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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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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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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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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William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (13 August 1709 – 18 September 1764), styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was an English peer and...
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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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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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