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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, PC, KC, FRS (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) 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 Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns.
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (born c. 1665—died Oct. 10, 1723, Colne Green, Hertfordshire, Eng.) was an English lawyer and a leading Whig politician who was the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain.
Earl Cowper ( / ˈkuːpər / KOO-pər) 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 his own to his younger brother, Spencer Cowper.
As the first Secretary (1723-27), and later as Deputy Grand Master, William Cowper was central to the reformulation of Modern Freemasonry and the promotion of the 1723 Constitutions.
He was named on 7 Dec. 1695 to the committee for the bill to prevent election expenses, a measure which prompted his earliest recorded speech. According to his obituary, ‘the very first day he sat in the House of Commons he had occasion to speak three times, and came off with universal applause’.
Supporter of William III and the Whigs; 1705, Keeper of the Great Seal; 1706, Baron Cowper; 1707-10 and 1714-18, Lord High Chancellor. 1718, created Viscount Fordwich and Earl Cowper. 14 related objects
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, PC , KC , FRS ( c. 1665 - 10 de octubre de 1723) fue un político inglés que se convirtió en el primer Lord High Chancellor de Gran Bretaña. Cowper era el hijo de Sir William Cowper, segundo baronet, de Ratling Court, Kent, un miembro Whig del parlamento de alguna marca en los dos últimos reinados de Stuart.
