Category:William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

**William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper**
	English politician and first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1665-1723)
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Date of birth	24 June 1665
Date of death	10 October 1723
Place of burial	Church of St Mary and St John, Hertingfordbury;
Country of citizenship	Great Britain;
Educated at	St Albans School;
Occupation	politician; judge;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England; Member of the 1695-98 Parliament; Member of the 1698-1700 Parliament; Member of the 1701 Parliament; Member of the 1701-02 Parliament; Member of the 1702-05 Parliament; Member of the 1705-07 Parliament;
Noble title	Baron Cowper (1, 1706–);
Father	William Cowper;
Mother	Sarah Cowper;
Sibling	Spencer Cowper;
Child	Spencer Cowper; William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper; Lady Sarah Cowper; Lady Anne Cowper;
Spouse	Mary Cowper (1706–); Judith Booth;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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	Q5612782; ISNI: 0000 0000 7780 6644; VIAF ID: 1562998; GND ID: 141114835; Library of Congress authority ID: n88132096; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteurs ID: 339735007; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 6511; Open Library ID: OL1452255A
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English: William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (circa 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.