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 460 COTTENHAM Seal, 23 Apr. 1835; Lord High Chancellor, 16 Jan. 1836 to ■] Sep. i84i.(^) On 20 Jan. 1836 he was cr. BARON COTTENHAM, of Cottenham, co. Cambridge. On 5 Oct. 1845 ^^ ^^'^^ his eldest br. in the Baronetcy. Lord High Chancellor again 6 July 1846 till his resignation, through illness, 19 JuneC") 1850. On 9 Dec. 1849 he sue. his cousin in a Baronetcy con- ferred, 22 Jan. 1784, on Sir Lucas Pepys, M.D., his maternal uncle. On II June 1850, shortly before his retirement from the Chancellorship, he was cr. VISCOUNT CROWHURST, of Crowhurst, co. Surrey, and EARL OF COTTENHAM.^) He m., 30 June 1821, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Caroline Elizabeth, da. of William Wingfield-Baker, Master in Chancery, by Charlotte Maria, da. of Henry (Digby), ist Earl Digby. He d. at Pietra Santa, in the Duchy of Lucca, 29 Apr. 1851, on his 71st birthday, and was ^«r. at Totteridge, Herts. M.I. Will pr. June 1851. His widow d. 6 Apr. 1868, aged 65, at the Cedars, Sunninghill, Berks. Will pr. 12 May 1868, under ;^2,ooo. II. 1851. 2. Charles Edward (Pepys), Earl of Cottenham, Viscount Crowhurst and Baron Cottenham, ist s. and h.; ^. 30 Apr. 1824, in London; ed. at Eton, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge, M.A. 1846; Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, 1848-51. A Liberal. He d. unm., 18 Feb. 1863, at Felcourt House, Surrey, aged 38, and was iur. at Tandridge, Surrey. Will pr. 28 May 1863, under ;^9,ooo, resworn, June 1864, under ;^8,ooo. III. 1863. 3. William John (Pepys), Earl OF Cottenham, yc, br. and h., k 15 Aug. 1825, in London; ed. at Magd. Coll. Cambridge, M.A. 1848. A Liberal. He m., 11 Oct. 1870, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Theodosia Selina, da. of Sir Robert Charles Dallas, Bart., by Frances Henrietta, da. of Edward (Law), ist Baron Ellenborough. He d. 20 Jan. 1881, in his 56th year, at 94 Marina, St. Leonards-on-Sea. Will pr. 15 Mar. i88i, under ;/^2 5,000. His widow, who was i>. 16 Jan. 1844, at 59 Upper Seymour Str., was living I9i3.('') IV. 1 88 1. 4. Kenelm Charles Edward (Pepys), Earl of Cottenham [1850], Viscount Crowhurst [1850], and Baron Cottenham [1836], also a Baronet [1784 and 1801], ist s. and h., (*) For this and other great offices of state see vol. ii, Appendix D. C*) The Great Seal was in Commission 19 June to 15 July 1850. V.G. ('=) "A sound and practical adviser, and an accurate and logical reasoner, but without that ready eloquence, which is often the principal attraction. Though he at- tained no great eminence as an Advocate [he] proved himself a most excellent Judge." (Foss's Judges of England). He was descended from John Pepys of Cottenham, great- uncle of Samuel Pepys the diarist. A Genealogy of the Pepys Family, by Walter Courtenay Pepys, was pub. in 1887. G.E.C. and V.G. i^) She became a Rom. Cath. in 1895. For a list of peers and peeresses who have joined this faith since 1850, see Appendix G to this volume. V.G.