European Heraldry

House of Temple-Grenville
Incorporating the families of Brydges, Chandos, Nugent and Lyttleton and Pitt

Temple

Temple of Stowe, Baronets (1611-1786)
Baron Cobham (1714-1749)
Viscounts Cobham (1718)

The Temple family descended from Peter Temple of Burton Dassett. His younger son Anthony Temple founded the Irish branch of the family from whom the Viscounts Palmerston descended. Peter Temple's eldest son, John Temple, acquired the Stowe estate in Buckinghamshire. The latter's son Thomas Temple was created a Baronet, of Stowe in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England.

• Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet (1567–1637)
• Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (1592–1653)
• Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet (1634–1697)
• Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet (1669–1749), 1st Viscount Cobham, Baron Cobham. see below.
• Sir William Temple, 5th Baronet (1694–1760)
• Sir Peter Temple, 6th Baronet (d. 1761)
• Sir Richard Temple, 7th Baronet (1731–1786) (dormant)

Viscounts Palmerston, in the Peerage of Ireland (1723)

This Irish branch of the Temple family was distantly related to the great English house of the same name.

• Henry Temple, (c. 1673–1757) 1st Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple of Mount Temple.
• Henry Temple, (1739–1802) 2nd Viscount Palmerston.
• Henry John Temple, (1784–1865) 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Temple-Grenville

Viscounts Cobham (1718, from 1749 to 1889)
Earls Temple (1751, from 1752-1889))
Marquesses of Buckingham (1784-1889)
Earl Nugent, in the Peerage of Ireland (1776, from 1788 to 1889)
Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos (1822-1889)
Earls Temple of Stowe (1822)
Lords Kinloss, in the Peerage of Scotland (1602 from 1868)

Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet (1669–1749) 1st Viscount Cobham, Baron Cobham. with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to (1) his sister Hester Temple and the heirs male of her body and failing which to (2) his third sister Lady Christian, wife of Sir Thomas Lyttelton of Frankley, 4th Baronet, (see below).

• Hester Grenville, nee Temple (c. 1690–1752) 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham, married Richard Grenville, (1679-1726).
• Richard Grenville-Temple, (1711–1779) 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham, KG.
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, (1753–1813) 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham KG.
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, (1776–1839) 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 4th Earl Temple, 1st Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Earl Nugent, 5th Viscount Cobham, KG. The earldom of Temple of Stowe was created with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to (1) the heirs male of the body of his deceased great-grandmother Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, and (2) in default thereof to his granddaughter Lady Anne Eliza Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, daughter of his son Richard, Earl Temple, who succeeded as second Duke. He inserted "Brydges-Chandos" into his name by Royal Warrant in 1799, his wife being only daughter and heiress of the 3rd Duke of Chandos (see below).
• Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, (1797–1861) 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 5th Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, 4th Earl Nugent, 6th Viscount Cobham, 9th Lord Kinloss, KG.
• Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, (1823–1889) 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 6th Earl Temple, 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe, 5th Earl Nugent, 7th Viscount Cobham, 10th Lord Kinloss .
• Lady Mary Morgan-Grenville, nee Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (1852–1944) 11th Lady Kinloss, daughter of 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
• Mary Grenville Freeman-Grenville, (b.1922) 12th Lady Kinloss.

Lords Kinloss, in the Peerage of Scotland (1602)

• Edward Bruce, (1594–1613) 2nd Lord Kinloss.
• Thomas Bruce, (1599–1663) 1st Earl of Elgin, 3rd Lord Kinloss.
• Robert Bruce, (1627–1685) 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, 4th Lord Kinloss.
• Thomas Bruce, (1656–1741)3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, 5th Lord Kinloss.
• Charles Bruce, (1682–1747) 4th Earl of Elgin, 6th Lord Kinloss.
• James Brydges, (1731–1789) 3rd Duke of Chandos, de jure 7th Lord Kinloss (see below)
• Lady Anne Elizabeth Brydges, (1779–1836) de jure 8th Lady Kinloss, wife of 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (see above).

Baron Grenville (1790-1834)

• William Wyndham Grenville, (1759-1834) 1st Baron Grenville, son of George Grenville (1712-1770), second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple, Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Baron Glastonbury (1797-1825)

• James Grenville, ( 1742- 1825) 1st Baron Glastonbury, son of James Grenville, third son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple.

Earls Temple of Stowe (1822, from 1889)

• William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton, (1847–1902) 4th Earl Temple of Stowe, nephew of 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and eldest son of Lady Anna Grenville, daughter of Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and her husband William Gore-Langton. He inherited the earldom according to the special remainder.
• Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton, (1871–1940) 5th Earl Temple of Stowe.
• Chandos Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton, (1909–1966) 6th Earl Temple of Stowe.
• (Ronald) Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton, (1910–1988) 7th Earl Temple of Stowe.
• Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton,(b. 1924) 8th Earl Temple of Stowe.

Nugent

Baron Nugent and Viscount Clare, in the Peerage of Ireland (1767-1788)
Earl Nugent, in the Peerage of Ireland (1776-1889)

• Robert Craggs-Nugent, (1702–1788) 1st Earl Nugent, 1st Viscount Clare, The earldom of Nugent was created with a special remainder, failing the heirs male of his body, to his son-in-law George Grenville, later 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 4th Viscount Cobham, and the heirs male of his body.

Baron Nugent, in the Peerage of Ireland (1800-1850)

• Mary Elizabeth Nugent, (d. 1812) 1st Baroness Nugent, daughter of the first Earl Nugent, and wife of the 1st Marquess of Buckingham (and 2nd Earl Nugent), the peerage was created in 1800, with a special remainder to her second son Lord George Nugent-Grenville.
• Lord George Nugent-Grenville, (1789–1850) 2nd Baron Nugent.

Pitt

Barons Chatham (1761-1835)
Earls of Chatham (1766-1835)

• Lady Hester Grenville, (1720–1803) Countess of Chatham and 1st Baroness Chatham in her own right, daughter of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple,1st Countess Temple, wife of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
• William Pitt, (1708–1778) 1st Earl of Chatham, Viscount Pitt. Known as William Pitt, the Elder.
• John Pitt, (1756–1835) 2nd Earl of Chatham, 2nd Baron Chatham, KG, elder brother of William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Barons Camelford ( 1784-1804)

• Thomas Pitt, (1737–1793) 1st Baron Camelford, son of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc, the great-grandson of Thomas Pitt, the great-nephew of Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry, the nephew of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
• Thomas Pitt, (1775–1804) 2nd Baron Camelford.

Earls of Londonderry, in the Peerage of Ireland (1726-1765)

• Thomas Innes Pitt, (d. 1729) 1st Earl of Londonderry, Viscount Gallen-Ridgeway, second son of Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc and married Lady Frances Ridgeway, daughter of Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry.
• Thomas Pitt, (d. 1734) 2nd Earl of Londonderry.
• Ridgeway Pitt, (1722–1765) 3rd Earl of Londonderry

Baron Rivers of Stratfield-Saye (1776-1828)
Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle (1802-1880)

This family was the senior branch of the Pitts, but distantly related.

• George Pitt, (1721–1803) 1st Baron Rivers of Stratfield-Saye and 1st Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle with special remainder in default of male issue to the husband of his daughter Louisa, William Beckford.
• George Pitt, (1751–1828) 2nd Baron Rivers of Stratfield-Saye and 2nd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle.
• William Horace Beckford later Pitt-Rivers, (1777–1831) 3rd Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle.
• George Pitt-Rivers, (1810–1866) 4th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle.
• Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers, (1849–1867) 5th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle.
• Horace Pitt-Rivers, (1814–1880) 6th Baron Rivers of Sudeley Castle.

Lyttleton

Sir Thomas de Littleton (c. 1407-1481), In 1466 he was made a judge of the , and in 1475 a knight of the Bath. Littleton’s surname was that of his mother, who was the sole daughter and heiress of Thomas de Littleton, Lord of Frankley. She married one Thomas Westcote.
He had three sons:

• Sir William Lyttelton of Frankley, ancestor of the Lyttelton of Frankley, Baronets, Barons Lyttelton, Viscounts Cobham and Viscounts Chandos.
• Richard Lyttelton, ancestor of the Littelton of Pillaton, Baronets and Barons Hatherton.
• Thomas Lyttelton, ancestor of the Littelton of Stoke Milburgh, Baronets and Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow.

Lyttelton of Frankley, Baronets (1618)
Barons Lyttelton, First creation (1756-1779)
Lyttelton of Frankley, Baronets (1618; Reverted)
Baron Westcote in the Peerage of Ireland (1776)
Barons Lyttelton, Second Creation (1794)
Viscounts Cobham (1718, from 1889)

• Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593–1650)
• Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet (1624–1693)
• Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet (1628–1716)
• Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet (1686–1751)
• Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet (1709–1773), 1st Baron Lyttelton.
• Thomas Lyttelton, (1744–1779) 2nd Baron Lyttelton.
• Sir William Lyttelton, 7th Baronet (1724–1808), 1st Baron Westcote, 1st Baron Lyttelton.
• George Lyttelton, (1763–1828) 2nd Baron Lyttelton.
• William Henry Lyttelton, (1782–1837) 3rd Baron Lyttelton.
• George Lyttelton, (1817–1876) 4th Baron Lyttelton.
• Charles Lyttelton, (1842–1922) 8th Viscount Cobham, 5th Baron Lyttelton
• John Cavendish Lyttelton, (1881–1949) 9th Viscount Cobham.
• Charles John Lyttelton, (1909–1977) 10th Viscount Cobham, KG.
• John William Leonard Lyttelton, (1943–2006) 11th Viscount Cobham.
• Christopher Charles Lyttelton, (b. 1947) 12th Viscount Cobham.

Viscounts Chandos (1954)

• Oliver Lyttelton, (1893–1972) 1st Viscount Chandos, KG, son of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, eighth son of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton.
• Anthony Alfred Lyttelton, (1920–1980) 2nd Viscount Chandos
• Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, (b. 1953) 3rd Viscount Chandos, Baron Lyttleton of Aldershot ( life peerage).

Littleton of Pillaton Hall, Baronets (1627-1812)

• Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet (c. 1599 – c. 1657)
• Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1632–1709)
• Sir Edward Littleton, 3rd Baronet (d. 1742)
• Sir Edward Littleton, 4th Baronet (c. 1725–1812)

Barons Hatherton (1835)

• Edward John Littleton, (1791–1863) 1st Baron Hatherton. He was born Edward Walhouse and in 1812, took the name of Littleton in order to inherit the property of his great-uncle Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall, 4th and last Baronet.
• Edward Richard Littleton, (1815–1888) 2nd Baron Hatherton.
• Edward George Littleton, (1842–1930) 3rd Baron Hatherton.
• Edward Charles Rowley Littleton, (1868–1944) 4th Baron Hatherton.
• Edward Thomas Walhouse Littleton, (1900–1969) 5th Baron Hatherton.
• John Walter Stuart Littleton, (1906–1973) 6th Baron Hatherton.
• Thomas Charles Tasman Littleton, (1907–1985) 7th Baron Hatherton.
• Edward Charles Littleton, (b. 1950) 8th Baron Hatherton.

Littleton of Stoke Milburgh, Baronets (1642-1709)

• Sir Adam Littleton, 1st Baronet (d. 1647)
• Sir Thomas Littleton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1621–1681)
• Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet (1647–1709)

Baron Lyttleton of Hounslow (1641-1645)

• Edward Littleton, (1589-1645) 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow.

Brydges

Barons Chandos, (1554-1789 dormant)
Brydges of Wilton, Baronets (1627-1789)
Earls of Carnarvon (1714-1789)
Dukes of Chandos (1719-1789)

• John Brydges, (1492–1557) 1st Baron Chandos.
• Edmund Brydges, (d. 1573) 2nd Baron Chandos, KG.
• Giles Brydges, (1548–1594) 3rd Baron Chandos.
• William Brydges,(d. 1602) 4th Baron Chandos.
• Grey Brydges, (d. 1621) 5th Baron Chandos.
• George Brydges, (1620–1655) 6th Baron Chandos.
• William Brydges, (d. 1676) 7th Baron Chandos
• Sir Giles Brydges, (1573-1637) 1st Baronet, grandson of 1st Baron Chandos.
• Sir John Brydges, (1623-1652) 2nd Baronet.
• Sir James Brydges, (1642–1714) 3rd Baronet, 8th Baron Chandos.
• James Brydges, (1674–1744) 1st Duke of Chandos, Marquess of Carnarvon and Viscount Wilton, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, 9th Baron Chandos.
• Henry Brydges, (1708–1771) 2nd Duke of Chandos.
• James Brydges, (1731–1789) 3rd Duke of Chandos, de jure 7th Lord Kinloss, (see above).