Edward Spencer Cowper , 3rd son. Venn's entry reads: Cowper, the Hon. Edward Spencer. College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Easter, 1798 Born: July 16, 1779 Died: Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 4, 1796. 3rd s. of George Nassau, Earl Cowper. B. July 16, 1779, at Florence. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Easter, 1798; M.A. 1798. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 3, 1797. M.P. for Hertford, 1802, 1806, 1807, 1812-17. Captain in command of the Herts. Volunteers, 1803-8. Married Katharine, dau. of Thomas March Phillips, of Garrendon Park, Leics., at St George's, Hanover Square, London, May 23, 1808. Died Feb. 1, 1823, at Nice. Brother of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; Collins, II. 169.)
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