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 482 COWLEY Sec. to the Gov. of Bombay, 1859; Capt. and Lieut. Col. Coldstream Guards, 1860-63. A Conservative. He m., 8 Aug. 1863, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Emily Gwendolen, 2nd da. of Thomas Peers Williams, of Temple House, Great Marlow, Berks, and of Craig-y-don, co. Anglesey, by Emily, da. of Anthony Bacon, ofElcott, Berks. He d. 28 Feb. 1895, at Draycott House, aged 60. Will pr. at ;^ 11 ,606. His widow was living 1 9 1 3. EARLDOM. in. BARONY. IV. 1895. 3 and 4. Henry Arthur Mornington (W^el- lesley). Earl Cowley [1857], Viscount Dangan [i 857], and Baron Cowley of Wellesley [1828], only s. and h. b. 14 Jan. 1866, at Wilton Place, Midx. ; styled Viscount Dangan till 1895; ed. at Eton. A Conservative. He m., 17 Dec. i889,(^) at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Violet, 6th and yst. da. of William (Nevill), ist Marquess of Abergavenny, by Caroline, da. of Sir John van-den-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Bart. She, who was b. 7 Dec. 1866, obtained a decree of divorce {nis'i), 2 Feb. 1897, absolute 9 Aug. following.C") He m., 2ndly, 14 Dec. 1905, at Colombo, Millicent Florence Eleanor, divorced wife of Sir Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Bart. (1796), and 1st da. of Charles Henry (Wilson), ist Baron Nunburnholme, by Florence Jane Helen, da. of Col. William Henry Charles Wellesley. She was b. 4 Dec. 1872, at 95 Eaton Place. [Christian Arthur Wellesley, styled, since 1 895, Viscount Dangan, only s. and h. ap. by ist wife, 1^. 25 Dec. 1890.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 3,945 acres in Wilts, worth about ^2 an acre per annum; 1,433 acres in Essex, worth ;^i 1,542, and 522 in Cornwall, worth above ^4,000 a year. Total, 5,900 acres, worth ;{^2 3,I72 a year. Principal Residence. — Draycott Park, near Chippenham, Wilts. (") On 29 Oct. 1889 judgment was entered against him for ^^2,500 damages, with costs as between solicitor and client, in the Queen's Bench, for breach of promise of marriage with "Miss Phyllis Broughton," the actress. C') She m., 2ndly, 19 July 1898, at St. Saviour's, Walton Str., Chelsea, Robert Edward Myddleton Biddulph, of Chirclc Castle. In Feb. 1900, the Courts granted an injunction against this divorced and remarried lady to restrain her from continuing the style of Countess Cowley, but this reasonable decision was reversed on appeal in Aug. following, on the ground that it was not a matter for their jurisdiction. She d. at 7a Eaton Sq., 28 Mar., and was bur. 1 Apr. 1 910, at Eridge, aged 43. Admon. Apr. 1910, gross over ^^2,500, net over ;{^i,ioo. V.G.