▁and ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁William ▁Cow per , ▁ 1 st ▁Earl ▁Cow per . ▁ ▁Biography ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 7 0 6 , ▁William ▁Cow per ▁secret ly ▁married ▁the ▁beautiful ▁ 2 0 - year - old ▁Mary , ▁daughter ▁of ▁John ▁C lev age , ▁of ▁Ch op well , ▁Dur ham ▁after ▁his ▁first ▁wife ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 5 . ▁Her ▁half - s ister ▁was ▁Ann ▁L idd ell ▁whose ▁letters ▁recorded ▁contemporary ▁politics . ▁In ▁November ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁her ▁husband ▁succeeded ▁to ▁his ▁father ' s ▁baron et cy ▁and ▁in ▁December ▁he ▁was ▁raised ▁to ▁the ▁peer age ▁as ▁Baron ▁Cow per ▁of ▁W ingham , ▁Kent . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 7 0 7 ▁Queen ▁Anne ▁in ▁Council ▁named ▁William ▁Cow per ▁the ▁first ▁Lord ▁High ▁Chan cell or ▁of ▁Great ▁Britain . ▁ ▁The ▁Queen ▁came ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁high ▁regard ▁for ▁Cow per : ▁she ▁val ued ▁his ▁advice ▁and , ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁exception ally ▁youth ful ▁appearance , ▁called ▁him ▁ ▁" her ▁school boy ". ▁When ▁his ▁party ▁went ▁out ▁of ▁office ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 0 ▁the ▁Queen ▁ple aded ▁with ▁Cow per ▁not ▁to ▁res ign , ▁and ▁only ▁accepted ▁his ▁res ignation ▁with ▁" te ars ▁in ▁her ▁eyes ". ▁ ▁He ▁ ▁was ▁later ▁appointed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁L ords ▁Just ices ▁responsible ▁for ▁gover ning ▁the ▁country ▁until ▁George ▁I ▁arrived ▁in ▁England ▁after ▁Queen ▁Anne '