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RICHARD TEMPLE

Richard Grenville Temple (1st Earl Temple) was a British politician. He was born in 1711 and died in 1779. Educated at Eton, he became member of parliament for Buckingham in 1732. In 1752 he inherited the title of Earl of Temple from his mother, Countess Temple. In 1756 he became first lord of the admiralty after Pitt had married his sister. In 1757 he was made lord privy seal, resigning with Pitt in 1761.
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