, D. D. was the second son of the lord high chancellor Cowper, and was born
, D. D. was the second son of the
lord high chancellor Cowper, and was born in London in
1713, and educated at Exeter college, Oxford, where he
took his degrees, M. A. 1734, and B. and D. D. by diploma
1746. 'Having entered early in life into orders, he obtained the rectory of Fordwich, Kent, and a prebend of
Canterbury, which he resigned for the deanery of Durham, which he held till his death, March 25, 1774. He
published, 1. “A Speech at the installation of the bishop
of Durham,
” A Spital Sermon,
” Eight Discourses,
”