Family and Education
b. 26 June 1806, 1st s. of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau, 5th Earl Cowper, and Hon. Emily Mary Lamb, da. of Peniston Lamb†, 1st Visct. Melbourne [I]. educ. Mitcham; Eton 1820; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1824. m. 7 Oct. 1833, Lady Anne Florence De Grey, da. of Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl De Grey, 2s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 6th Earl Cowper 21 July 1837. d. 15 Apr. 1856.
Offices Held
Cornet Horse Gds. 1827, lt. 1830; lt. (half-pay) N.S.W. Veteran Cos. 1831; lt. 31 Ft. 1835.
Under-sec. of state for foreign affairs 13- 17 Nov. 1834.
Ld. lt. Kent 1846 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Panshanger, Hertingfordbury, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
COWPER, George Augustus Frederick, Visct. Fordwich (1806-1856)
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