Earl Cowper is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
18th March 1718. William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 53) created.
10th October 1723. Son William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 14) succeeded.
18th September 1764. Son George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 26) succeeded.
22nd December 1789. Son George Augustus Clavering-Cowper 4th Earl Cowper (age 13) succeeded.
12th February 1799. Brother Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 20) succeeded.
21st June 1837. Son George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper (age 30) succeeded.
15th April 1856. Son Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper (age 21) succeeded.
18th July 1905. Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper extinct.
On 18th March 1718 William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 53) was created 1st Earl Cowper for having suppressed the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Mary Clavering Countess Cowper (age 33) by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 10th October 1723 William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 58) died. His son William (age 14) succeeded 2nd Earl Cowper, 2nd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 4th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 27th September 1732 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 23) and Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham (age 59) and Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham. He the son of William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper and Mary Clavering Countess Cowper.
In 1750 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 40) and Georgiana Caroline Carteret (age 33). Georgiana Caroline Carteret by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 18th September 1764 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper (age 55) died. His son George (age 26) succeeded 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 5th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent. Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 22nd December 1789 George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 51) died. His son George (age 13) succeeded 4th Earl Cowper, 4th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 6th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 12th February 1799 George Augustus Clavering-Cowper 4th Earl Cowper (age 22) died. His brother Peter (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl Cowper.
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On 20th July 1805 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 27) and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. He the son of George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper.
In 1833 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper (age 26) and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey (age 51) and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey (age 48). He the son of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 54) and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 45).
On 21st June 1837 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper (age 59) died. His son George (age 30) succeeded 6th Earl Cowper, 5th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 7th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 15th April 1856 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper (age 49) died. His son Francis (age 21) succeeded 7th Earl Cowper, 6th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 8th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
In 1870 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper (age 35) and Katrine Cecilia Compton Countess Cowper (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton (age 52). He the son of George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper (age 64).
On 18th July 1905 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper (age 71) died. Earl Cowper, Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent and Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent extinct. His nephew Auberon (age 29) succeeded 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.