Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston

Who was Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston?

Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston was an Irish nobleman and British politician, the eldest son of Sir John Temple, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and Jane Yarner.

On 10 June 1703, Temple married Anne Houblon, the daughter of Abraham Houblon, a governor of the Bank of England. They had two children:

Henry Temple, Lord Temple of Mount Temple

Richard Temple

He was created Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple of Mount Temple in 1723. He was a Member of Parliament for three English boroughs from 1727 until 1747.

In 1736, he bought Broadlands from Humphrey Sydenham and began to rework the gardens there.

On 11 May 1738 at St Antholin, Budge Row, he married again, to Isabella Fryer, widow of Sir John Fryer, 1st Baronet, and daughter of Sir Francis Gerard, 4th Baronet. She died on 11 August 1762 at North End, Hammersmith. Palmerston had no children by his second wife, and neither of his sons by his first wife survived him. He was succeeded by his grandson Henry.