COBHAM 341 no representation of, the Lords Cobham.(*) He was Col. of the Royal I St regt. of Dragoons, 171 5-21; P.C. 6 July 171 6; Constable of Windsor Castle, 1716-23. On 23 May 171 8 he was cr. BARON COBHAM of Cobham, Kent, and VISCOUNT COBHAM, with a spec, rem., failing the heirs male of his body, of those dignities to his 2nd sister, Hester Grenville, and the heirs male of her body, failing which, to his 3rd sister, Dame Christian Lyttelton, in like manner. He was Col. of the King's Own Horse (now ist Dragoon Guards), 1721-33; Gov. of Jersey, 1723 till his death; Lord Lieut, of Bucks, 1728-38; Gen. in the Army, 1735; Col. ist Horse Gren. Guards, 1742-44; Field Marshal, 1742; Col. 6th Horse, 1744-45; Col. loth Dragoons (now 5th Dragoon Guards), 1745 till his death; Ranger of Windsor Forest. He m. Anne, da. of Edmund Halsey (" a considerable brewer "), of Southwark, Surrey, and Stoke Pogis, Bucks. He d. s.p. 13, and was bur. 18 Sep. I749,(*') at Stowe, when the Barony of Cobham, cr. 17 14, became extinct.^") Will dat. 8 June 1748, pr. 13 Oct. 1749. His widow d. 20 Mar. 1760. Will dat. 28 Oct. 1759, pr. 9 Apr. i76o.(^) II and IV. 2. Hester, suo jure. Viscountess Cobham AND Baroness Cobham [17 18], 2nd surv. sister 1749. and coh., being h. to the abovenamed dignities under the spec. rem. in the creation thereof. Within 6 months of her succession thereto, she was, on 18 Oct. 1749, cr. COUNTESS TEMPLE, with rem. of that dignit>' to the heirs male of her body. She m., in 17 10, Richard Grenville, of Wootton, Bucks, who d. 17 Feb. 1726/7, aged 48. She d. 6 Oct. 1752. III and V. 3. Richard (Grenville, afterwards Gren- ville-Temple), Earl Temple, Viscount Cobham 1752. AND Baron Cobham, s. and h., b. 26 Sep. 171 1, d. s.p., 1 1 Sep. 1779. t/) n n ■3 "^ t- c -. n> -t m p V n
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-J H w ^o 2 IV and VI. 4. George (Grenville, afterwards Nugent-Temple- Grenville), Earl Temple, Viscount Cobham and Baron 1779. Cobham, nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Rt. Hon. George Grenville, next br. to the last named Peer, b. 17 June 1753. He was cr. MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM, in the CO. of Buckingham, on 4 Dec. 1784. He d. 11 Feb. 18 13. See fuller account under "Buckingham" (town), Marquessate of, cr. 1784, and "Buckingham and Chandos," Dukedom of, cr. 1822. (*) See tabular pedigree on preceding page. (") Mrs. Pendarves (afterwards Delany) writes of him in 1738/9, "that thin decayed carcase of his contains a spirit that is surprising." V.G. (■=) His eldest sister and coh., Mary, m., istly, Richard West, D.D., and 2ndiy, Sir John Langham, 4th Bart., of Cottesbrooke, who d. May 1 747. She d. 1 6 Nov. 1 763.
