William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, 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
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Earl Cowper 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
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
…John Cowper 1613–1643 Sir Samuel Holled 1619–1661 Anne Cowper d. 1664 William Cowper 1639–1706 2nd Baronet of Ratling Court Sarah Cowper 1644–1720 Baron Cowper of Wingham in the County of Kent, 1706 Earl Cowper and Viscount Fordwich, in the County of Kent, 1718 Elizabeth Culling 1676–1703 William Cowper 1665–1723…
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper.
Peter Leopold Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (attributed to John Hoppner)
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