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George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper.
British noble and politician (1738-1789)
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About George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper
George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, Prince of Nassau d'Auverquerque was an expatriate British nobleman, art collector, and absentee politician. Going on the Grand Tour as a young man, he emigrated to Florence. Despite becoming a member of parliament and later inheriting lands and the title of Earl Cowper in England, he remained in Italy. He amassed a valuable art collection and became a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was a patron of the arts and science.
Everything about George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper →- Occupation
- politician, art collector
- Position held
- member of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1738
- Died
- December 22, 1789