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Family and Contemporaries 

 

See also Family Trees and the Dukes and Duchesses.  The categories below overlap. Many family members were politicians; some politicians were more distant family members. Staff members were often friends as well as employees. 

Brydges, Chandos and Gamon
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
Dukes and Duchesses of Chandos              Ancestors of First Duchess 
Anne Eliza Gamon Mother of First Duchess
Sir Richard Grace Gamon       Uncle of Anna Eliza and MP
Charlotte Gamon Cousin of Anna Eliza
Lady Caroline Leigh         Guardian of First Duchess
Grenville
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
Countess St George Chandos             Illegitimate daughter of 2nd Duke
Anna Eliza Mary Grenville                   Daughter of 2nd Duke
Anne Grenville [Temple-Gore-Langton]                   Daughter of 3rd Duke
Catherine Grenville [Neville]                Sister of Nugent Buckingham
Charlotte Grenville [Watkins Wynn]             Sister of Nugent Buckingham
Caroline Jemima Elizabeth Grenville [Temple-Gore-Langton]               Daughter of 3rd Duke
Elizabeth Grenville [Proby]            Sister of Nugent Buckingham
Eustace Grenville Murray                Illegitimate son of the 1st or 2nd Duke
George Grenville            Father of Nugent Buckingham and politician
George Grenville (Nugent Buckingham)          George Nugent-Temple Grenville, father of 1st Duke
Baron George Nugent             George Nugent Grenville, brother of 1st Duke
Hester Grenville [Fortescue]             Sister of Nugent Buckingham
James Grenville (Lord Glastonbury) First cousin of Nugent Buckingham. 
Lady Mary Grenville [ Arundell]                Sister of first Duke
Mary Grenville [Temple-Gore-Langton]                Daughter of 3rd Duke
Richard Grenville                Brother of Nugent Buckingham
Thomas Grenville             Brother of Nugent Buckingham
William Wyndham Grenville          Brother of Nugent Buckingham
Nugent 
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
George Thomas John Nugent           8th Earl of Westmeath
Robert Nugent             Father of Mary Elizabeth Nugent & poet
Mary Elizabeth Nugent             Mother of 1st Duke
Louisa Elizabeth Nugent                   Married 1st Baron Cottesloe
Field Marshall Sir George Nugent         Half-brother of Mary Elizabeth Nugent
Maria Nugent [Skinner]         Diarist and wife of Field Marshall Sir George Nugent
Rosa Emily Mary Anne Nugent              Daughter of George Thomas John Nugent
Other Family 
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
James Everard Arundell           Wife of Lady Mary Grenville
Hugh Fortescue          Grenvillite MP; married Hester Grenville
Richard Aldworth Neville          Grenvillite MP; married Catherine Grenville. Later Lord Braybrooke. 
Anne Lucy Poulet                Wife of Baron George Nugent
John Joshua Proby          Grenvillite MP; married Elizabeth Grenville
William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton            Married Anna Eliza, daughter of 3rd Duke
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton               Grandson of 2nd Duke
Helen Mabel Montgomery             Married William Henry Powell Gore-Langton
Fremantle
William Henry Fremantle         Political associate of Nugent Buckingham & 1st Duke; Grenvillite MP
Thomas Francis Fremantle             Admiral
Elizabeth (Betsy) Fremantle (and sisters)                  Diarist and wife of Admiral Thomas Fremantle
William Robert Fremantle                Rector and son of Admiral Thomas Fremantle
Thomas Francis Fremantle (1st Baron Cottesloe)            Son of Admiral Thomas Fremantle and trustee to Grenville estates in 1832
Charles Howe Fremantle            Son of Admiral Thomas Fremantle and founder of Fremantle, western Australia
 
Contemporaries
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
Anne Louisa Emily Berkeley             Wife of Thomas Masterman Hardy
Sir Scrope Bernard Morland            Private Secretary to Nugent Buckingham and MP
Mary Buchanan Friend of 1st Duke and Duchess
Sir Francis Buller               Judge and guardian of 1st Duchess
William Cleaver             Principal of Brasenose College
Charles & Robert Greville               Diarists
Percy Grace R.N.           Friend of 1st Duke and Duchess
Thomas Masterman Hardy         Naval Officer who duelled with first Duke
Jerningham Family Catholic friends of Mary Nugent
Lady Sarah Jersey             Socialite
Captain William Jervoise           Friend of the second Duke
Princess Lieven         Political and social commentator
Louis XIII           King of France, lived at Gosfield & Stowe in exile
William Pigott Friend and Bucks Militia
James Talbot Confidant of Grenvilles
George Grenville Wandesford Pigott MP and Trustee
Charlotte [Long] Pigott Wife of Grenville Pigott
Emma [Pigott] Wilson Accompanied Duke on 1827 voyage
Staff & Professional
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
Dr Charles O'Conor            Librarian at Stowe
John Broadway           Stowe Steward
John Grosvenor             Oxford Doctor
Robert Holt           Rector of Finmere and tutor to first Duke
Tobias Ledbrook           Physician & general factotum 
Sir John Soane Architect at Stowe, Wotton & Buckingham House
Politicians
Name  Before 1790 1790 
to 1890 
After 
1890
Family  Politics Military Prof Description
Henry Addington         MP and Prime Minister
George Cranfield Berkeley       Grenvillite MP and Admiral
Lord Bulkeley (Thomas James)           Grenvillite MP 
George Canning           MP and Prime Minister
Thomas Creevey         MP and anti-Grenville commentator
Lord Castlereagh (Robert Stewart)           Politician
Sir James Buller East              MP and trustee to Grenville estates in 1832
Edward Hyde East            Grenvillite MP for Winchester
Lord Ebrington (Hugh Fortescue)           Wobbly Grenvillite MP
Lord Essex (George Capel Coningsby)         Grenvillite MP
Lord Liverpool (Robert Banks Jenkinson)           Politician and Prime Minister
Lords Melville (Henry & Robert Saunders Dundas Melville)         Politicians and First Lord of the Admiralty
William Pitt the Younger         Politician and Prime Minister
William Shipley             Grenvillite MP
James Hamilton Stanhope             Wobbly Grenvillite MP
George Tierney            Politician
Lord Edward Thurlow       Lord Chancellor
Robert Williams           (1) Grenvillite MP (2) Friend of the first Duke
Charles Watkin Williams Wynne               Grenvillite MP
Sir Watkin Williams Wynne (5th Bt)          Grenvillite MP
Sir William Young             Grenvillite MP

Definitions

  • Married or maiden names are given in [square brackets].
  • From about 1790 to about 1890 covers the active lives of the three Dukes; boxes are not checked if person lived for only a few years in that period.
  • Prof: Professional, Agents, Servants, Stewards, Solicitors, Doctors, etc.
    Politician: Only checked where the person had a significant political career
    Military: Significant involvement only.

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