Henry Cowper (1758–1840), was a British lawyer.
Life
He was the third son of General Spencer Cowper, by Charlotte, daughter of John Baber; grandson of William Cowper, clerk of the parliaments 1739–40, and great-grandson of the judge
Spencer Cowper
Spencer Cowper (23 February 1670 – 10 December 1728) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1727.
Early life
Cowper was the second son of Sir Willia ...
(1670–1728). He was called to the bar at the
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...
on 26May 1775. From 1785 to 1826 he was Deputy
Clerk of the Parliaments
The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief Clerk (legislature), clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The position has existed since at least 1315, and duties include preparing the minutes of Lords proceedings, advi ...
and clerk assistant of the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
. He died at Tewin Water, near
Tewin
Tewin is an English village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England between the towns of Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Welwyn (village) and the county town Hertford, it is within commuting distance of London. Tewin Wood is a very affluent re ...
, Hertfordshire on 28November 1840. He married his cousin-german, Maria Judith, eldest daughter of the Reverend John Cowper,
DD, rector of
Church of St Peter but had no issue. By his will he left a sum of money for educating the poor children of
Hertingfordbury
Hertingfordbury is a small village in Hertfordshire, England, close to the county town of Hertford. It was mentioned in the ''Domesday Book''. Hertingfordbury is also the name of a neighbouring civil parish, which does not contain the village. ...
parish.
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1758 births
1840 deaths
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