John Temple | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:John_Temple_(1732-1798).jpg) portrait by Gilbert Stuart after a work by John Turmbull | |
| Born | April 1732  Boston |
| Died | 17 November 1798 (aged 65–66) New York City |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Bowdoin |
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John Temple (1731 – 17 November 1798) was the first British consul-general to the United States and the first British diplomat to have been born in what later became the United States. He was sometimes known as (but not universally acknowledged to be) Sir John Temple, 8th Baronet.