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	Sir Charles Cowper (1807 - 1875)
		Charles Cowper (1807-1875), politician and pastoralist, was born in England, son of Rev. William Cowper and his wife Hannah.
		Cowper was a member of the old Legislative Council (1843-1850, 1851-1856) and was elected to the board of the Sydney Tramway and Railroad Co. in 1849.
		Cowper was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seats of Sydney (1856-1859), East Sydney (1859-1867) and Liverpool Plains (1869-1870).
	parlpapers.sl.nsw.gov.au /display.cfm?parl_id=4400 (183 words)

	Cowper, Sir Charles (1807 - 1875) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conservatives dominated the committee and Cowper, who had little taste for their objectives or for abstract contests on forms of government, disliked the proceedings and was active only in opposing the nominated upper house and the electoral provisions that had been designed to perpetuate the political power of large landholders.
		Cowper's strongest interests were revealed in September 1854 when, with great energy, he moved an unsuccessful vote of censure against the government for weak administration and attacked the 1855 estimates as too small for the public works that the colony needed.
		Cowper was appointed C.M.G. in 1869 and K.C.M.G. in 1871.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A030447b.htm (3177 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography Cl-Cu
		This was completed in 1867 and (Sir) Charles Lilley (q.v.), another member of the commission who was eventually to succeed Cockle as chief justice, stated that the major part of the work had been done by Cockle.
		In the John Robertson (q.v.) ministry which was formed in March 1860 Cowper held the position of chief secretary, and in January 1861 he became premier with Robertson as secretary for lands.
		Cowper induced the new governor Sir John Young to appoint 21 new members to the legislative council, but before administering the oath to the new members the president of the council, Sir W. Burton (q.v.), announced his resignation and left the chamber.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogCl-Cu.html (20822 words)

	Mater Dei provides quality education, training and therapy in a Christian setting for babies, children and young adults ...
		The property is part of the original grant of land made to the Cowper family by Governor Macquarie in 1812.
		Sir Charles Cowper, later to become Premier of New South Wales, built the original (Camden stone) house.
		Sir Charles Cowper was a member of Wentworth's Committee, worked for the abolition of transportation, helped to found Sydney Grammar School and was known as "Father of the Railroads", He died in 1875 at Kensington in England a very poor man, after consenting to the sale of Wivenhoe on 9 August 1873.
	www.materdeicamden.org.au (663 words)

	The Parish of St Philip, Church Hill, Sydney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cowper arrived in Sydney on 18th August 1809, with his second wife (his first having died shortly before his appointment) and four young children.
		In the chancel of the current church there is a tablet to the memory of the Venerable William Cowper, who in his 49 years as the Rector of both the first and second St Philip's is remembered as one " who gave himself wholly to the work of the ministry".
		Among his distinguished children were Charles Cowper (later Sir Charles), five times Premier of New South Wales and the Very Reverend William Macquarie Cowper for 44 years the Dean of Sydney and the second Rector of St Philip's.
	www.stphilips-sydney.org.au /history.html (1181 words)

	The Biography of Early Australia
		Cowper induced the new governor Sir John Young to appoint 21 new members to the legislative council, but before administering the oath to the new members the president of the council,
		Defeated in October 1863 Cowper was premier for the fourth time in February 1865, but his ministry had a life of less than a year.
		Probably Cowper deserved this title no more than bishop Wilberforce deserved his of "Soapy Sam", but Rusden speaks of Cowper as "ever anxious to link himself with a majority" and frequently shows animus when speaking of him.
	bendigolive.com /australia/c/cowper1.htm (620 words)

	Charles Cowper Recovery Fund
		By the Grace, Charles survived the night but the doctors said the next week was very critical due to internal injuries and possible infections.
		Charles was like a family member in our home throughout his High School days, being Classmate and best Buddy of our teenager, Clay.
		With his young bride and the purchase of their first home, Charles was setting his future with a job and schooling toward a college degree.
	www.charles-help-fund.blogspot.com (299 words)

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		With the Life and Letters by William Hayley and an Essay on Cowper by John W. Cunningham.
		“Cowper and Burns.” In The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789).
		Pre-Romanticism in English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century: The Poetic Art and Significance of Thomson, Gray, Collins, Goldsmith, Cowper.
	www.unizar.es /departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/bibliography/Authors.Schools/Authors/English.Authors/C.English.authors/Cowper.W.doc (499 words)

	thePeerage.com - nil and others
		She married Francis Charles Cowper Annesley, son of Captain Francis Charles Annesley and Matilda Rochfort, on 19 November 1896.
		Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon was born on 6 November 1745 in London, England.
		He was the son of Lord Charles Beauclerk and Laura Maria Theresa Stopford.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1288.htm (1268 words)

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		The injunction was confirmed in 1547, and in 1558 Queen Elizabeth vigorously renewed it.
		Marriages were prohibited without the certificate of the Registrar, and the parties vested with the certificate presented themselves before a Justice of the Peace, who had power to marry them.
		In 1660, the accession of Charles II, this system ceased, and registration by the clergy was again resumed; but at the same time, civil marriages by justices were legalized.
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	Money \| The call that cost this man a fortune
		When telecom entrepreneur Charles Cowper cashed in more than half a million dollars (around £350,000 at the time) following a US takeover of his business, he thought he was financially set up for life.
		But Mr Cowper was soon to learn PHD would not live up to that billing.
		Mr Cowper decided to use the NASD arbitration scheme, advised by New York lawyers Polstein, Ferrara, Dwyer and Speed.
	money.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4695368-110139,00.html (930 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Charles Cowper
		Charles has over two decades' experience as a corporate lawyer, the majority of which has been dedicated to assisting corporate and institutional clients in negotiating their commercial activities within Australia's legislative and regulatory environment.
		Charles specialises in M&As, public securities offerings, corporate law and commercial law generally.
		Charles has extensive experience in acting on acquisitions and divestments of businesses and corporations across a wide range of industries including recruitment, information technology, logistics, real estate, health care and government trading enterprises.
	www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=461296450 (600 words)

	A Short History of Australia By Ernst Scott (1868-1939)- Chapter 28 from Nalanda Digital Library at NIT Calicut
		The ship had put to sea from a port in Great Britain under the name of The SEA KING, but her name had been changed to SHENANDOAH during her cruise, she had mounted guns of a ship of war, and had been employed in sinking vessels belonging to the Federal (or Northern) States of America.
		The five years' term of the first Legislative Council was drawing to a close; and had Cowper delayed the measure for a few weeks, he would have been able to nominate such a Council as would certainly pass it.
		The Governor, Sir Charles Darling, on the advice of his ministers, granted a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly.
	www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/aust_hist/chapter28.html (5050 words)

	thePeerage.com - Thomas Gray Hill and others
		He married, firstly, Matilda Rochfort, daughter of Colonel Cowper Rochfort, on 10 September 1865.
		Matilda Rochfort was the daughter of Colonel Cowper Rochfort.
		She married Captain Francis Charles Annesley, son of James Annesley and Clementine de Brockhausen, on 10 September 1865.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1285.htm (697 words)

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		SELF-GOVERNMENT Sir Charles Fitzroy 'Governor-General'--The Act for the Government of New South Wales--The Legislative Council--Boundaries of districts-- Dissatisfaction in Port Phillip--Earl Grey elected member for Melbourne--Colonial self-government--Australian Colonies Government Act--The naming of Victoria--Inauguration of self-government--Wentworth's new constitution--His proposed house of baronets--The Victorian constitution--Responsible government.
		One of the oaths which he was required to take was that abjuring the Pretender.
		This was the last occasion when it was taken by a Governor within the British Empire, for Charles Edward Stuart had died on January 31, 1788, a week before Phillip solemnly abjured him and his claims to the British throne.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /ebooks02/0200471.txt (16147 words)

	Edmund Walcott FOSBERY
		When the New South Wales Police System was being remodelled by the Premier, Sir Charles Cowper, in 1862, Mr Fosbery was invited to come to Sydney and assist in putting the new organisation into operation.
		When the New South Wales police system was being remodelled by Sir Charles Cowper, he was offered and accepted the position of secretary to the department, and Acting Inspector-General, and he arrived in Sydney in 1862.
		He was a young man for such an important position, but he had an old head on his shoulders; and in 1874, when he was appointed Inspector-General of the Police Force, in succession to the late Captain McLerie, it was generally recognised that no better appointment could have been made.
	members.tripod.com /~FOSBERY/edmund.html (2026 words)

	Cunningham Story
		Edward was described as a shepherd but tradition has it that he came to work for Charles Cowper as his main farming man. Catherine was described as a dairy woman and no doubt she used her previous knowledge when the family started a butter and cheese factory.
		Edward Cunningham was 29 years of age when he came to Australia and Catherine was 22 years of age.
		The Cunninghams went to live on Charles Cowper's Chatsbury property in a locality known as Springhead.
	home.iprimus.com.au /pjmg/familyhistory/stories/cunningham_story.htm (1045 words)

	Parliamentary Handbook: Elections: Electoral divisions
		Cowper (NSW) Sir Charles Cowper, Premier of New South Wales 1856, 1857—59, 1861—63, 1865—66 and 1870.
		The city is named after Captain Charles Fremantle, who established the port of Fremantle in 1831.
		Charles Cameron Kingston, former Premier of South Australia who was elected to the first House of Representatives to represent South Australia in 1901, and in 1903 was elected as the first Member for the Division of Adelaide.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/handbook/elections/electoral_divisions/origins.htm (2081 words)

	2004 Federal Election. Cowper Electorate Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
		Traditionally a rural electorate, it is increasingly dominated by tourism and retirement service industries in the growing coastal communities.
		Named after Sir Charles Cowper, 5 times Premier of NSW between 1856 and 1870.
		Page lost Cowper in an upset in 1961, but was never to know of his defeat, dying before the result was known.
	www.abc.net.au /elections/federal/2004/guide/cowp.htm (333 words)

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		C: 22 Sep 1728 Father: John COWPER Wick, Caithness, Scotland Elspeth COWPER (F)....................
		C: 14 Sep 1729 Father: William COWPER Wick, Caithness, Scotland Elspeth Or Elizabeth COUPER (F).......
		B: 3 Mar 1771 Father: Alexander COWPER Barrack, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Elspet or Esther SPENCE George COUPAR (M).....................
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Cooper.txt (5905 words)

	William Charles Wentworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Charles Wentworth (early 1790 – 20 March 1872), Australian explorer, journalist and politician, was one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales.
		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.
		This led to a reconciliation with MacArthur and the exclusives.
	www.grandpapencil.com /austral/wentwort.htm (859 words)

	Charles Spencer Cowper (1816-1879), Son of 5th Earl Cowper
		Charles Spencer Cowper (1816-1879), Son of 5th Earl Cowper
		The online database contains information on 92,385 works, 51,004 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works.
		National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H OHE.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp01070 (69 words)

	Australian states
		1881) 7 Sep 1857 - 27 Oct 1859 Charles Cowper (2nd time) (s.a.) 27 Oct 1859 - 9 Mar 1860 William Forster (b.
		1891) 10 Jan 1861 - 16 Oct 1863 Charles Cowper (3rd time) (s.a.) 16 Oct 1863 - 3 Feb 1865 James Martin (1st time) (b.
		2000) 10 Nov 1982 - 4 Sep 1992 John Charles Bannon ALP (b.
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	source.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This book provides a overview of the political and social events leading to the construction of the Crystal Palace as well as a summary of its construction and use.
		The Building Erected in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 by Charles Downes, Architect, with scientific description by Charles Cowper, Assoc.
		This book provides detailed construction documents and specifications of the Crystal Palace.
	jefferson.village.virginia.edu /london/model/source.html (92 words)

	Cowper
		Name Derivation: Named after Sir Charles Cowper 1807-75, Premier of New South Wales 25 August-2 October 1856.
		Area and Location Description: Cowper covers an area of approximately 7 700 sq km from Gladstone/ Smithtown in the south to Yamba in the north.
		2004 Map of Division: Cowper [PDF approx 150k]
	www.aec.gov.au /_content/Who/profiles/c/cowper.htm (130 words)

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	Australian States
		26 Aug 1856 - 3 Oct 1856 Charles Cowper (1st time) (b.
		19 Dec 1944 - 19 Jun 1952 Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie (b.
		2000) LP 10 Nov 1982 - 4 Sep 1992 John Charles Bannon (b.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Australian_States.html (6692 words)

	Elenora Burdett COUTTS-NEVILLE - Hanah COXON
		1 Grace COWPER =Robert FALLOWFIELD Marriage: 28 MAY 1724, Morland, Westmorland, England 2 William FALLOWFIELD =Agnes WINDER Marriage: 19 AUG 1755, Lowther, Westm.
		Child: Samuel Cowper WARD Birth: 1863/1864, Bolton, Lancashire, England
		Child: William Cowper WARD Birth: 14 SEP 1874, Bolton, England
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