History and chronology of William Cowper Cowper, 1st in Great Britain

General

Conservative Party
Government
Literature
Media

Events

Birth
Death
Lord Chancellor
Lord Keeper Great Seal England
Peerage
Slavery
Unification

Places

Berkhampstead

William Cowper Cowper, 1st History of Great Britain


1665	Birth
Birth of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
1705	Lord Keeper of Great Seal England
Appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
1706	Peerage
Created Earl Cowper, 1st
1706	Unification
Helps negotiate the Union with Scotland
1707	Lord Chancellor
May When the union with Scotland comes into operation the Queen in Council names Cowper Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1707	Unification
May When the union with Scotland comes into operation the Queen in Council names Cowper Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1718	Peerage
Created Viscount Fordwich and Earl Cowper
1723	Death
Death of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
1731	Birth
26th Nov Berkhampstead Birth of Willam Cowper, novelist
1791	Slavery
Helps to distribute anti-slavery newspapers by the Correspondence Committees