Earls Temple

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Earls Temple were a noble title in the British peerage associated with the influential Temple-Grenville family, historically linked to major political and social power in 18th- and 19th-century Britain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Earls Temple canonical 2
Lord Temple 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf earldom
noble title
associatedFamily Grenville political family
surface form: Grenville family

Temple family
Grenville political family
surface form: Temple-Grenville family
associatedWith British political patronage system
Temple-Grenville political network
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
hasTitleHolder George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
higherTitleConnected Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Marquess of Buckingham
historicalSignificance major political and social power in Georgian Britain
linkedEstate Stowe House
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
nobleHouse House of Temple-Grenville
nobleRank Earl
notablePeriod 18th century
19th century
partOf Peerage of Great Britain
politicalInfluence British parliamentary politics
Whig politics
politicalRole influence over House of Commons seats
region Buckinghamshire
socialRole landed magnate
socialStatus British aristocracy
titleType hereditary peerage title

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stowe House formerSeatOf Earls Temple
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple aristocraticStyle Earls Temple
this entity surface form: Lord Temple