Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham was an English noblewoman. She was the mother and grandmother of the father-son Prime Ministers George Grenville and William Grenville; she is also mother-in-law and grandmother of the father-son Prime Ministers William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and William Pitt the Younger through her eponymous daughter Hester (1720–1803).

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Occupation: politician
Born: 1690
Died: 1752

Family

Richard Grenvillespouse Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Templechild George Grenvillechild Hester Pitt, Countess of Chathamchild James Grenvillechild Henry Grenvillechild Thomas Grenvillechild Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronetfather Mary Knappmother Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobhamsibling Christian Templesibling

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Occupation: politician
Born: 1690
Died: 1752

Family