William Cowper | |
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| Born | Overleigh Hall, Cheshire |
| Baptised | 29 July 1701 |
| Died | 12 October 1767 (aged 66) Overleigh Hall, Cheshire |
| Resting place | St Peter's Church, Chester 53°11′25″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1904°N 2.8918°W |
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| Occupations | |
| Office | Mayor of Chester |
| Term | 1754–1755 |
| Predecessor | Edmund Bolland |
| Successor | John Page |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Lonsdale |
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William Cowper FSA (baptised 29 July 1701 – 12 October 1767) of Overleigh Hall, Cheshire, was a British physician and antiquarian.[2]
- ^ Ormerod, George; Helsby, Thomas (1882). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices the Harleian and Cottonian Mss. Parochial Registers Private Muniments Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County ; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Hale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). George Routledge and Sons. p. 375. OCLC 223243317.
- ^ Knowles, Phil (23 September 2004). "Cowper, William (bap. 1701, d. 1767)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6512. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)