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Cowper, Spencer, 1669-1727.

Spencer Cowper was born in 1669. He was educated at Westminster and became a lawyer. In 1690, he was made controller of the Bridge House estates. He was acquainted with a Quaker family by the last name of Stout, and he knew their daughter Sarah, who fell in love with him. In the spring of 1699, she was found drowned by a river. On July 16, 1699, Cowper and three other lawyers were tried for Sarah Stout's murder. They were acquitted of the murder. In 1714, he became attorney-general to the Prince of Wales and in 1717 chief justice to Chester. On the accession of George II he became attorney-general of the duchy of Lancaster, and on Oct. 24, 1727 judge of the common pleas. He died on Dec. 10, 1727.

From the description of Poems on Severall Occasions / Spencer Cowper, 1669-1727, 1692-1694. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122354195

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Cowper, Spencer, 1669-1728

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Epithet: Chief-Justice of the Court of Session, Chester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x0001c5 Cowper was a judge, member of Parliament, and justice of the Court of Common Pleas. From the description of Note, September 1715. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338818 ...

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