UK Elections Info

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William Francis Cowper

Born: 13 December 1811

Died: 17 October 1888

1st Baron Mount Temple - 25 May 1880

Member of Privy Council - August 1855

Lord of the Admiralty	13 July 1846	2 March 1852
Lord of the Admiralty	5 January 1853	8 March 1855
Under Secretary, Home Department	1855	1855
President of the Board of Health	13 August 1855	9 February 1857
Vice President of the Committee of the Council on Education	5 February 1857	21 February 1858
President of the Board of Health	24 September 1857	21 February 1858
Paymaster General	12 August 1859	22 February 1860
Vice President of the Board of Trade	12 August 1859	22 February 1860
First Commissioner of Works	9 February 1860	26 June 1866

7 January 1835	Hertford	Whig	327	53.08
25 July 1837	Hertford	Whig	378	65.17
1839 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.
20 May 1839	Hertford	Whig	297	51.65
28 June 1841	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
July 1846 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
11 July 1846	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
28 July 1847	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
7 July 1852	Hertford	Whig	301	64.59
December 1852 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.
1 January 1853	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
12 August 1855 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as President of the Board of Health.
14 August 1855	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
5 February 1857 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as Vice President of the Privy Council for Education.
9 February 1857	Hertford	Whig	Unopposed
27 March 1857	Hertford	Whig	301	74.32
28 April 1859	Hertford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
12 August 1859 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as Vice President of the Board of Trade.
19 August 1859	Hertford	Liberal Party	281	57.94
9 February 1860 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as First Commissioner of Works.
13 February 1860	Hertford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
11 July 1865	Hertford	Liberal Party	Unopposed
26 November 1868	Southern Hampshire	Liberal Party	2,797	50.87
10 February 1874	Southern Hampshire	Liberal Party	2,946	45.03