Viscount Palmerston

This article is about the title in the Peerage of Ireland. For the British prime minister, see Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.

Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title is derived from Palmerstown in Ireland, which was also known as Palmerston. The name is the origin of several place names in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other former British possessions.. It was created on 12 March 1723 for Henry Temple, who subsequently represented East Grinstead, Bossiney and Weobley in the British House of Commons. He was made Baron Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his grandson, the 2nd Viscount,[1] who represented seven constituencies in the House of Commons and served as a Lord of the Admiralty and Lord of the Treasury. On his death the titles passed to his son, the 3rd Viscount, who became a distinguished politician and served three times as Foreign Secretary and twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At his death in 1865 the 3rd Viscount was granted a state funeral, the fourth non-royal to be given this honour. Lord Palmerston was childless and the barony and viscountcy became extinct on his death.

The Temple family descended from Peter Temple, of Dorset and Marston Boteler. His eldest son John Temple acquired the Stowe estate in Buckinghamshire and founded the English branch of the family from whom the Viscounts Cobham, the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and the Earls Temple of Stowe are descended. Peter Temple's younger son Anthony Temple was the founder of the Irish branch of the family from whom the Viscounts Palmerston descended. His son Sir William Temple (1555–1627) was secretary to Sir Philip Sidney and the Earl of Essex and afterwards provost of Trinity College Dublin.[1] Sir William's son, Sir John Temple (1600–1677), was Master of the Rolls in Ireland.[1] The latter was the father of Sir William Temple, a diplomat, and Sir John Temple (1632–1704), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and father of the first Viscount Palmerston.[1]

The third Viscount Palmerston married the Honourable Emily Lamb, sister of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne and widow of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper. Emily's second son from her first marriage, the Honourable William Cowper, inherited parts of his stepfather's estates, including Broadlands near Romsey in Hampshire, and assumed the additional surname of Temple. In 1880 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mount Temple, a revival of the junior title held by the Viscounts Palmerston. He was childless and the peerage became extinct on his death in 1888. However, it was revived once again in 1932 in favour of his great-nephew, Wilfrid Ashley. He had no sons however and the title became extinct again upon his death in 1938. His daughter, the Honourable Edwina, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten, inherited Broadlands.

## Viscounts Palmerston (1723)

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* Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757)
* Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802)
* Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)

## Family tree

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Family tree of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Viscount Cobham, Earl Temple, Earl Temple of Stowe, Baron Cobham, Baron Grenville, Baron Lyttelton, Baron Westcote and Temple baronets

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Anthony Temple| | | | | | John Temple
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1611
William Temple
1555–1627| | Thomas Temple
1567–1637
1st Baronet, of Stowe| | | | | | | | | | Alexander Temple
1583–1629
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John Temple
1600–1677| | Peter Temple
1592–1653
2nd Baronet, of Stowe| | | | | | John Temple
1593–1632| | James Temple
1606–1680| | Thomas Lyttelton
1593–1650
1st Baronet, of Frankley
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| | | | | | | | | | Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1662| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Thomas Temple
1613/14–1674
1st Baronet, of Stowe| | Peter Temple
1613–1660| | Henry Lyttelton
1624–1693
2nd Baronet, of Frankley| | Charles Lyttelton
1628–1716
3rd Baronet, of Frankley
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John Temple
1632–1705| | Richard Temple
1634–1697
3rd Baronet, of Stowe| | | | | | Eleanor Temple
d. 1729
m. Richard Grenville| | | | | | | | | | | William Temple
d. 1706
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Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo, 1723| | Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (6th creation), 1714
Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (7th creation), 1718| | Earl Temple, 1749| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Henry Temple
c. 1673–1757
1st Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple| | Richard Temple
1675–1749
1st Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet, of Stowe| | Hester Grenville
c. 1690–1752
1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham and 2nd Baroness Cobham| | Richard Grenville
1678–1727| | Christian Temple| | Thomas Lyttelton
1686–1751
4th Baronet, of Frankley| | William Temple
1694–1760
5th Baronet, of Stowe| | Peter Temple
d. 1761
6th Baronet, of Stowe
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| | | | | Barony of Cobham (1714 creation) extinct, 1749| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Henry, Lord Temple| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Richard Temple
1731–1786
7th Baronet, of Stowe
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Baron Lyttelton (2nd creation), 1794| | | | | | Baronetcy of Stowe dormant, 1786
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Henry Temple
1739–1802
2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple| | Richard Grenville-Temple
1711–1779
2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | George Grenville
1712–1770| | Hester Grenville
1720–1803
Baroness Chatham
m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt| | George Lyttelton
1709–1773
1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley| | William Henry Lyttelton
1724–1808
1st Baron Lyttelton
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| | | | | Marquess of Buckingham, 1784| | Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, 1790| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
1753–1813
1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | William Wyndham Grenville
1759–1834
1st Baron Grenville| | William Pitt the Younger
1759–1806| | Thomas Lyttelton
1744–1779
2nd Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley| | | | |
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| | | | | Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos and Earl Temple of Stowe, 1822| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Henry John Temple
1784–1865
3rd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple| | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1776–1839
1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Nugent, 4th Earl Temple, 5th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | | | | | | | | | George Fulke Lyttelton
1763–1828
2nd Baron Lyttelton| | William Henry Lyttelton
1782–1837
3rd Baron Lyttelton
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| | | | Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1797–1861
2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Marquess of Buckingham, 4th Earl Nugent, 6th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1823–1889
3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 4th Marquess of Buckingham, 5th Earl Nugent, 6th Earl Temple, 7th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | Anna Eliza Mary (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville) Gore-Langton
1820–1879| | William Henry Powell Gore-Langton
1824–1873| | | | | | George William Lyttelton
1817–1876
4th Baron Lyttelton

| | | | Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquessates of Buckingham and Chandos, and the Earldoms of Temple (1st creation) and of Nugent extinct, 1889| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton
1847–1902
4th Earl Temple of Stowe| | | | | | | | | | Charles George Lyttelton
1842–1922
8th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham
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| | | | Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton
1871–1902
5th Earl Temple of Stowe| | Chandos Graham Temple-Gore-Langton
1873–1921| | Evelyn Arthur Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton
1884–1972| | | | | | John Cavendish Lyttelton
1881–1949
9th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham
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| | | | 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| | Walter Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton
1924–2013
8th Earl Temple of Stowe| | | | | | Charles John Lyttelton
1909–1977
10th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham
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| | | | | | | | | | | | James Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton
b. 1955
9th Earl Temple of Stowe| | John William Leonard Lyttelton
1943–2006
11th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham| | Christopher Charles Lyttelton
b. 1947
12th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Rowan Caradoc Temple-Gore-Langton
b. 1987| | | | | | Oliver Christopher Lyttelton
b. 1976
| | | | | | | | | | | | Heir apparent to the Earl Temple of Stowe| | | | | | Heir apparent to the Viscount Cobham

## Arms

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Coat of arms of Viscount Palmerston  |

Crest
A talbot sejant Sable plain collared Or.[2]
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Or an eagle displayed Sable (Leofric, Saxon Earl of Mercia), 2nd & 3rd Argent two bars Sable each charged with three martlets Or (Temple).
Supporters
Dexter a lion reguardant poean sinister a horse reguardant Argent mane tail and hoofs Or.
Motto
Flecti Non Frangi (To Be Bent Not Broken)

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## See also

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* Viscount Cobham
* Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
* Earl Temple of Stowe

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 645–649.
2. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1865. p. 268.

* Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]

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