Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham
British statesman
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association with Pitt, the Elder
- In William Pitt, the Elder: Background and education
…politically powerful millionaire nobleman, Lord Cobham, who lived in splendour in a palatial mansion and vast park at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire, to which William and his friends paid visits. Cobham sent William abroad on “The Grand Tour” of Europe (only France and Switzerland were visited, however) and later bought him…
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