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George Augustus Frederick Cowper

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 26 June 1806

Died: 15 April 1856

Peerages

Viscount Fordwich -

6th Earl Cowper - 21 July 1837

father-in-law of Auberon Edward William Molyneaux Herbert

grandfather of Auberon Thomas Herbert

son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper

son of Emily Mary Lamb

husband of Lady Anne Florence de Grey

son-in-law of Thomas Philip de Grey

grandson of Peniston Lamb

Education

Eton College   (1820 -)

Trinity College, Cambridge   (1824 -)

Appointments

Elections fought

31 July 1830		Canterbury	Whig	1,101	69.20
29 April 1831		Canterbury	Whig	Unopposed
12 December 1832		Canterbury	Whig	802	66.67