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The Earl Cowper. William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, PC, KC, FRS (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the ...
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (born c. 1665—died Oct. 10, 1723, Colne Green, Hertfordshire, Eng.) was an English lawyer and a leading Whig politician who was the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain.
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Earl Cowper ( / ˈkuːpər / KOO-pər) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his first Lord Chancellor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer Cowper.
He was named on 7 Dec. 1695 to the committee for the bill to prevent election expenses, a measure which prompted his earliest recorded speech. According to his obituary, ‘the very first day he sat in the House of Commons he had occasion to speak three times, and came off with universal applause’.
Cowper, Mary, (1685-1724), diarist, Lady of the Bedchamber and 2nd wife of 1st Earl Cowper. spouse. Family. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events. The...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Cowper, William, Ist Earl Cowper (1664–1724). Politician and lawyer. Called to the bar in 1688, Cowper proved a brilliant lawyer, an attainment which he brought to the Commons in 1695. Despite being a court Whig, he kept a cautious distance from the Junto.
The purpose of this essay is to take one example of a so-called Jacobite -William, 1st Earl Cowper-and examine the evidence used for the claim that he supported the Pretender and show that it has been seriously mishandled by some historians.
