BUCKINGHAM. 61 be was Lord Steward of the Household. He m., 16 April 1796, at Westmorland Chapel, Marylebone, Anna Elizabeth, ilc jurc{ c ) Baroness Kin'loss [S], only da. and h. of James (BRTDOES), DtJKB of Chan'dos, by his 2d wife, Anne Eliza, da. of Richard Gamon. She d. at Stowe 15 .May 1836 aged 56, and was bur. 24th at Avington, Hants. He d. also at Stowe, 17 Jan. IS;!!) in his 63d yoar.( d ) Dukedom H. 2. Richard Plant agexet (Temfle-Nugext- ' icon BRVi)ni:s-CirANixis-( iiu-Nvir.i.i:), Duke of Buckingham Marquessate lbJJ. !UM i Qhandos, MAB«jn&s op Buckingham, &c., also jjj I Karl Nugent [I.] and also, de jure,(") since his mothers death, in 1838), Lord Kinloss [8.J, only s. and h., b. unci bap. 11 Feb. 1797 at Stowe ; matrie. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 25 Nov. 1S1 5 : M.I', for Bucks (under the style of Earl Temple, and subsequently of Marquets of Cbandos), 1S1S-09 being considered the leader of the "landed Conser- vatives " in the House v>f Commons. High Steward of Winchester •. G.C.H , 1 835 ; Col. Bucks Yeomanry, 1S39; Lord Puivr Seal, 1511-42; B.C., 1811 ; K.G. 12 April 1S42. By a system of accumulating estates purchased with borrowed money, and by a princely expenditure above his means, he, within 8 years of his succession, became a ruined mao.( e ) He in. 13 May 1810 Mary, da, of (whose issue became coheir to) John (Campbell), 1st Marquess of Brkadai.bank by Mary Turner, da. and coheir of David Gavin, of Laugton. He il . 29 July 1*61 at the Great Western Hotel, Paddingtou, Midx.0 His widow, wlio was b. 10 July 1795. and who in 1S50 had obtained a separation from her husband, d. at Stowe, 28 June 1862. Dukedom III. Richard Plaxtagexet Campbell (Temple- ( Nugent-Bryuges-C'handos-Giienvillk), Duke of Buck- Murquessate >1061. nsGHAM and Chandos (1822), Marquess of Euckinoham l- I (1784), Marquess of CBANDOS (1S22), Earl Temple ' (1749), Earl Temple of Stowe (1822), Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham (171S) ; also Earl Nugent(S) 1776) and also,^') Lord Kinloss [S.], (1602) only s. and b.( h ) He was 6. 11 Sep. 1S23, and Jap. 13 June following at Stowe. Ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; M.P. for Buckingham, 1846-97 ; one of the Lords of the Treasury, Feb. to Dee. 1852; Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales, 1852-59 ; D.C.L., Oxford, 7 June 1S53 ; Liout.-Col. Com. of the Bucks Yeomanry, 1S62 j P.C. 1868 ; President of the Privy Council, 1866- 67 ; Set of State for the Colonies, 1S67-6S j Lord Lieut, of Bucks, 1S6S. On 21 July 1888 be established his right U> the Barony of Kinloss [S.] cr. 2 Fab. 1601/2. Governor of Madras, 1S75-S0; G.C.S.I., 1S76; Hon. Col. of Yeomanry, 1SS1. Hem. 2 Oct. 1851 at Langley, Bucks, Caroline, sister of Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, Bart., da. of Robert Harvey, of Langley afsd.. by Jane Jemima, da. of John Raw Collins, of Hatch Court, Somerset. She d. 2S Feb, 1S74. He m. secondly 17 Feb. 1S85, at St. Peter's, Eaton Sq., Midx., Alice Anne, 1st da. of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bart., by Alice, da. of John James Hope- Johnstone, of Annandale. Famili/ Estates, These, in 1883, consisted of 9,511 acres in Bucks, and 236 in Oxon (worth together £16.140 a year) 498 acres in Cornwall (worth £1,29S ayear) 232 acres in Midx. and 5 in Somerset. Total. 10,482 acres, worth £18,080 a year. Chief Residences, Stowe Park, Bucks, and Wotton House, near Aylesbury, Bucks. ( c ) According to the decision of the House of Lords 21 July 1868. (°j He was a great collector of rare engravings, some of which were sold by auction a few years before his death, the sale lasting 30 days and cousisting of no less than 4,1158 lots, but a magnificent collection remained unsold. (°) Besides the vast amount of landed property sold by his creditors, the whole of the contents (pictures, heir-looms, &c.) of the Mansion at Stowe, were disposed of in 40 days' sale, Aug. to Oct. 1S48, realising but £75,562. The lock of hair of Mary (Tudor) Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk, fetched but £7 10s. C) He was the author of the "Courts and Cabinets of George III." as also of Memoirs of the reigns of George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria. ( E ) His claim as such was allowed in 1 864. (") He is one of tho three Peers who, beside his Peerage of Pari., possesses a Peerage both in Scotland and Ireland. See ante, under " Abercorn," vol. i, p. 8, note.
