Biography of Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1784-1865
Paternal Family Tree: Temple
On 10 Jun 1757 Henry John Temple 1st Viscount Palmerston (age 84) died. His grandson [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 17) succeeded 2nd Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 06 Oct 1767 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 27) and Frances Poole Viscountess Palmerston (age 38) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 05 Jan 1783 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 43) and [his mother] Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 20 Oct 1784 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston was born to Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 44) and Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston.
On 16 Sep 1802 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston (age 62) died. His son Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 17) succeeded 3rd Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 20 Jul 1805 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 27) and [his future wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. He the son of George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper.
On 13 Dec 1811 [his future step-son] William Cowper Temple 1st Baron Mount Temple was born to Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 33) and [his future wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 24). His father may have been one of his mother's many lovers including Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 27).
In 1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 36) appointed three Knights of the Garter:
715th Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue (age 72).
716th Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 71).
717th Sultan Abdulmejid I (age 32).
On 18 Oct 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 80) and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 78) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 18 Oct 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston (age 80) died without issue.Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin extinct.
On 11 Sep 1869 [his former wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 82) died.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. At one of her parties Lord Palmerston presented Lady Palmerston's son, William Cowper, to a foreign ambassador, who, not catching the name, looked at him and then at Lord Palmerston and said with a smile, "On voit bien, monsieur, que c'est votre fils, il vous ressemble tant!" [Note. Losely translated "I can see that he is your son. He looks like you".].
Adeline Horsey Recollections. Lord and Lady Palmerston gave delightful parties, to which I was often invited. Lady Palmerston was a daughter of the first Viscount Melbourne, and she married the fifth Earl Cowper as her first husband. It was generally known that she had been Palmerston's mistress for many years, but she was a charming woman and proved herself an ideal helpmeet to him. Her manner was most genial, and she always appeared grateful to her husband's friends for their support. She possessed that peculiar art of making each guest feel that he or she was the one particular person she wished most to see; so the dinners and receptions of this perfect hostess were always very pleasant functions.
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Temple
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Temple of Dublin
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry John Temple 1st Viscount Palmerston
Great x 3 Grandfather: Abraham Yarner
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Yarner
GrandFather: Henry Temple
Father: Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Barnard
GrandMother: Jane Barnard
Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston
GrandFather: Benjamin Thomas Mee
Mother: Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston
