Two speeches made by Lord Chancellor Cowper, then High Steward of England: the first, when he pronounced sentence upon the unhappy lords, who were involved in the rebellion in 1715, viz. James Earl of Derwentwater, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairu. The second, when he passed sentence on the Earl of Winton. To which is added, the speech of Philip Lord Hardwick, Lord High Steward of England, when he pronounced sentence on the three rebel Lords 1746.
- Cowper, William Cowper, Earl, approximately 1665-1723.
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- M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]
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London : printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]
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24p. ; 80.
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ESTC T108603
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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- Jacobite Rebellion, 1715
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746
- Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746.
- Carnwarth, Robert Dalyell, Earl of, approximately 1687-1737.
- Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of, approximately 1702-1766.
- Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, Earl of, 1689-1716.
- Kenmure, William Gordon, Viscount, -1716.
- Kilmarnock, William Boyd, Earl of, 1704-1746.
- Nairne, William Murray, Lord, 1664-1726.
- Nithsdale, William Maxwell, Earl of, 1676-1744.
- Widdrington, William Widdrington, Baron, 1677 or 1678-1743.
- Winton, George Seton, Earl of, -1749.