The titles of Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple of Mount Temple were created in the Peerage of Ireland 12 March 1723 for Henry Temple, of East Sheen, eldest son of Sir John Temple, sometime Attorney General for Ireland. They became extinct on the death of his great-grandson, the 3rd Viscount, 18 October 1865. The third Viscount, who was a famous Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, had been married in 1839 to Emily, widow of the 5th Earl Cowper and a sister of another Prime Minister, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne. She died 11 September 1869, leaving her second husband's estates to her second son The Hon. William Francis Cowper, who thereupon adpoted the surname Cowper-Temple. He served in various positions in the Liberal governments of the mid-nineteenth century, and on his retirement from the House of Commons was created Baron Mount Temple, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 25 May 1880. He died without issue on the 16 October 1888, when the peerage became extinct. However, it was later recreated for his great-nephew, son of The Right Hon. Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, private secretary to and biographer of the 3rd Viscount Palmerston abovementioned and a younger son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, who had married Lord Mount Temple's sister Lady Emily Cowper. Wilfrid William Ashley served as a Conservative Minister of Transport in the 1920s, and was created Baron Mount Temple, again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 13 January 1932. He died 3 July 1939, when the peerage became extinct. He had been married in 1901 to "Maudie" Cassel, only daughter of the Edwardian financier Sir Ernest Cassel, and their elder daughter Edwina, a considerable heiress, was married in 1922 to Lord Louis Mountbatten, later the last Viceroy of India. Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on March 12, 1723. ... The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general. ... Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British Prime Minister and Liberal politician. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was created in the United Kingdoms governmental reorganization of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departments became the Home and Foreign Offices. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (March 15, 1779-November 24, 1848) was home secretary (1830-1834) and prime minister (1834 and 1835-1841) of Britain, and mentor of Queen Victoria. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885) was an English philanthropist, the best_known of the Victorian era. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... July 3 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ...

Barons Temple of Mount Temple, 1723

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Barons Mount Temple, 1880

• William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple (1811-1888)

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Barons Mount Temple, 1932

• Wilfrid William Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple (1867-1939)

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