[Babington's Works. London, 1615.]
William Covert of Kent belonged to an old family, members of which were settled in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex since the sixteenth century.
John Covert, a member of the same family, had a command at the Siege of Boulogne in 1558.
COWPER, WILLIAM, FIRST EARL COWPER
Arms.—Arg., 3 martlets gu., 2 and 1, on a chief engrailed of the last, as many annulets or. Cowper.
Note.—The annulets are wrongly shown on this stamp.
[Settle. Fears and Dangers. London, 1706.]
William Cowper (born c. 1655, died 10th October 1723) was the son of Sir William Cowper, Bart., M.P. for Hertford, and succeeded to his father's Baronetcy in 1706. He was educated at St. Albans, and entered the Middle Temple in 1681, and became a great lawyer and politician. In 1706 he was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and created Baron Cowper of Wingham. In 1707 he was Lord High Chancellor, and in 1718 was created Earl Cowper. Lord Cowper was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Governor of the Charterhouse, and Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.