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.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
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, 1918-1940
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, 1915-2008
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.
COPLEY, ROBERT, son of Robert Copley, Nether Hall, Doncaster, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Shaw, Ardsley, Yorks.; bapt. 10 Oct 1709; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1725; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1728; d. unm. 12 Oct 1771.