Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Buckingham and Chandos (Duke of), Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Bridges Chandos Grenville, Marquis of Buckingham and Chandos

Men of the Time, eleventh edition
by Thompson Cooper
Buckingham and Chandos (Duke of), Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Bridges Chandos Grenville, Marquis of Buckingham and Chandos
944695Men of the Time, eleventh edition — Buckingham and Chandos (Duke of), Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Bridges Chandos Grenville, Marquis of Buckingham and ChandosThompson Cooper

BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS (Duke of), The Right Hon. Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple Nugent Bridges Chandos Grenville, Marquis of Buckingham and Chandos, &c., was born Sept. 10, 1823, and succeeded his father as third duke July 29, 1861. He represented Buckingham from 1846 to 1857; was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in 1852; Keeper of the Prince of Wales' Privy Seal, and Deputy Warden of the Stannaries. He was elected chairman of the London and North-western Railway Company in 1853, and resigned in 1856. His grace was appointed Lord President of the Council under Earl Derby's third administration, in July, 1866, and succeeded the Earl of Carnarvon as Secretary of State for the Colonies, March 2, 1867. He held the latter office until Mr. Gladstone came into power in December, 1868. In July, 1875, he was appointed Governor of Madras, and he held that post till 1880.