# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cowper-1st-earl-cowper
# Generated: 2026-08-16T02:14:07.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cowper-1st-earl-cowper"
name: "William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper"
slug: "william-cowper-1st-earl-cowper"
description: "William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns."
tagline: "English noble, politician and first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1665-1723)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Earl_Cowper_LC_by_Jonathan_Richardson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1665-06-24"
deathDate: "1723-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.1
  momentum:             0.5357142857142857
  historical:           6.550325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Cowper%2C_1st_Earl_Cowper"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام كاوبر، الإيرل الأول في عائلة كاوبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper%2C_1._Earl_Cowper"
    title: "William Cowper, 1. Earl Cowper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper%2C_1st_Earl_Cowper"
    title: "William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper_(1er_comte_Cowper)"
    title: "William Cowper (1er comte Cowper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Каупер, Уильям, 1-й граф Каупер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper%2C_1%3Ae_earl_Cowper"
    title: "William Cowper, 1:e earl Cowper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5612782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump