William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper

William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (13 August 1709 – 18 September 1764), styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was a British peer and courtier.

Born William Cowper, he was the eldest son of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, by Mary, daughter of John Clavering, of Chopwell, County Durham. He later assumed the additional surname of Clavering on the death of his maternal uncle.[1] He succeeded his father in the earldom in October 1723, aged 14.[2] In 1744 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, a post he held until his death.[3] He was also a Lord of the Bedchamber to George II.[2]

Lord Cowper was twice married. He married firstly Lady Henrietta, daughter of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham, in 1732. After her death in September 1747 he married secondly Lady Georgiana Caroline, daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, and widow of John Spencer, in 1750. He died in September 1764, aged 55, and was succeeded in the earldom by his son from his first marriage, George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper. The Countess Cowper died in August 1780.[4]

Arms

Coat of arms of William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper
	Crest A lion's jamb erased Or holding a cherry branch Vert fructed Gules. Escutcheon Argent three martlets Gules on a chief engrailed of the last three annulets Or. Supporters Two dun horses close cropped (except a tuft on the withers) and docked a large blaze down the face a black list down the back and three white feet viz both hind and the near fore foot. Motto Tuum Est (It Is Thine) [5]

References

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cowper, William Cowper, 1st Earl" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 349.
thepeerage.com William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper
leighrayment.com Peerage: Cowper to Cutts of Gowran
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), page 87.
Debrett's Peerage. 1869.

Honorary titles
Preceded by The 3rd Earl of Essex	Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1744–1764	Succeeded by The 4th Earl of Essex
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Cowper	Earl Cowper 1723–1764	Succeeded by George Nassau Clavering-Cowper

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[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cowper, William Cowper, 1st Earl" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 349.

[thepeerage.com-2] thepeerage.com William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper

[3] rayment.com Peerage: Cowper to Cutts of Gowran

[4] 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), page 87.

[5] Debrett's Peerage. 1869.