George Augustus Frederick Cowper (1806 - 1856)

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George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper was born on 26 June 1806. He was the son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Mary Lamb. He married Anne Florence Weddell, Baroness Lucas, daughter of Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest and Lady Henrietta Frances Cole, on 7 October 1833. He died on 15 April 1856 at age 49. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Horse Guards. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Canterbury between 1830 and 1834. He held the office of Under-Secretary, Foreign Affairs between November 1834 and December 1834. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1835 in the service of the 31st Foot. He succeeded to the title of 6th Viscount Fordwich, co. Kent [G.B., 1718] on 21 June 1837. He succeeded to the title of 8th Baronet Cowper, of Ratlin Court, co. Kent [E., 1642] on 21 June 1837. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Cowper, of Wingham, co. Kent [E., 1706] on 21 June 1837. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl Cowper [G.B., 1718] on 27 June 1837. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Kent between 1846 and 1856.^[1][2]

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1. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
2. ↑ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), pages 87-88.

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