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    Spencer Cowper (23 February 1670 – 10 December 1728) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705...
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    in 1702 owing to the unpopularity caused by the trial of his brother Spencer Cowper on a charge of murder. On 11 October 1705 he was sworn to the Privy...
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    male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer Cowper. Cowper had already been created Baron Cowper of Wingham in the County of Kent, in the Peerage...
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    Spencer Cowper (1713–1774) was Dean of Durham Cathedral from 1746 to 1774, known also for his early contributions to meteorology and his liking for poetry...
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    couple would go one to have four sons, notably among them William Cowper and Spencer Cowper. However, the couple were extremely unhappy, with Sarah commenting...
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    estate was left to Charles Spencer Cowper, the son of Motteux's close friend Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston. Cowper sold the Norfolk and the Surrey...
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  • Georgiana Caroline Clavering-Cowper, Countess Cowper (née Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret; 12 March 1715 – 21 August 1780) was an English noblewoman...
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    Edward Spencer Cowper Succeeded by Thomas Byron Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis In office 1813–1817 Preceded by Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper...
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    Countess Cowper (née Clavering) (1685 – February 5, 1724) was an English courtier and diarist, and the wife of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper. In September...
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    Palmerston (née Lamb, later Clavering-Cowper; 1787–1869), styled The Honourable Emily Lamb from 1787 to 1805 and Countess Cowper from 1805 to 1839, was a leading...
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