Major William COWPER Esq of Park House Herts. [12614]

  General Notes:

William Cowper was born circa 1722. He was the son of William Cowper He married Maria Frances Cecilia Madan. He died on 27 August 1769.
He was educated at Westminster School, Westminster, London, England. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1740. He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was Clerk of the Parliaments. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Hertfordshire Militia. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hertford in 1768.
Ref: http://thepeerage.com/p23231.htm

History of Parliment
Constituency
Dates
HERTFORD 1768 - 27 Aug. 1769
Family and Education
b. 1721, 1st s. of William Cowper, clerk of the Parliaments, by Jane, da. of John Budget of Chelsea. educ. Westminster, Apr. 1730, aged 8, left 1737; Worcester, Oxf. 1 Mar. 1739, aged 17; L. Inn 1740. m. 5 Aug. 1749, his cos. Maria Frances Cecilia, da. of Col. Martin Madan, M.P., 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 14 Feb. 1740.
Offices Held
Biography
Cowper had a natural interest at Hertford where he was returned unopposed in 1768. In Parliament he voted with Administration on Wilkes's expulsion, 3 Feb. 1769, and the Middlesex election, 8 May. There is no record of his having spoken in the House. He died 27 Aug. 1769, aged 48.
Ref: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/cowper-william-1721-69

  Research Notes:

http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=75w4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34&lpg
=PA34&dq=William+Cowper+of+Park+House&source=bl&ots=8LYawxgvbU&sig=bg-g9Tz5JVCNCTVhxxuwtwt4Y0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WLrNT-XpN8ajiQenyNG-Bg&sqi=2&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

E. Cowper & al Petition referred to Judges. February 1751
Upon reading the Petition of William Earl Cowper, for himself, and on the Behalf of George Cowper his only Son, an Infant, commonly called Lord Viscount Fordwich, Spencer Cowper Doctor in Divinity Dean of Durham, and only Brother of the said William Earl Cowper, William Cowper of Parkhouse in the County of Hertford Esquire, Spencer Cowper Esquire Brother of the said William Cowper, John Cowper Doctor in Divinity, for himself and on the Behalf of William Cowper and John Cowper his Two Sons, both Infants, and Ashley Cowper Esquire, praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the said Earl to charge the Premises in the City of London and County of Middlesex, in the Petition mentioned, with the raising and paying the Sum of Four Thousand Three Hundred Pounds, for the Purposes therein expressed

From: 'House of Lords Journal Volume 27: February 1751, 11-20', Journal of the House of Lords volume 27: 1746-1752 (1767-1830), pp. 488-494. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=114318 Date accessed: 05 June 2012.

Ref for Williams family - The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: Continued to 1993 http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=okhFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=Maria+Frances+Cecilia+Cowper&source=bl&ots=2Vte5mypCf&sig=WCosMV-67xyB6nl9eaL5Ji0IKUc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S9PNT7y1M-KoiAeyvdiZDA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwADgo#v=onepage&q=Maria%20Frances%20Cecilia%20Cowper&f=false

Williams details.
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/search/apachesolr_search/William%20Cowper

William married Maria Frances Cecilia MADAN [12620] [MRIN: 4242], daughter of Col Martin MADAN [12623] and Judith COWPER [12622], in 1749. (Maria Frances Cecilia MADAN [12620] was born on 17 Nov 1727 in Hertfordbury Park and died on 15 Nov 1797 in London.)