THE third son of George, third Earl Cowper; born at Florence; came over to England for his education with his two elder brothers. Resided at Digswell, county Herts; represented Hertford in Parliament. Married, in 1808, Catherine, youngest daughter of Thomas March Philipps of Garendon Park, county Leicester. His widow married again the Rev. D. C. A. Hamilton.
No 3.
JOHN CLAVERING, ESQUIRE OF CHOPWELL, COUNTY DURHAM.
Crimson velvet coat, lined with blue silk. White cravat.
HE was brother to Mary, Countess Cowper, wife of the Chancellor, who makes frequent mention of him in her Diary. At his death his nephew Earl Cowper annexed the name of Clavering to his own patronymic, and inherited the fortune and estates of his maternal uncle.
No. 4.
WILLIAM COWPER, AFTERWARDS FIRST EARL, AND LORD CHANCELLOR, AS A YOUTH.