William Johnson Temple

William Johnson Temple (also Johnstone) (1739–1796) was an English cleric and essayist, now remembered mainly for his prolific correspondence with the biographer and diarist James Boswell. Temple was the grandfather of Frederick Temple and great-grandfather of William Temple, both Archbishops of Canterbury.

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