leading to a duel in 1800, in which Sir John Francis Caradoc (q.v.) acted as second. After the Union he represented Dundalk and other places in the House of Commons, but was not a success there. He died in Dublin 15 May, 1813.
Admitted 29 January, 1848.
Only son of Thomas Courthope of Camberwell, Surrey. He was called to the Bar 31 Jan. 1851. Before his admission he served in the College of Arms as Clerk in 1833, and Rouge Croix Herald in 1839. He was made Somerset Herald in 1854, and Registrar of the College, 1859. He accompanied several missions sent with the insignia of the Order of the Garter to foreign sovereigns, and was an able genealogist. He died 13 May, 1866, and left behind him several genealogical and biographical treatises, including a Memoir of Daniel Chamier (1852), and a Pictorial History of the Earls of Warwick in the Rows Role (1859). He also edited Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1834, 1835), and contributed largely to Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica and the Gentleman's Magazine.
Admitted 7 February, 1770.
Second son of Spencer Cowper (q.v.). He was called to the Bar 26 May, 1775, and was appointed Reader in 1813. He is remembered by his Reports of Cases in the King's Bench, 14 to 18 George III. (1783). For many years he was Clerk Assistant in Parliament and Clerk of the House of Lords. He died 28 Nov. 1840.
Admitted 7 May, 1687.
The second son of Sir William Cowper, Bart., of Hertford Castle, and younger brother of William Cowper (q.v.) Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor. In 1690 he was made Controller of the Bridge House Estates, Southwark. He was called to the Bar 26 May, 1693. In 1699 he was tried, with two others, before Baron Hatsell (q.v.), on a charge of murdering Sarah Stout, a young lady, a Quakeress, whose body was found in the river at Hertford, but was acquitted. In 1705 he entered Parliament, and was one of the managers of the impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell. In 1714 he became Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales, and three years later Chief Justice of Chester. In 1727 he was raised by George II. to the Bench of the Common Pleas, but died in the same year, two months after his appointment (10 Dec). He was the grandfather of William Cowper, the poet (q.v.).
Admitted 18 March, 1681-2.
Eldest son of Sir William Cowper of Hertford Castle, whose father was created a Baronet in 1642. He was called to the Bar 25 May, 1688, and advanced rapidly in his profession, being made a King's Counsel in 1694, and about the same time Recorder of Colchester. In 1695 he was returned to Parliament for Hertford and at once obtained the ear of the House of Commons. In 1705 he succeeded to the office of Lord Keeper, and was sworn in of the Privy Council. He took an important part as Commissioner in the transactions leading to the Union of Scotland, and in 1706 was raised to the peerage as
