caption residence relations predecessor successor death_date children constituency_mp nationality birth_date alt term_start spouse image article_title term_end name restingplace
the earl cowper by zoffany . villa palmieri william nassau d'auverquerque -lrb- mother -rrb- lady caroline cowper -lrb- sister clavering-cowper -rrb- , 2nd earl -lrb- father -rrb- henrietta george harrison timothy caswall john calvert 1789 george francis nassau cowper , 5th earl the hon. edward spencer augustus cowper clavering-cowper , 4th earl peter leopold louis hertford english 1738 the by zoffany earl cowper raising his hat in a painting 1759 hannah clavering-cowper née gore george_nassau_clavering by_studio_of_johann_zoffany . jpg , _ 3rd_earl_of_cowper _ -lrb- 1738-1789 -rrb- _ george clavering-cowper , 3rd earl cowper
 1761 the earl cowper hertford
george clavering-cowper , 3rd earl cowper

george nassau clavering-cowper , 3rd earl cowper -lrb- 1738 -- 1789 -rrb- was an english peer who went on the grand tour as a young man , but actually emigrated .
despite becoming a member of parliament and inheriting lands and the title of earl cowper in england , he remained in italy .
he amassed a valuable art collection and became a prince of the holy roman empire .
he was a patron of the arts and science .
