Sir Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos was born on 11 February 1797 at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England.1 He was the son of Sir Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Lady Anne Elizabeth Brydes.1 He married Lady Mary Campbell, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane and Mary Turner Gavin, on 13 May 1819 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.1 He and Lady Mary Campbell were separated in 1850.2 He died on 29 July 1861 at age 64 at Great Western Hotel, Paddington, London, England.1 His will was probated on 13 August 1861, at under £200.1
Sir Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.1 He was styled as Earl Temple between 1813 and February 1822.1 He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, on 25 November 1815.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Buckinghamshire between 1818 and 1839.1 He was styled as Marquess of Chandos between February 1822 and 1839.1 He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Hanoverian Order (G.C.H.) in 1835.1 He held the office of High Steward of Winchester.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [U.K., 1822] on 17 January 1839.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, co. Buckingham [U.K., 1822] on 17 January 1839.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Marquess of Chandos [U.K., 1822] on 17 January 1839.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Marquess of Buckingham, co. Buckingham [G.B., 1784] on 17 January 1839.1 He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Cobham, of Cobham, co. Kent [G.B., 1718] on 17 January 1839.3 He succeeded to the title of 6th Viscount Cobham [G.B., 1718] on 17 January 1839.3 He was invested as a Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) on 30 April 1840.1 He held the office of Lord Privy Seal between September 1841 and February 1842.1 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 3 September 1841.1 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 11 April 1842.1 He wrote the book Courts and Cabinets of George III.1 In 1847 he was bankrupted for over a million pounds, after over-extending himself buying properties with borrowed money.1 |