George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and by royal warrant, he created the Order of St Patrick in February 1783, with himself as the first Grand Master.He was appointed a Secretary of State when Pitt the Younger (his father's sister's son) formed his ministry in December 1783, but resigned only three days later.In November 1787, he was again appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, this time under Pitt, but his second tenure of this office proved less successful than the first.Grattan denounced him for extravagance; the Irish Parliament censured him for refusing to transmit to England an address calling upon the Prince of Wales to assume the regency; and he could only maintain his position by resorting to bribery on a large scale.(His wife was, however, created Baroness Nugent in 1800, with special remainder to their second son, Lord George Nugent-Grenville.)
The Most HonourableThomas GainsboroughSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsGeorge IIIWilliam PittCharles James FoxMarquess of CarmarthenLord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Duke of RutlandThe Earl of WestmorlandThe Earl of ShelburneThe Duke of PortlandThe Earl of NorthingtonMember of ParliamentBuckinghamshireRichard LowndesThomas GrenvilleStowe, BuckinghamshireWotton UnderwoodRichard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and ChandosGeorge Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron NugentGeorge GrenvilleElizabeth WyndhamCharlotte Williams-WynnWilliam Grenville, 1st Baron GrenvilleAlma materEton CollegeChrist Church, OxfordPrime Minister of Great BritainSir William Wyndham, 3rd BaronetRichard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl TempleWilliam GrenvilleExchequerGrand TourRobert Nugent, 1st Viscount ClareEdward Smyth1774 general electionLord NorthHouse of LordsLord Lieutenant of BuckinghamshirePrivy CouncilLord ShelburneRenunciation Act 178323 Geo. 3legislative independenceOrder of St PatrickKing George IIIEast India BillPitt the YoungerMichelle DonelanPrince of WalesAct of Union of 1800WottonRichard, Earl TempleGeorge, 2nd Baron NugentGrenvillitepublic domainChisholm, HughEncyclopædia BritannicaThe London GazetteHansardParliament of Great BritainThe Earl VerneyThe Earl of MacclesfieldTeller of the ExchequerSpencer PercevalForeign SecretaryThe Marquess of CarmarthenHome SecretaryThe Lord SydneyLeader of the House of LordsThe Earl of ChesterfieldThe Marquess of BuckinghamPeerage of Great BritainMarquess of BuckinghamRichard GrenvilleRichard Grenville-TempleEarl TemplePeerage of IrelandRobert NugentEarl NugentForeign secretaries of the United KingdomGranthamGrenvilleHawkesburyHarrowbyMulgraveHowickCanningBathurstWellesleyCastlereaghDudleyAberdeenPalmerstonWellingtonGranvilleMalmesburyRussellClarendonStanleySalisburyRoseberyIddesleighKimberleyLansdowneBalfourCurzonMacDonaldChamberlainHendersonReadingHalifaxMorrisonMacmillanDouglas-HomeButlerGordon WalkerStewartCallaghanCroslandCarringtonRifkindBeckettMilibandHammond