Henry Cowper (died 1887)

Henry Frederick Cowper (18 April 1836 – 10 November 1887) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Cowper was the second son of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper, and his wife Anne (later 6th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell), daughter of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey. Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, was his elder brother. He entered the House of Commons as one of three representatives for Hertfordshire in 1865, a seat he held until the constituency was abolished in 1885.

Cowper died in November 1887, aged 51.

See also

• Earl Cowper

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Cowper

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton Abel Smith Henry Edward Surtees	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1865 – 1885 With: Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1865–1866 Henry Edward Surtees 1865–1868 Abel Smith 1866–1885 Henry Brand 1868–1874 Frederick Halsey 1874–1885	Constituency abolished