Person Cowper; William (c 1665 - 1723); 1st Earl Cowper Cowper William c 1665 - 1723 British Male Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England c 1665 Colne Green, his seat in Hertfordshire 10 October 1723 Burial: Hertingfordbury church, Hertfordshire

Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (1718)

Education: School at St Alban's, Hertfordshire; Middle Temple (admitted 1682) Career: Called to the Bar (1688); joined the forces of the Prince of Orange (1688); KC (1694); Recorder of Colchester; MP for Hertford (1695-1700); MP for Beeralston (1701-1705); Keeper of the Great Seal (1705); Privy councillor (1705); Commissioner for the Union of England and Scotland (1706); Lord High Chancellor (1707-1710 and 1714-1718); Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire (1710-1712 and 1714-1721); one of the Lords Justice Regents of the Realm (1714); Lord High Steward for the trial of the rebel Lords (1716), for the trial of the Earl of Oxford (FRS 1712) (1717); Governor of the Charterhouse; died after catching a severe cold while travelling from London to his house in Hertfordshire Honours: Baron Cowper of Wingham, Kent 1706; Viscount Fordwiche and Earl Cowper 1718 Son of Sir William Cowper, Bart, of Ratling Court, Nonington, Kent, and Hertford and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Holland or Holled, Merchant, of London; succeeded his father as 3rd Bart (1701); rumoured to have seduced Elizabeth Culling of Hertingfordbury Park, Hertfordshire, with a sham marriage. Married: 1) (or possibly bigamously), Judith, daughter of Sir Robert Booth, Merchant, of Wallbrook, London; 2) Mary, daughter of John Clavering of Chopwell, Co Durham Royal Society roles: Council: ?1706, 1708 Fellow 03/04/1706 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 c 1665 - 10 Oct 1723 NA6762 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/1562998 cdd2eb70-2a0b-4ec1-8d7f-3023b0cc18b8