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Temple of Stowe, co. Buckingham (E Baronet, 1611 - 1786)

Creation: let.pat. 24 Sep 1611

Dormant: 15 Nov 1786

Family name: Temple

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Arms:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or an Eagle displayed Sable (Kingdom of Mercia);  2nd and 3rd, Argent two Bars Sable each charged with three Martlets Or (Temple)

Crest:

On a Ducal Coronet a Martlet all Or

Motto:

 Templa quam delecta (How delightful are temples)

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Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Bt.

1st son and hr. of John Temple, of Stowe, co. Buckingham, and of Burton Dassett, co. Warwick, by his wife Susan Spencer, dau. and hrss. of Thomas Spencer, of Everdon, co. Northampton

bapt.

9 Jan 1566/7

mar.

c. 1595 Hester Sandys (d. 1656), dau. of Miles Sandys, of Latimers and of Eton, co. Buckingham, Master of the King's Bench Office, by his wife Hester Clifton, dau. of William Clifton, of Brimpton, co. Somerset

children

1. Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Bt.

2. Sir John Temple, of Stanton Bury, co. Buckingham (b. 10 Nov 1593; d. 23 Sep 1632), mar. (1) Dorothy Lee, dau. and cohrss. of Edmund Lee, of Stanton Bury, co. Buckingham, and (2) Francis ..... (d. bef. 9 Aug 1647), and had issue by his first wife:

1a. Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Bury, co. Buckingham (b. 1613; bur. 14 Jan 1659/60 at St Peter's Mancroft, Norwich), mar. Eleanor Tyrrell (mar. (2) as his second wife Richard Grenville MP, of Wootton under Barnwood, co. Buckingham; d. 1671), dau. of Sir Timothy Tyrrell, of Okeley, and had issue:

1b. ..... Temple

2b. ..... Temple

3b. ..... Temple

4b. ..... Temple

5b. William Temple, of Lillingstone Dayrell (bur. 27 Aug 1706 at Buckingham), mar. Mary Green, of co. Kent, and had issue:

1c. Sir William Temple, 5th Bt.

2c. Sir Peter Temple, 6th Bt.

1b. Eleanor Temple (bur. 25 Mar 1729), mar. her step-brother Richard Grenville, of Wootton-under-Barnwood, co. Buckingham (b. 14 Jan 1646/7; bur. 4 Jul 1719), son of Richard Grenville MP, of Wootton-under-Barnwood, co. Buckingham, by his first wife Anne Borlase, dau. of Sir William Borlase, of Marlow, co. Buckingham, and had issue;

1c. Richard Grenville, of Wooton-under-Barnwood, co. Buckingham, Member of Parliament for Andover and for Buckingham (d. 17 Feb 1726/7), mar. c 1710 his second cousin once removed Hester Temple, suo jure Countess Temple, and had issue

1c. Penelope Grenville (b. 6 Jul 1674; d. 1745), mar. as his second wife Sir John Conway, 2nd Bt. MP, of Bodrhyddan, co. Flint, and had issue

2a. Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Bt., Governor of Nova Scotia 1656-70, cr. a Baronet of Nova Scotia 7 Jul 1662 (bapt. 10 Jan 1614; d. 27 Mar 1674; bur. at Ealing, Middlesex)

3a. Col Edmund Temple, of Sulby Priory, co. Northampton (bapt. 6 Jun 1622; bur. 9 Mar 1667/8 at Sulby Priory, co. Northampton), mar. 1647 Eleanor Harvey, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Stephen Harvey, of Hardingstone, co. Northampton, and had issue:

1b. Stephen Temple, of Sulby Priory, co. Northampton (bur. sp. 26 Oct 1672)

2b. John Temple, of Sibbertoft, co. Northampton (b. c. 1650; bur. 22 Feb 1701/02 at Welford), mar. Martha .... (d. 1723), and had issue:

1c. Richard Temple (b. 1683)

2c. Purbeck Temple, of Sibbertoft (b. 1689; d. 16 May 1763), mar. Mary ..... (d. 1771), and had issue:

1d. Edward Temple, de jure 8th Baronet from 1786 to 1796 unless there was any issue in the male line from his uncle Richard Temple alive in 1786 (d. unm. 15 Sep 1796)

1d. ..... Temple

2d. ..... Temple

3d. ..... Temple

1c. ..... Temple

2c. ..... Temple

3c. ..... Temple

3b. Edmund Temple, of Leicester (d. shortly after 1690), mar. Ellen ....., and had issue:

1a. Purbeck Temple (d. after 14 Jul 1693)

2a. Richard Temple

3a. Edmund Temple

4a. Sir Purbeck Temple, of Addiscombe, co. Surrey, Governor of Henley (dsp. Aug 1695; bur. at Islington, co. Middlesex), mar. Sarah Draper, dau. of Robert Draper

1a. Dorothy Temple, mar. John Alston, of the Inner Temple

2a. Hester Temple, mar. Edward Paschal, of Essex

3a. Mary Temple (b. 1623), mar. Robert Nelson, of Gray's Inn, and had issue:

1b. John Nelson, of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America (d. 1734), mar. Elizabeth Taller, dau. of William Taller, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, British North America, and had issue:

1c. Mehetabel Nelson (d. 1775), mar. 11 Aug 1721 Capt Robert Temple, of Ireland and after 1717 of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America (b. c.1694; d. 14 Apr 1754), and had issue:

1d. Robert Temple, of Ten Hills, Boston, Massachusetts, British North America (b. c. 1728 ; dspm. 1781), mar. Harriet Shirley, 4th dau. of Lt Gen William Shirley, and had issue:

1e. ..... Temple

2e. Mehetabel Hester Temple (d. 7 Feb 1798), mar. 19 Jun 1784 as his first wife Hans [Blackwood], 3rd Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, and had issue

3e. ..... Temple

2d. John Temple, self styled "Sir John Temple, 8th Bt.", of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America later USA, Surveyor-General of Customs, Northern District of America 1761-67, Commissioner of Revenues 1767-74, Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire 1768-74, first post revolution British Consul-General to Washington 1786-98, assumed the Baronetcy of Temple of Stowe on the death of the 7th Baronet (bapt. 16 Apr 1732; d. 17 Nov 1798; bur. in St Paul's Church, New York), mar. 20 Jan 1767 Elizabeth Bowdoin, dau. of James Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts, and had issue

3. Rev Thomas Temple DD, Rector of Burton-on-the-Water, co. Gloucester 1622-49 (bapt. 8 Apr 1604), mar.., and had numerous issue, including a grandson Thomas Temple said to be the grandfather of Robert Temple, of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America, who married Mehetabel Nelson in 1721

4. Miles Temple, mar., and had issue

1. Hester Temple, mar. Sir John Lenthall, Marshall of the King's Bench, and had issue

died

bef. Mar 1636/7 (bur. at Burton Dassett, co. Warwick)

created

24 Sep 1611 a Baronet of England, styled "of Stowe in the County of Buckingham"

suc. by

son

note

admitted to Lincoln's Inn 1583; Member of Parliament for Andover 1588-89; knighted 1603; Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1606-07, of Buckinghamshire 1616-17 and of Warwickshire 1620-21

Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Bt.

bapt.

10 Oct 1592

mar. (1)

5 Jul 1614 Anne Throckmorton (bur.s.p.m. 23 Jan 1619/20 at Stowe, co. Buckingham), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Sir Arthur Throckmorton, of Paulersbury, co. Northampton, by his wife Ann Lucas, dau. of Thomas Lucas, of Colchester, co. Essex

only surv. child by first wife

1. Anne Temple (bapt. 20 Jan 1619/20; dsp. in the Fleet Prison 13 Aug 1696), mar. 1637 Thomas [Roper], 2nd Viscount Baltinglass

mar. (2)

20 May 1630 Christian Leveson (bur. 3 Apr 1655 at Stowe, co. Buckingham), dau. and cohrss. of Sir John Leveson, of Haling, co. Kent, and Lilleshall, co. Stafford, by his wife Frances Sondes, dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Sondes, of Throwley, co. Kent

children by second wife

1. Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt.

2. Frances Temple (d. 1688/9), mar. 20 Sep 1650 Weston [Ridgeway], 3rd Earl of Londonderry, and had issue

3. Christiana Temple

4. Martha Temple

bur.

12 Sep 1653 at Stowe, co. Buckingham

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Sheriff of Buckinghamshire 1634-35; Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1640 and 1640-53

Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt. KB

born

1634

mar.

in or bef. 1675 Mary Knapp (bur. 15 May 1726 at Stowe, co. Buckingham), dau. and cohrss. of Henry Knapp, of Weston, co. Oxford

children

1. Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt., later 1st Baron Cobham later 1st Viscount Cobham

2. Purbeck Temple (d. unm. Mar 1698)

3. Henry Temple (d. 1703)

1. Hester Temple, later suo jure Viscountess Cobham and Countess Temple

2. Christian Temple, mar. 8 May 1708 Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt., and had issue

3. Mary Temple (d. 16 Nov 1763), mar. (1) Rev Richard West DD, Prebendary of Winchester, and (2) Sir John Langham, 4th Bt., and had issue by both husbands

4. Penelope Temple, mar. Moses Berenger

bur.

12 May 1697 at Stowe, co. Buckingham

suc. by

son

note

admitted to Gray's Inn 1648; Member of Parliament for Warwickshire 1654-55, for Buckingham 1659 and for Buckinghamshire 1660-97; Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles II 1661; took a leading part against the Popish Plot and for the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the Crown; one of the Council for Foreign Plantations 1671; a Commissioner of Customs 1674-94; rebuilt Stowe

Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt., later 1st Baron Cobham later 1st Viscount Cobham

created

19 Oct 1714 Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent

23 May 1718 Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent, and Viscount Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his sister Hester and the heirs male of her body, failing whom to his sister Christian in like manner

The Baronetcy of Temple of Stowe was held by the 1st Baron Cobham (later 1st Viscount Cobham) from 19 Oct 1714 until his death on 13 Sep 1749, when the 1714 Barony of Cobham became extinct, the 1718 Barony and Viscountcy of Cobham passed to his sister, and the baronetcy passed to his second cousin once removed,

Sir William Temple, 5th Bt.

born

Apr 1694

mar. (1)

May 1718 Elizabeth Paxton (d. 1729; bur. at Martin Hussentree, co. Warwick), dau. and hrss. of Dr Peter Paxton, of Buckingham, by his wife Elizabeth .....

children by first wife

1. Paxton Temple (b. Apr 1720; dvp. 1745)

1. Henrietta Temple (b. Dec 1723; d. Apr 1797), mar. 18 Nov 1740 William Dicken, of Shenton, co. Salop (d. Mar 1784), son of Rev William Dicken, Rector of Shenton, co. Salop, by his wife Elizabeth Hook, dau. of Dr ..... Hook, and had issue:

1a. John Dicken later Temple, took the name and arms of Temple by Royal Licence 1796

mar. (2)

Nov 1731 Elizabeth Ethersey (b. c. 1695; d. 2 Dec 1762; bur. at Kempsey, co. Worcester), dau. of Hugh Ethersey, of Leckhampstead, co. Buckingham

only child by second wife

2. Anna Sophia Temple (dsp. 4 Oct 1805), mar. 24 Jun 1758 her cousin Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bt.

died

s.p.m.s. 10 Apr 1760 (bur. at Kempsey, co. Worcester)

suc. by

brother

note

purchased the Nash House, Kempsey, co. Worcester, estate in 1738

Sir Peter Temple, 6th Bt.

born

mar. (1)

1719 Elizabeth Broughton (d. 1726), dau. of ..... Broughton, of Longdon, co. Stafford

children by first wife

1. Peter Temple (b. 1721; dvp. of smallpox 1748)

1. Elizabeth Temple (b. 1720; dvp. 1742)

mar. (2)

1729 Elizabeth Mold (d. Jun 1759; bur. at Draycot, co. Oxford), dau. of John Mold, of Charlton, co. Oxford

children by second wife

2. Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bt.

2. Mary Temple

3. Ann Temple (b. Feb 1733; d. 10 Jan 1782)

died

15 Nov 1761 (bur. at Draycot, co. Oxford)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Sir Richard Temple, 7th Bt.

born

1 Jun 1731

mar.

24 Jun 1758 his cousin Anna Sophia Temple (dsp. 4 Oct 1805; bur. at Kensington, co. Middlesex), only dau. of his uncle Sir William Temple, 5th Bt., by his second wife Elizabeth Ethersey, dau. of Hugh Ethersey, of Leckhampstead, co. Buckingham

died

s.p. 15 Nov 1786 (bur. in Bath Abbey)

note

a Commissioner of the Navy 1761; Comptroller of the Excise 1763-86

Following the death of Sir Richard Temple the Baronetcy of Temple of Stow was claimed by his third cousin, John Temple, British Consul-General in Washington 1786-98, a great-grandson of Mary Temple and her husband Robert Nelson. In spite of a letter of support from his kinsman, George [Grenville later Nugent-Temple-Grenville], 1st Marquess of Buckingham, the heir general of the 1st Baronet, Mr John Temple's claim to the Baronetcy cannot be through his mother, as the succession to the baronetcy was restricted to male heirs of the body of the 1st Baronet. His claim must, therefore, be through his father, Capt Robert Temple, of Boston, Massachusetts, British North America (and indeed the Marquess of Buckingham describes him as the "heir male" of the 1st Baronet in his letter from Stowe dated 3 Dec 1786). Without further information it is difficult to see Mr John Temple's placing amongst the male line descendants of the 1st Baronet and the nature of the kinship between his parents, unless he descends, as has been suggested, from the Rev Thomas Temple, Rector of Burton-on-the-Water, and third son of the 1st Baronet.

In addition to Mr John Temple's claim it is possible that there are living male line descendants of Col Edmund Temple, of Sulby Priory, co. Northampton, through his third son, Edmund Temple, of Leicester, and it is for this reason that the Baronetcy of Temple of Stowe is regarded as being dormant rather than extinct.

 First written 9 Feb 2006

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