George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British politician
Was Politician 
From United Kingdom 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 17 June 1753, London, Greater London, London, England
Death 11 February 1813, Stowe, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England
(aged 59 years)
Family
Father: George Grenville
Siblings: Thomas GrenvilleWilliam Wyndham Grenville1st Baron Grenville
Children: Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham KG, KP, PC, (17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813), known as The Earl Temple between 1779 and 1784, was a British statesman.

Background and education

Buckingham, as the second son of George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and of Elizabeth Wyndham, daughter of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, was the nephew of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, and the elder brother of Thomas Grenville and of William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, also Prime Minister of Great Britain. He received his education at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

The future Marquess gained appointment as a Teller of the Exchequer in 1764. Ten years later, he was returned to Parliament as one of the Members for Buckinghamshire. In the House of Commons he emerged as a sharp critic of the American policy of Lord North. In September 1779, he succeeded his uncle as Earl Temple and moved to the House of Lords; not long after, a Royal Licence to take the additional family names Nugent and Temple was issued on 4 December and George took the compound family name Nugent-Temple-Grenville. In 1782, Buckingham was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire; in July of the same year, he became a member of the Privy Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of Lord Shelburne. He was instrumental in the enactment of the Renunciation Act of 1783, which supplemented the legislative independence granted to Ireland in 1782. In his capacity as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and by Royal Warrant, he created the Order of St Patrick in February 1783, with himself as the first Grand Master. He left Ireland in 1783 and again turned his attention to English politics. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, and having opposed Fox’s East India Bill, he was authorised by the King to say that “whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy”, a message which ensured the defeat of the Bill. He was appointed a Secretary of State when the younger Pitt (his father’s sister’s son) formed his ministry in December 1783, but resigned only three days later.

In December 1784, he was created Marquess of Buckingham. In November 1787, he was again appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, this time under Pitt, but his second tenure of this office proved less successful than the first. Grattan denounced him for extravagance; the Irish Houses of Parliament censured him for refusing to transmit to England an address calling upon the Prince of Wales to assume the regency; and he could only maintain his position by resorting to bribery on a large scale. Having become very unpopular, he resigned his office in September 1789. He subsequently took very little part in politics, although he spoke in favour of the Act of Union of 1800. He died at his residence, Stowe in Buckinghamshire, and was buried at Wotton whence his ancestors had hailed.

Personal life

In 1775, George married Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of the 1st Viscount Clare (later the 1st Earl Nugent). When his father-in-law died in 1788, George succeeded him as 2nd Earl Nugent. However, since he already held the higher rank of Marquess, he was never known by this title. His wife died in 1812 and he died the following year.

George and Mary had two sons: Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; and George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent.

Styles from birth to death

  • George Grenville, Esq. (1753–1774)
  • George Grenville, Esq., MP (1774–1779)
  • The Rt Hon. The Earl Temple (1779–1782)
  • The Rt Hon. The Earl Temple, PC (1782–1784)
  • The Most Hon. The Marquess of Buckingham, PC (1784–1786)
  • The Most Hon. The Marquess of Buckingham, KG, PC (1786–1813)
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