Sarah Cowper
Sarah Cowper (née Holled, 14 February 1644 – 3 February 1720) was an English diarist.
Life
Sarah Holled was born in Eastcheap in London as the only child of merchant Samuel Holled. As the only heir to her parents' estate of roughly £1000, on 11 April 1664 Sarah married a lawyer, William Cowper, who at the end of that same year inherited the baronetcy Cowper, as well as properties in London and Kent from his grandfather.[1]
The couple would go one to have four sons, among them William Cowper, the politician who would become the first Lord High Chancellor, and Spencer Cowper, lawyer and MP.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Kugler 2018.
Bibliography
- Kugler, Anne (13 November 2018) [23 September 2004]. "Cowper [née Holled], Sarah, Lady Cowper". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66718. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)