Georgiana Clavering-Cowper, Countess Cowper

Georgiana Caroline Clavering-Cowper, Countess Cowper (née Hon. Georgiana Carteret; 12 March 1715 – 21 August 1780) was an English noblewoman and literary patron.

Family Countess Cowper was the third daughter of John Carteret and his first wife, the former Frances Worsley. Her first husband, whom she married on 14 February 1734, was John Spencer MP. They had two children: John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (19 December 1734 – 31 October 1783) who married Margaret Georgiana Poyntz in 1755 and had children, including Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Diana Spencer (c.1735 – c.1743)

Later life and death Spencer died in 1746; according to Horace Walpole, his death was alcohol-related. On 1 May 1750, his widow married William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, whose first wife, Henrietta Nassau d'Auverquerque, had died in 1747, leaving him with two children. There were no children from this second marriage and William died in 1764, succeeded in the earldom by Georgiana's stepson, George Clavering-Cowper.

She was an admirer of the novelist Laurence Sterne, The painting was copied by Mrs Delany, whose sister Anne was also a correspondent of the countess.

She died on 21 August 1780 aged 65.