Earl Temple of Stowe
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Earl Temple of Stowe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was bestowed in 1822 to Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, who had been earlier created Duke of Buckingham. With the death of the third Duke, there remained no heirs-male to the dukedom, so it became extinct. The Earldom, however, had a special remainder in the letters patent creating it that allowed it to descend in the female line, which it did, to the first Duke's great-grandson William Gore-Langton.
There are no subsidiary titles held by the Earl. Consequently, the eldest son and heir of the Earl uses Lord Langton as a courtesy title.
Earls Temple of Stowe (1822)
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839)
- Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861)
- Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823-1889)
- William Stephen Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe (1847-1902)
- Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton, 5th Earl Temple of Stowe (1871-1940)
- Chandos Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton, 6th Earl Temple of Stowe (1909-1966)
- Ronald Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton, 7th Earl Temple of Stowe (1910-1988)
- Walter Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton, 8th Earl Temple of Stowe (b. 1924)