobham - 1749

2nd Earl Temple - 6 October 1752

Member of Privy Council - 1756

First Lord of the Admiralty	1756	1757
Lord Privy Seal	1757	1761

23 April 1734	Buckingham	Whig	Unopposed
6 May 1741	Buckinghamshire		Unopposed
26 June 1747	Buckingham	Whig	Unopposed
18 October 1749 Richard Grenville assumes the courtesy title of Viscount Cobham on his mother's creation as Countess Temple.
6 October 1752 Succession of Viscount Cobham to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Temple.