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{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{short description|British politician}}
'''Sir Richard Grenville''' (1678 – 17 February 1727) was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[politician]] who sat in the [[
==Early life==
Grenville was the son of Sir Richard Grenville of [[Wotton House|Wotton]] in [[Buckinghamshire]] and his wife Eleanor Temple née Tyrell, the wife of Sir Peter Temple of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire. He married Hester Temple, the daughter of [[Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet]] by a licence of 25 November 1710. Her brother was [[Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham]] whose peerage was entailed upon her and her sons.<ref name
==Political career==
Grenville was proposed as Whig candidate for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] at the [[1715 British general election|1715 general election]] but by an agreement
==Death and legacy==
Grenville died on 17 February 1727 in the last year of that parliament and his children were taken care of by his brother-in-law Lord Cobham. He was the father, father-in-law and grandfather of various [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Ministers]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. Among his male-line descendants were the future [[Earl Temple|Earls Temple]] and [[
His wife Hester inherited the titles of her brother in 1749 and became [[Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple|1st Countess Temple]] in her own right. Richard and Hester were the parents of six sons and a daughter. Five sons served in parliament:
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* [[James Grenville]]
* [[Henry Grenville]]
* [[Thomas Grenville (
A daughter, [[Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham|Hester]], was the wife of [[
==References==
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