Earl Cowper was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his first Lord Chancellor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer Cowper. Cowper had already been created Baron Cowper of Wingham in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of England on 14 December 1706, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body, and was made Viscount Fordwich, in the County of Kent, at the same time as he was given the earldom, also Peerage of Great Britain and with similar remainder. He was the great-grandson of William Cowper, who was created a Baronet, of Ratling Court in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of England on 4 March 1642. The latter was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baronet. He represented Hertford in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the aforementioned William Cowper, the third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Cowper in 1706 and made Earl Cowper in 1718. In 1706 Lord Cowper married as his second wife Mary Clavering, daughter of John Clavering, of Chopwell, County Durham.
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu was an English courtier and diplomat.
Lord William Howard was an English nobleman and antiquary, sometimes known as "Belted or Bauld (bold) Will".
William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642 and was created a peer in 1643. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed in battle in 1651.
Alexander Hyde (1598–1667) was an English royalist clergyman, Bishop of Salisbury from 1665 to 1667.
William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington, was an English Roman Catholic peer and supporter of the Stuart claim to the Crown.
Sir Thomas Widdrington SL was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664. He was speaker of the House of Commons in 1656.
Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was an English Member of Parliament.
There have been six baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Lawson, two in the Baronetage of England and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two creations are extant as of 2010.
Ralph Widdrington was one of eight sons of William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington and Mary Thorold.
The Ogle family were prominent landed gentry in Northumberland. The earliest appearances of the family name were written Hoggel, Oggehill, Ogille and Oghill.
Peregrine Hoby, was an English landowner and member of parliament who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679.
Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, west of Newcastle upon Tyne and Ponteland, and north-east of Corbridge and Hexham. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name Stamfordham is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1188, where it appears as Stanfordhamn, which roughly translates as 'village at the stony ford'.
Thomas Fanshawe, 1st Viscount Fanshawe KB was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1661. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Following the Restoration he was raised to the peerage.
Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet, of Whitehall, Westminster and Playford, Suffolk, was an English courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1690 and 1709.
Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1660.
William Borlase was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1665.
Sir Henry Widdrington was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1622.
Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1678 to 1685.
Sir Henry Gough of Perry Hall, then in Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1705.
