This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Earl Temple is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Created Countesses of England, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
18th October 1749. Hester Temple 1st Countess Temple [age 59] created.
1752. Son Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple [age 40] succeeded.
12th September 1779. Nephew George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham [age 26] succeeded.
11th February 1813. Son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 36] succeeded.
17th January 1839. Son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 41] succeeded.
29th July 1861. Son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 37] succeeded.
26th March 1889. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos extinct.
On 18th October 1749 Hester Temple 1st Countess Temple [age 59] was created 1st Countess Temple. Richard Granville by marriage Earl Temple.
In 1752 Hester Temple 1st Countess Temple [age 62] died. Her son Richard [age 40] succeeded 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham. Anne Chamber Countess Temple by marriage Countess Temple.
On 12th September 1779 Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple [age 67] died in a carriage accident without surviving issue. His nephew George [age 26] succeeded 3rd Earl Temple, 4th Viscount Cobham.
On 11th February 1813 George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham [age 59] died. His son Richard [age 36] succeeded 2nd Marquess Buckingham, 4th Earl Temple, 3rd Earl Nugent, 5th Viscount Cobham. Anne Elizabeth Brydges Duchess Buckingham and Chandos [age 34] by marriage Marchioness Buckingham.
On 17th January 1839 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 62] died. His son Richard [age 41] succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 3rd Marquess Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Chandos, 5th Earl Temple, 4th Earl Nugent, 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, 6th Viscount Cobham. Mary Campbell Duchess Buckingham and Chandos [age 43] by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos.
On 29th July 1861 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 64] died at the Great Western Hotel Paddington. His son Richard [age 37] succeeded 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 4th Marquess Buckingham, 3rd Marquess of Chandos, 6th Earl Temple, 5th Earl Nugent, 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe, 7th Viscount Cobham
On 26th March 1889 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos [age 65] died from diabetes at 2 Queen Anne Street aka Chandos House Marylebone. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Earl Temple, Earl Nugent extinct.
William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple [age 41] succeeded 4th Earl Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder in its patent. Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe by marriage Countess Temple of Stowe.
Charles Lyttelton 8th Viscount Cobham [age 46] succeeded 8th Viscount Cobham. Mary Susan Cavendish Viscountess Cobham [age 36] by marriage Viscountess Cobham.