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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS (c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Educated at St Albans School, he was called to the bar in 1688.
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“God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.”
“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”
“I should have all manner of tenderness for the right of the College; they are nurseries of Religion and Learning, and therefore all donations for increase and augmentation of their revenue are to be liberally expounded.”
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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper on Jurisdiction
“God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper on Mischief
“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper on Wills
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper on Universities
“I should have all manner of tenderness for the right of the College; they are nurseries of Religion and Learning, and therefore all donations for increase and augmentation of their revenue are to be liberally expounded.”
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“He the robe of justice wore, Sully'd not, as heretofore, When the magistrate was sought With yearly gifts. Of what avail Are guilty hoards? for life is frail; And we are judg'd where favour is not bought.”
About William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS (c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Educated at St Albans School, he was called to the bar in 1688.