Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c.1673 – 10 June 1757), of East Sheen, Surrey and Broadlands, Hampshire, was an Anglo-

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landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1727 to 1747.

Early life

Temple was the eldest son of Sir John Temple, Speaker of the

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, and his wife Jane Yarner, daughter of Sir Abraham Yarner, muster-master general for Ireland. He was educated at

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from around 1689 to 1693 and was admitted at

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in 1693. On 10 June 1703, he married Anne Houblon (1683 - 13 December 1735), the daughter of

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, a governor of the Bank of England.

Political career

In 1715, Temple acceded to a place as joint chief remembrancer of the court of Exchequer for Ireland, for which he was granted the reversion as a child in 1680. He was created

Viscount Palmerston Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. 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 T ...

of Palmerston, County Dublin, and Baron Temple of Mount Temple on 12 March 1723. He helped

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in his schemes in the West Indies. At the

1727 British general election The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was trig ...

, Temple was returned unopposed as

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for East Grinstead. He voted with successive Administrations throughout his career. At the

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, he transferred to Bossiney and was returned unopposed as MP. He transferred again at the

1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...

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and was returned as MP again unopposed. In 1740 he became the sole holder of his place as chief remembrancer of the court of the Irish Exchequer and held it for the rest of his life. He did not stand at the

1747 British general election The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henr ...

Domestic life

In 1736, Palmerston bought

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from Humphrey Sydenham and began to rework the gardens there. He began the deformalisation of the gardens between the river and the house and produced the (broad-lands) "gentle descent to the river". On 11 May 1738 at St Antholin, Budge Row, he married again, to Isabella Fryer, widow of

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, and daughter of Sir Francis Gerard, 4th Baronet.

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(1900)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume I. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 143

Death and legacy

Palmerston died aged 84 on 10 June 1757. He had two children by his first wife, neither of whom survived him.: *

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(died 18 August 1740) * Richard Temple (c.1726 – 8 August 1749) He had no children by his second wife Isabella, who died on 11 August 1762 at North End, Hammersmith.

(1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 25 He was succeeded by his grandson

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Arms

References

External links

Temple pedigree
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