Paternal Family Tree: Temple
Before 24th October 1675 [his father] Richard Temple 3rd Baronet [aged 41] and [his mother] Mary Knapp Lady Temple were married. She by marriage Lady Temple of Stowe.
On 24th October 1675 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham was born to Richard Temple 3rd Baronet [aged 41] and Mary Knapp Lady Temple.
On 30th June 1685 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 9] was commissioned as an ensign in Prince George of Denmark's Regiment.
On 8th May 1697 [his father] Richard Temple 3rd Baronet [aged 63] died. His son Field [aged 21] succeeded 4th Baronet Temple of Stowe.
On 10th February 1702 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 26] was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
On 25th November 1710 [his brother-in-law] Richard Granville [aged 32] and [his sister] Hester Temple 1st Countess Temple [aged 20] were married.
In 1714 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 38] was created 1st Baron Cobham.
In September 1715 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 39] and Anne Halsey Viscountess Cobham were married.
In April 1718 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 42] was created 1st Viscount Cobham. [his wife] Anne Halsey Viscountess Cobham by marriage Viscountess Cobham.
On 1st September 1738 [his daughter] Elizabeth Temple was born to Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 62] and [his wife] Anne Halsey Viscountess Cobham. She was baptised at St James' Church, Piccadilly on 28th September 1738. She died aged three in 1742.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 10th July 1742 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 66] was promoted to Field Marshal.
On or before 16th July 1742 [his daughter] Elizabeth Temple [aged 3] died. She was buried on 16th July 1742 at the family estate at Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
On 14th September 1749 Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham [aged 73] died without surviving issue. His sister Hester [aged 59] succeeded 2nd Viscountess Cobham by special remainder. Baron Cobham extinct. His second cousin once removed William [aged 55] succeeded 5th Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Temple of Stowe 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Temple 1st Baronet
Grandfather: Peter Temple 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Sandes
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sandes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Myles Sandes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dixon of Lindale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hester Sandes
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Clifton
father: Richard Temple 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Leveson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leveson
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Denise or Dionyse Bodley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Leche
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gresham 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gresham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Gresham
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ipswell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ipswell
Grandmother: Christian Leveson 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mildmay 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Mildmay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Read
Great x 1 Grandmother: Christian Mildmay 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Writtle
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Denny 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Field Marshal Richard Temple 1st Viscount Cobham 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Thomas Knapp
mother: Mary Knapp Lady Temple