= Richard Temple = '''Richard Temple''' was a [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whig]] politician and member of the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] in [[UnitedKingdom/Democratization|Great Britain]]. <> ---- == History == Richard Temple was the eldest son of '''Richard Temple''' (same name), '''baronet of Stowe'''. Temple was a commissioned officer and fought in the [[WorldHistory/NineYearsWar|Nine Years' War]] and '''Williamite War'''. His father died in 1697, leaving him to inherit his titles. He also won his father's constituency and entered the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|House of Commons]]. Temple also fought in the [[WorldHistory/WarOfSpanishSuccession|War of Spanish Succession]]. With the [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeI|Hanoverian succession]] and a [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whig]] victory in 1714 elections, Temple was appointed ambassador to [[Austria/JosephI|Austria]]. He was also created '''baron of Cobham''', and would be raised to '''viscount Cobham''' in 1718. Temple came to oppose [[UnitedKingdom/RobertWalpole|Walpole's]] foreign policy, and from retirement he patronized the political opposition. Most notably he mentored [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamPitt|Pitt]], but he also supported his nephews '''Richard Grenville''' and [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeGrenville|George Grenville]]. The political circle he fostered at '''Stowe House''' came to be known as the '''Patriot Whigs''' and the '''Cobhamites'''. ---- CategoryRicottone