Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos KG, GCH, PC (February 11, 1797 – July 29, 1861) was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat, the son of Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. He lived in the family mansion of Stowe House, Buckinghamshire.

He was MP for Buckinghamshire 1818–1839. In 1841, he was made a Privy Counsellor, and in 1842 became a Knight of the Garter.

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