The Lord Mount Temple | |
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President of the Board of Health | |
In office 13 August 1855 – 9 February 1857 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
Preceded by | Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt |
Succeeded by | William Monsell |
In office 24 September 1857 – 21 February 1858 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
Preceded by | William Monsell |
Succeeded by | Charles Adderley |
Paymaster General and Vice-President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 12 August 1859 – 9 February 1860 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
Preceded by | James Wilson |
Succeeded by | William Hutt |
First Commissioner of Works | |
In office 9 February 1860 – 26 June 1866 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
Preceded by | Hon. Henry FitzRoy |
Succeeded by | Lord John Manners |
Personal details | |
Born | Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire | 13 December 1811
Died | 16 October 1888 Broadlands, Hampshire | (aged 76)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | (1) Harriet Gurney (d. 1843) (2) Georgina Tollemache (d. 1901) |
Parent(s) | Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper Emily Lamb |
William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, PC (13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888), known as William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal statesman.