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Hace 5 días · William Cowper, first Earl Cowper, was the great-grandson of Sir William Cowper, Bt., whom we have found taking an active part in the development of Lincoln's Inn Fields for building. He was called to the Bar in May, 1688, and in a few years not only was he the decided leader of his circuit, but he had obtained an extensive practice ...
Hace 1 día · Grandfather of Sir William Cowper, 1st Baronet and ancestor of the Earls Cowper and of the poet William Cowper. Stow says that he was 'put by his term of Mayoralty upon some private displeasure of his brethren.'
Hace 3 días · WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ. eldest son of Sir William Cowper, bart. of Ratling-court, in Nonington, having been made lord-keeper of the great seal in 1705, was afterwards by letters patent, dated Dec. 14, 1706, created lord Cowper, baron Cowper of Wingham; and in 1709, was declared lord chancellor.
Hace 5 días · William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper pronunciation with meanings, synonyms, antonyms, translations, sentences and more
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Hace 4 días · William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) (1731 – 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
Hace 4 días · Cecil, Thomas, Lord Burghley, later 1st Earl of Exeter, 1, 108, 208 and n. Cecil , William, Baron Burghley, Lord Treasurer and Principal Minister to Queen Elizabeth, his scheme for a funeral monument, 1.
Hace 4 días · Parting from notions of danger as threat, her archival study shows that danger was productive, especially of masculinity and the superiority of the elite. This innovative argument is first supported by a rigorous historiography of the concept of danger in the eighteenth century, explored in chapter 1.
