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married to Conftantine Phipps, firft lord Mulgrave, and 
had idue. 7. Emilia-Caroline-Naftau. 8. Carolina. 
Lord Hervey died Auguft 5, 1743. 
George-William, fecond earl of Briftol, was declared:, 
June 17, 1758 t ambafiador extraordinary to the court of 
Madrid ; which refidence he quitted December 17, 1761. 
He was, farther appointed, September 26, 1766, lord 
lieutenant of the kingdom of Ireland, and refigned that 
office in Odlober 1767. He was conftituted, Novem- 
-ber 2, in the following year, lord keeper of the privy 
leal; and exchanged that office January 29, 1770, for 
that of groom of the dole to the king. Hedied March 18, 
*7.75- . 
"Auguftus-John, third earl of Briftol, embraced the 
profeffion of the navy, in which he ferved with confider- 
able reputation. He was conffituted, in 1,775-, vice ad¬ 
miral of the blue fquadron. His lordfhip married Mifs 
Elizabeth Chudleigh, who afterwards married Evelyn 
Pierrepont, duke of Kingfton, in her hnfband’s life¬ 
time, and was ftyled duchefs of Kingfton; but being 
convi&ed of bigamy by the houfe of peers April 22, 
1776, was forbidden to make ufe of that title. Site re¬ 
tired to the continent, and died Auguft 26, 1788. The 
earl her hufband, died December 23, 1779, without ift'ue, 
and; was fucceeded by his next brother, Frederic-Au- 
• gttftus, the fourth earl, bifhop of Derry, whccmarried 
Elizabeth, daughter of fir Jermyn Danvers, barf, and 
had iffiie, John.Atiguftus lord Hervey, a captain in the 
royal navy,married, May 1784, Mifs Elizabeth Drum¬ 
mond, of Quebec, and died January 10, 1796, leaving 
ift'ue a daughter, Elizabeth-Catharine-CaroLine, who 
..died in January 1803 ; Frederic-William, the prefent 
earl ; Mary, married July 22, 1776, to John Crichton, 
earl of Erne, and has ift'ue, Caroline, married to James- 
Stuart Wortley, efq. nephew to the marquis of Bute; 
Elizabeth, married to John-Thomas Fofter, efq. who 
died .in 1796, leaving ift'ue Frederic-Thomas Hervey, 
and Auguftus-John; Theodofia-Louifa, married to Ro- 
bert-Banks, lord Havvkefbury, eldeft fon of Charles-earl 
of Liverpool. The earl, dying July 8, 1S05, was fuc- 
ceeded by his fon, Frederic-William, the prefent and 
fifth earl. 
Creations. —Baron Hervey, March 23, 1703; Earl 
of Briftol, Odtober 19, 1714. 
Residences. —Ickworth Park, in the county of Suf¬ 
folk ; and Putney Heath, in Surrey. 
Armorial Bearings. — See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Je n' oub Herat jamais .— “I fhall never 
forget.” 
COWPER, EARL COWPER. 
PETER-LEOPOLD-LOUIS-FRANCIS COWPER, 
Earl COWPER, Vifcount Fordwich, Baron Cowper 
of Wingham, a Baronet, and Count of the Holy Roman 
Empire; born May 6, 1778; fucceeded his brother, the 
late earl, July 12, 1799; married, July 21, 1805, the 
honourable Amelia Lambe, daughter of vifcount Mel¬ 
bourne. 
The family of Cowper was of confiderable eminence in 
the reign of Edward IV. andone of them was a patriotic 
alderman of London, in the reign ofHenry VIII. William, 
fon to the alderman, was firft created a baronet of Nova 
Scotia ; and afterwards, March 4, 1642, a baronet of 
England. He was imprifoned for his loyalty to Charles' I. 
together with John, his fon, who died in confinement. 
Sir William, fecond baronet, fon of John, diftinguiftied 
himfelf in the whig party in the reign of Charles II. and 
had ift'ue, William, third baronet; and Spencer, who 
was appointed, Oitober 24, 1727, one of the judges of 
the court of Common Pleas; and died^December 10, in 
the following year. William greatly\diftinguiftied him¬ 
felf in the profeffion of the law; and was appointed by 
queen Anne, October n, 1705, lord keeper of the great 
leal; and in the following year" created baron Cowper 
of Wingham. He was farther declared, May 4, 1707, 
L D R Y. 
lord high chancellor of Great Britain,- which office he 
refigned September 14, 1710, upon the difm'iffion of the 
whig adminifts ation. He was reftored to the appoint¬ 
ment of lord chancellor by George I. September 22, 
1714, and a few years "after created earl’Cowper. He 
refigned the feals in May 1718, and died October 10, 
1723- 
William, fecond earl Cowper, his fon, added to his 
own the furname of Clavering, which had been the name 
of his mother. He married Henrietta, daughter of Henry 
d’Averquerque earl of Grantham ; by which lady, who 
died Ottober 13, 1747, he had ift'ue, Caroline, married 
to Henry Seymour, efq. nephew to Edward duke of So- 
merfet, and died June 3, 1772, leaving ift'ue, George- 
Naftau, third earl Cowper. Hisjordfliip married, May 
1, 1750, his fecond wife, Georgiana-Caroline, daugh¬ 
ter of John earl Granville, widow of John Spencer, efq. 
and mother to the firft earl Spencer, by.whom he had no 
ift'ue; and, dying September 18, 1764, was fucceeded by 
George-Nafl'au, third earl, born Auguft 26, 1738 ; mar¬ 
ried, June 2, 1775, Anne, daughter of Francis Gore, efq. 
of Southampton, by whom Tie had ift’ue, George-Au- 
guftus, fourth and late earl; Peter-Leopold-Louis-Fran- 
cis, the prefent earl; Edward-Spencer, born July 16, 
1779, His lordftiip died at Florence, December 22, 1789, 
when he was fucceeded by his fon, George-Auguftus, 
the fourth earl, born Auguft 1, 1776, who dying Febru¬ 
ary 12, 1799, unmarried, was fucceeded by his brother, 
the prefent and fifth earl.—The prefumptive heir is 
Edward-Spencer, the earl’s brother. 
Creations. —Baron Cowper, November 9, 1706; 
Vifcount and Earl Cowper, March 18, 1707. 
Residences. —Colne-Green Park, in the county of 
Hertford; and Moat Roufe, in the county of Kent.— 
Town-houfe, George-ftreet, Hanover-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Tuum eft. —“ It is your own.” 
STANHOPE, EARL STANHOPE. 
CHARLES STANHOPE, Earl STANHOPE, Vif¬ 
count Stanhope of Mahon, and Baron Stanhope of El- 
vafton ; F. R. S. born Auguft 3, 1753.; fucceeded to the 
title upon the death of his father, March 7, 1786 ; mar¬ 
ried, firft, Dec. 19, 1774, Hefter, daughter of William 
firft earl of Chatham; by which lady, who died July 18, 
1780, he has ift'ue, 1. Hefter-Lucy, born March 12, 1776. 
2, Grifelda, born July 21, 1778. 3. Lucy-Rachei, born 
February 20, 1780. He married, fecondly, March 12, 
1781, Louifa, only daughter and heir of Henry Gren¬ 
ville, efq. coufin to George marquis of Buckingham ; 
by whom he has ift’ue, Philip-Henry, vifcount Mahon, 
heir apparent, born December 7, 1781; married, No¬ 
vember 19, 1803, the honourable Catharine-Lucy Smith, 
fourth daughter of Robert lord Carrington, and has ift'ue 
a fon, born March 17, 1806. Charles-Banks, born June 
3, 1785; and another fon, born September 7, 1788. 
James, grandfon of Philip firft earl of Chefterfield, 
ferved in his youth as a volunteer in the wars of Wil¬ 
liam III. and in the expedition againft Vigo, in 170a. 
In 1708, he was declared commander in fhief of the Bri- 
tifh forces in Spain ; in which fituation he captured Port 
Mahon in the ifland of Minorca, September 29, in that 
year; and July 27, 1710, won the battle of Aimanara, 
Upon the acceffion of George I. he was appointed, Sep¬ 
tember 24, 1714, one of his majefty’s principal lecreta- 
ries of ftate ; and April 11, 1717, exchanged that office 
for the appointnnents of firft lord commiftioner of the 
treafury, and chancellor and under-treafurer of the ex¬ 
chequer. In the fame year he was created baron Stan, 
hope of Elvafton, and vifcount Stanhope of Mahon, 
with remainder to Thomas, Charley and William, after¬ 
wards created earl of Harrington, Ions of John, the de¬ 
fendant of a younger branch of the family of Stanhope 
earls of Chefterfield, He again exchanged the appoint¬ 
ments of firft lord of the treafury, and chancellor of the 
exchequer, 
