Paternal Family Tree: Temple
On 6th October 1767 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston [aged 27] and Frances Poole Viscountess Palmerston [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 5th January 1783 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston [aged 43] and [his mother] Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 20th October 1784 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston was born to Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston [aged 44] and Mary Mee Viscountess Palmerston.
On 16th September 1802 [his father] Henry Temple 2nd Viscount Palmerston [aged 62] died. His son Henry [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 20th July 1805 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 27] and [his future wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 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 13th December 1811 [his future step-son] William Cowper Temple 1st Baron Mount Temple was born to Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 33] and [his future wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 24]. His father may have been one of his mother's many lovers including Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston [aged 27].
On 29th January 1853 Frederick Lamb 3rd Viscount Melbourne [aged 70] died without issue. Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore in County Cavan, Baron Beauvale of Beauvale in Nottinghamshire and Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct. Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] was inherited by his sister [his future wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 65].
In 1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 36] appointed three Knights of the Garter:
715th Hugh Fortescue 2nd Earl Fortescue [aged 72].
716th Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston [aged 71].
717th Sultan Abdulmejid I [aged 32].
On 18th October 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston [aged 80] and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 78] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin.
On 18th October 1865 Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston [aged 80] died without issue.Viscount Palmerston of Palmerston in County Dublin extinct.
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On 11th September 1869 [his former wife] Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 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