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COPE, EDMUND WILLIAM, elder son of Rev. Sir William Henry Cope, Bart., Minor Canon and Librarian of Westminster Abbey, and his first wife Mary Anne, dau. of Henry Garnett, Green Park, co. Meath; b. 27 Mar 1838; adm. 3 Apr 1850 (Rigaud's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1857; BA 1861; entered Diplomatic Service; Second Secretary, British Legation, Munich; Secretary, British Legation, Stockholm; m. 16 Sep 1863 Edith Cockburn, only child of James Kerr Ewart, EICS Bengal; d. at Stockholm 28 Oct 1886.

COPE, FREDERICK; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1723.

COPE, JOHN GARLAND, brother of Edgar Broome Cope (qv); b. 25 Jul 1850; adm. (G) 5 Jul 1864; Min. Can. 1865; left Whitsun 1867; assumed surname of Cope in lieu of Pinniger, 10 Aug 1867; adm. solicitor, Trinity term, 1873; practised in London, firm Cope & Co.; of Drumilly, co. Armagh; m. 1st, 23 Apr 1878 Theresa Charlotte, dau. of Ralph S. Obré, Chantilew, co. Armagh; m. 2nd, 27 Jan 1900 Mary Edith, second dau. of Col. Sir Lonsdale Augustus Hale Kt, Royal Engineers, Camberley, Surrey; d. 8 Nov 1920.

COPE, SIR JOHN, only son of Lieut. -Col. Henry Cope, Icomb, Gloucs., and Dorothy Waller, “widow of an exciseman”; b. 1690; at school c. 1700 (History of Parliament, House of Commons 1715-54, I, 576, apparently relying on EHR lxxviii, 655-68 which in turn references British Library, Additional Manuscripts 22231, 31134 and 31135); page to Lord Raby, Ambassador at Berlin 1706; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 1707; served in War of Spanish Succession; ADC to Gen. James Stanhope 1708-9; Capt., 33rd Foot 1709; Peterborough’s Dragoons 1709; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 1710; Lieut. -Col., Macartney’s Foot 1712; Wynne’s Foot 1712; Brevet Col. . 1713, with seniority as from 15 Nov 1711; half-pay 1713; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 22 Jul 1715; 1st Horse Grenadier Guards 27 Apr 1720; Col., 39th Foot 10 Nov 1730 – Dec 1732, 5th Foot 15 Dec 1732 – Jun 1737; Brig. -Gen., 1735; Col., 9th Dragoons 27 Jun 1737 – Aug 1741; Maj. -Gen., 2 Jul 1739; Col., 7th Dragoons, from 12 Aug 1741; Lieut. -Gen. 7 Feb 1742/3; Commander in Chief, Scotland 1745; in command at battle of Prestonpans, when defeated by Jacobite rebels; acquitted at subsequent court martial, but not again employed; MP Queenborough 1722-7, Liskeard 1727-34, Orford 1 Feb 1738-41; KB 12 Jul 1743; m. 1st, 16 Dec 1712 (IGI) Jane, sister of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (qv); m. 2nd, Elizabeth ---; d. 28 Jul 1760.

COPELAND, ---; b.; adm. 5 May 1765.

COPINGER, PATRICK, only son of Patrick Copinger, Upper Shadwell, Middlesex, and his second wife Elizabeth Orrill; b. 24 May 1732; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1744 (Hawkins'); left 1744.

Copley, Christopher William Gabain, brother of Peter Francis Gabain Copley (qv); b. 18 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1935; a medical student; d. 16 Mar. 1940.

COPLEY, JOHN, brother of Robert Copley (qv); bapt. 6 Nov 1713; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1726; in under school list 1728; left 1728; d. 16 Apr 1731.

Copley, Peter Francis Gabain, son of John Copley PRBA, artist, of Hampstead, and Ethel Leontine Gabain RBA, artist, d. of Charles Edward Gabain; b. 20 May 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left Dec. 1932; an actor in theatre, films, TV and radio since 1932; m. 1st 4 Dec. 1941 Pamela Mary, d. of George E. Brown of Kensington; 2nd 18 Apr. 1953 Ninka Dolega, d. of Allan Biggs of Hastings; 3rd 16 Jan. 1967 Margaret Tabor, novelist, d. of David Tabor; d. 17 Oct. 2008.