[2] The date of Lord Cowper's birth is not known, but in 1710 he was probably about 46. He entered the Middle Temple in 1682.
[3] In a pamphlet entitled "A Letter to Isaac Bickerstaff," 1710, Lord Cowper defended the character of the Duchess of Marlborough against an attack by Bolingbroke in a "Letter to the Examiner."
The Tatler
By ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Esq.
No. 115.
[Steele.
From Saturday, Dec. 31, 1709, to Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1709-10.