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William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper

William Clavering-Cowper
portrait c. 1732
Born	13 August 1709
Died	18 September 1764(1764-09-18) (aged 55)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford (DCL)
Spouse	Georgiana Carteret ​ (m. 1750)​
Children	George
Parent(s)	William Cowper Mary Clavering

William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (13 August 1709 – 18 September 1764), styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was a British peer and courtier.

Born William Cowper, he was the eldest son of William Cowper, and his second wife Mary, daughter of John Clavering of Chopwell, County Durham. He later assumed the additional surname of Clavering on the death of his maternal uncle.^[1]

He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, matriculating in 1725 aged 16, created DCL in 1728.^[2]

He succeeded his father in the earldom in October 1723, aged 14.^[3] In 1744, he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, a post he held until his death.^[4] He was also a Lord of the BedchambertoGeorge II.^[3]

Lord Cowper was twice married. He married firstly Lady Henrietta, daughter of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque in 1732. After her death in September 1747, he married secondly Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret, daughter of John Carteret, and widow of John Spencer, on 1 May 1750. He died on 18 September 1764, aged 55, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son from his first marriage, George Clavering-Cowper. The Countess Cowper died on 21 August 1780.^[5]

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Coat of arms of William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper

Crest A lion's jamb erased Or holding a cherry branch Vert fructed Gules. Escutcheon Argent three martlets Gules on a chief engrailed of the last three annulets Or. Supporters Two dun horses close cropped (except a tuft on the withers) and docked a large blaze down the face a black list down the back and three white feet viz both hind and the near fore foot. Motto Tuum Est (It Is Thine) [7]

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