George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper

The Right Honourable
The Earl Cowper
The Right Honourable The Earl Cowper
	The Earl Cowper by Zoffany.
Member of Parliament; for Hertford
	In office; 1759–1761
Preceded by	George Harrison
Succeeded by	Timothy Caswall; John Calvert;
Personal details
Born	1738
Died	22 December 1789 (aged 51)
Resting place	Hertford, England
Nationality	English
Spouse	Hannah Clavering-Cowper née Gore
Relations	William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl (father); Henrietta Nassau d'Auverquerque (mother); Lady Caroline Cowper (sister);
Children	George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl; Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl; The Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper;
Residence	Villa Palmieri

George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738 – 22 December 1789) was an English peer who went on the Grand Tour as a young man, but actually emigrated. 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.

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