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4 unusual facts about Charles Cowper


Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1869–1872

:14 Liverpool Plains MLA Charles Cowper resigned in December 1870 after accepting the position of Agent-General in London.

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877

:5 Murrumbidgee MLA William Forster resigned to accept the position of assistant to the Agent-General Charles Cowper in February 1876.

William Wentworth

He was elected to the Council in 1843 and soon became the leader of the conservative party, opposed to the liberals led by Charles Cowper.

Wivenhoe, Narellan

Charles Cowper built Wivenhoe in 1837 and lived there for about 30 years.


Bunyip aristocracy

A Committee, consisting of Messrs. Charles Cowper, T.A. Murray, George Macleay, E. Deas Thomson, J.H. Plunkett, Dr. Douglas, W. Thurlow, James Macarthur, James Martin, and W.C. Wentworth, appointed on the motion of W.C.Wentworth, held its first meeting, Sydney, 27 May 1853.


see also

Fabian Cowper

Born as Peter Charles Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") in 1931 at Sandgate, Kent, one of the five children of Major Charles Deane Cowper, and his wife, Lorna, young Peter's career at Ampleforth began at St Aidan's House in September 1945.