Temple of Stowe in the Baronetage of England (1611-1786, dormant)
Baron Cobham of Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain (1714-1749)
Viscounts Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain (1718)
Temple ancient
The Temple family descended from Peter Temple of Burton Dassett. His younger son Anthony Temple founded the Irish branch of the family from whom the Viscounts Palmerston descended. Peter Temple's eldest son, John Temple, acquired the Stowe estate in Buckinghamshire. The latter's son Thomas Temple was created a Baronet, of Stowe in the County of Buckingham, in the Baronetage of England
1st Baronet
- Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet (1567–1637)
- Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet (1592–1653)
3rd Baronet onwards
- Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet (1634–1697)
1st Viscount Cobham
- Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet, 1st Viscount Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (1669–1749) The Viscountcy of Cobham was created with special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his second sister, Hester Grenville, and the heirs male of her body, failing which to his third sister, Dame Christian Lyttelton, in like manner
- Sir William Temple, 5th Baronet (1694–1760)
- Sir Peter Temple, 6th Baronet (died 1761)
- Sir Richard Temple, 7th Baronet (1731–1786)
Viscounts Cobham in the Peerage of Great Britain (1718)
Earls Temple in the Peerage of Great Britain (1749)
1st Viscount Cobham
- Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet, 1st Viscount Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (1669–1749) The Viscountcy of Cobham was created with special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his second sister, Hester Grenville, and the heirs male of her body, failing which to his third sister, Dame Christian Lyttelton, in like manner
1st Countess Temple
- Hester Grenville, nee Temple, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham (c. 1690–1752) married Richard Grenville (1679-1726) only son of Richard Grenville of Wooton-under-Barnwood by his wife and step-sister Eleanor Temple, only daughter of Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Barry. See House of Temple-Grenville.
The Viscountcy of Cobham was held by the Earls Temple from 1749 until 1889 with the death of Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 7th Viscount Cobham, etc. Several of his titles became extinct but the Viscountcy and Barony of Cobham were inherited by his fourth cousin once removed, Charles Lyttelton (1842–1922) 8th Viscount Cobham, 5th Baron Lyttelton.
Temple in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1662-1674)
Temple in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet (1614-1674) son of Sir John Temple of Stanton Bury and a grandson of Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe, 1st Baronet.
Viscounts Palmerston in the Peerage of Ireland (1723-1865)
This Irish branch of the Temple family was distantly related to the great English house of the same name.
Viscounts Palmerston
- Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757)
- Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802)
- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston KG (1784–1865) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Temple of Sheen in the Baronetage of Ireland (1666-1699)
Temple of Sheen
- Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628-1699) son of Sir John Temple of Dublin.
Temple of The Nash in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom (1876)
Temple of The Nash
- Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet (1826-1902) descended through the female line from Sir William Temple of Stowe, 5th Baronet (1694–1760)
- Sir Richard Carnac Temple, 2nd Baronet (1850-1931)
- Sir Richard Durand Temple, 3rd Baronet (1880-1962)
- Sir Richard Anthony Purbeck Temple, 4th Baronet (1913-2007)
- Sir Richard Chartier Carnac Temple, 5th Baronet (born 1937)