George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, KG, PC (17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813) was a British statesman; he was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of the 1st Baron Grenville.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was appointed a Teller of the Exchequer in 1764, and ten years later was returned to Parliament as one of the Members for Buckinghamshire. In the House of Commons he was a sharp critic ...
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George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, KG, PC (17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813) was a British statesman; he was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of the 1st Baron Grenville.
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was appointed a Teller of the Exchequer in 1764, and ten years later was returned to Parliament as one of the Members for Buckinghamshire. In the House of Commons he was a sharp critic of the American policy of Lord North. In September 1779 he succeeded his uncle as Earl Temple; in 1782 was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire; and in July of the same year became a member of the Privy Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of Lord Shelburne. On his advice the Renunciation Act 1783 was passed, which supplemented the legislative independence granted to Ireland in 1782. By Royal Warrant he created the Order of St Patrick in February 1783, with himself as the first Grand Master. Lord Temple left Ireland...
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