Richard Temple, first viscount Cobham

(1675-1749)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 NRA: Temple Richard (1669-1749) Viscount Cobham General DNB: Temple, Richard, first Viscount Cobham (1675-1749), politician and landowner LBT ID: LdCobha1 VIAF ID: 25408546 LOC ID: no90023523	B/BAP: 1675-10-24 DIED: 1749-09-13
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English politician and leader of the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole; Alexander Pope visited him at his estate at Stowe.
REFERENCES TO Richard Temple, first viscount Cobham: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 33