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 COWLEY 481 G.C.B., 21 Feb. 1853. On 1 1 Apr. 1 857 he was «•. VISCOUNT DANGAN, CO. Meath, and EARL COWLEY; K.G., 3 Feb. 1866; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 22 June 1 870. On the death of his paternal cousin, WilHam Richard Arthur (Wellesley), 5th Earl of Mornington [L], he inherited, under his will, the estate of Draycott, Wilts, which for many centuries had been the property of the family of Long (Baronets 1 662-1 805), but which had come to Lord Mornington through his mother (Catherine Tylney-Long), the heiress of that family. A Liberal-Conservative. (^) He m., 23 Oct. 1833, Olivia Cecilia Fitzgerald de Ros, da. of Lord Henry Fitzgerald, by Charlotte, suo jure Baroness de Ros. He J. 15 July 1884, at 20 Albemarle Str., Midx., in his 80th year, and was bur. at Draycott, Wilts. Will pr. 5 Mar. 1885, at ^"40,997; re-sworn, Feb. 1886, at ;/^38,640. His widow, who was b. II Jan. 1807, d. 21 Apr. 1885, in Albemarle Str. afsd., aged 78, and was bur. at Draycott.C') Will pr. 25 June 1885 ^'^ L'^fiS^- EARLDOM. IL BARONY. IIL 1884. 2 and 3. William Henry (Wellesley), Earl Cowley, tfc, s. and h., b. 25 Aug. 1834, at Stuttgardt ; ed. at Eton, 1850; Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 1852; Capt., 1854; re- ceiving the Crimean medal, 1855, and the 5th class of Turkish order of the Medjidie, 1858; served in the Oude campaign, 1858; Military Plenipotentiary with Cobden; (6) the Emperor's proposals for a European Congress in 1863 " rendered abortive mainly by the refusal of Earl Russell as Foreign Secretary to accede to them;" (7) the Danish war of 1864; (8) The Mexican Expedition and "its disastrous sequel in the execution of the Emperor Maximilian;" (9) the negotia- tions concerning Luxembourg; and (10) "last, but not least, the Austro-Prussian war of 1866." "As a final incident in Lord Cowley's diplomatic career the authentic news of Maximilian's tragic death reached Europe on the very day that Lord Cowley took leave of his diplomatic colleagues in Paris." See obituary notice in The Times news- paper, 16 July 1884. G.E.C. "I never knew a man of business so naturally gifted for that profession [diplomacy]. Straightforward himself, he easily discovered guile in others who sought to deceive him, and this was well known to such. He was not a little assisted by the remarkable intelligence of his wife, and by her knowledge of the world, of society, and of courts." (Lord yi^mcshxry''s Memoirs). V.G. (^) He is so described in Dod, and was a member of the Carlton Club, but in every important division in which he took part during the Russell-Palmerston period he voted with the Liberals. V.G. {^) She was "Maid of Honour to Queen Adelaide, and a great favourite with her and the King, who, on the occasion of her marriage insisted on the cere- mony taking place at Windsor Castle the King giving the bride away; and His Majesty was much disappointed that the bride and bridegroom declined to be present at the large banquet he gave afterwards." (Hon. Mrs. Swinton, in Sketch of the Life ef Georgiana, Lady de Ros). (^a- /«/«rOT. Bright Brown). V.G. 6i