births

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)

Historical image related to Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749) from October 24, 1675

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

British Army officer and politician (1675–1749)

Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was a British army officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer under William III during the Williamite War in Ireland and during the Nine Years' War, he fought under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

Civil post in Buckinghamshire, England

There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the…
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)