Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple

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British peer Whig politician human member of the House of Lords

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, was an 18th-century British Whig politician and peer known for his influence in parliamentary politics and his close association with his brother-in-law, Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder.

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2nd Earl Temple	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British peer ⓘ Whig politician ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ
aristocraticRank	earl ⓘ
aristocraticStyle	Earls Temple ⓘ surface form: Lord Temple
associatedWithPlace	Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Stowe, Buckinghamshire ⓘ
brotherInLaw	William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	Grenville political family ⓘ surface form: Grenville-Temple
fieldOfWork	politics ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	British domestic politics ⓘ British foreign policy debates ⓘ
hasTitle	Baron Cobham ⓘ Viscount Cobham ⓘ
heldOfficeIn	Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: British government
influenced	British Whig politics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Whig Party ⓘ
nobleFamily	Grenville political family ⓘ surface form: Grenville family
nobleTitle	Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2nd Earl Temple Earl Temple ⓘ
notableFor	influence in 18th-century British parliamentary politics ⓘ opposition politics in the House of Lords ⓘ patronage and management of parliamentary interests ⓘ role in opposition to certain royal and ministerial policies ⓘ role in the formation and fall of Pitt ministries ⓘ
notableWork	support of William Pitt the Elder’s ministries ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ
owned	Stowe House ⓘ surface form: Stowe estate
parliamentaryChamber	House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British aristocracy ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whig
positionHeld	Earl Temple ⓘ First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
relative	William Pitt the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Stowe House ⓘ
sibling	George Grenville ⓘ Henry Grenville ⓘ James Grenville ⓘ
supported	William Pitt the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Grenville political family → hasNotableMember → Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple ⓘ

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple → nobleTitle → Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Earl Temple

Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham → relative → Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple ⓘ