Earl Cowley
Earl Cowley is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on April 11, 1857 for Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley . He was a member of the Wellesley family and was a nephew of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , and Richard Colley-Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley . He had worked in the diplomatic service for more than 30 years and at the time of his elevation to Earl he had already held the most important diplomatic office in his country, namely that of ambassador in Paris, for five years . He was to remain in this post for ten more years. Together with the earl title , he was given the subordinate title Viscount Dangan , of Dangan in the County of Meath . In addition, he had inherited the title of Baron Cowley , of Wellesley in the County of Somerset , from his father Henry Wellesley , who had also been ambassador and diplomat, in 1847 , which was also awarded to him on January 21, 1828 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom had been.
List of Barons and Earls Cowley
Barone Cowley (1828)
- Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773–1847)
- Henry Wellesley, 2nd Baron Cowley (1804-1884) (was promoted to Earl Cowley in 1857 )
Earls Cowley (1857)
- Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (1804-1884)
- William Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley (1834–1895)
- Henry Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (1866-1919)
- Christian Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (1890–1962)
- Denis Wellesley, 5th Earl Cowley (1921–1968)
- Richard Wellesley, 6th Earl Cowley (1946–1975)
- Garret Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley (1934-2016)
- Garret Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley (born 1965)
Heir to the title is the current earl's eldest son, Henry Wellesley, Viscount Dangan (* 1991).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Cowley, Earl (UK, 1857) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Cowley, Baron (UK, 1828) at Cracroft's Peerage