Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham was a British soldier and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer under William III during the Williamite War in Ireland and during the Nine Years' War, he fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, during the War of the Spanish Succession. During the War of the Quadruple Alliance Temple led a force of 4,000 troops on a raid on the Spanish coastline which captured Vigo and occupied it for ten days before withdrawing. In Parliament he generally supported the Whigs but fell out with Sir Robert Walpole in 1733. He was known for his ownership of and modifications to the estate at Stowe and for serving as a political mentor to the young William Pitt.

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Birth Place
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Date of Death
September 13rd, 1749
Died Aged
-220
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