COOPER, LOVICK EMILIUS, only son of Rev. Thomas Lovick Cooper, Rector of Mablethorpe, Lincs., and his first wife Emily Mary Swinfen, only dau. of Sir Thomas Durrant, Bart.; b. 28 Nov 1837; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1851; Ensign, Rifle Brigade, 21 Oct 1855; served in Indian Mutiny; d. 19 Mar 1858, from wounds received in action at Lucknow on 11 Mar 1858. Memorial window in Abbey, at west end of North Transept.

COOPER, ONESIMUS; b.; adm.; KS; an undated entry in the Treasurer’s Accounts, probably belonging to Feb 1627/8, states “given to Onesus Cooper, a minister, a Westminster Scholler XLs” (Chapter Muniments 34163).

COOPER, ROGER, son of John Cooper, Thurgarton Priory, Notts., and Jane, dau. of Henry Gilbert, Locko, Derbs.; b.; adm.; BB 1676; KS 1679; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. Somerset scholar 26 May 1680, matr. 27 May 1680, aged 17; BA 1 Feb 1683/4; MA 1686; a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Princess Anne, and from 9 Jul 1702 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to her when Queen; lic. to m. 18 Feb 1687/8 Agneta, Dresser and Mother of the Maids to Princess Anne and later Woman of Bedchamber to her as Queen, dau. of Francis Jones, Newton Toney, Wilts.; d. 19 Apr 1703. Buried in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

COOPER, THOMAS, third son of Cassian Cooper, London, Clerk to Skinners’ Company, and Anne, eldest dau. of John Godde, St. Swithin’s, London, citizen and merchant taylor; bapt. 25 Sep 1569; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1580; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (WAM 43050) (as Thomas Cowper, Sussex); QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1586, matr. 17 Dec 1586, aged 16; BA 1590; MA 1593; BD 1600; ordained; one of the preachers for the County Palatine of Lancaster; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, 1601-4; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwicks., 1604-10; living in Whitecross Street, London in 1620; subsequently appointed a preacher to the Fleet Prison; living 1624; author, The Romish Spider, with his Web of Treason, 1606, and other works. DNB.

COOPER, THOMAS, son of Richard Cooper, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, matr. 12 Dec 1679, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1679 - expulsion 1682.

Cooper-Key, Astley Langrishe, son of Major Sir Aston McNeill Cooper-Key, C. B., of Fulham, H. M. Chief Inspector of Explosives, by Edith, daughter of William Henry Mare, of St. John's, Newfoundland; b. Sept. 26, 1886; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left Dec. 1902; 2nd Lieut. (from Militia) Middlesex Regt. May 27, 1908; Lieut. March 24, 1911; Capt. Dec. 11, 1914; served on the western front and at Gallipoli, and was twice wounded; Deputy Asst. Provost-Marshal British Troops in France and Flanders April 7 - Nov. 26, 1919, Asst. Prov. ­ Marshal Southern Command Dec. 23, 1919 - March 31, 1921, and Rhine army May 14, 1921 - Feb. 18, 1923; D. A. D. of Transportation Inter-Allied Navigation Commission from Feb. 19, 1923; m. 1st Oct. 10, 1917, Kathleen, daughter of Maurice Ansell; 2nd 1946, Anne Moran; d. Nov. 24, 1946.

COOTE, CHARLES HENRY, 7TH EARL OF MOUNTRATH (I), only son of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath PC (I) MP, and Lady Diana Newport, sister of Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1735 (Hawkins'); left 1738; styled Viscount Castle Coote to 1744; Grand Tour (Italy) 1742-5; succ. father as 7th Earl of Mountrath (I) 27 Aug 1744; took seat in Irish House of Lords 19 Dec 1753; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; created Baron Castle Coote (I), with a special remainder, 31 Jul 1800; d. unm. 1 Mar 1802.

COOTE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1601, adm. pens. 1601 ?, scholar 16 Apr 1602; BA 1605/6; MA 1609 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1611); BD 1617; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1608; a conspicuous figure in the great riot at the gate of Trinity Coll. Feb 1610/1 (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. Publications, octavo series, no. xliii, 1906); ordained deacon and priest (Peterborough) 10 May 1612; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs., 1617; d. 1619.

COPE, SIR ANTHONY, BART., brother of Edmund William Cope (qv); b. 9 Mar 1842; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); QS Jun 1856; left Apr 1859; Ensign, Rifle Brigade, 16 Oct 1860; Lieut., 2 May 1865; Capt., 13 Nov 1872; Maj., 1 Jul 1881; Adjutant to Auxiliary Forces 13 May 1875 - 14 Nov 1881; Lieut. -Col., half-pay, 9 Mar 1890; retd., 21 May 1890; served in Canada during Fenian raids 1866-70, and in Ashanti War 1874; succ. father as 13th baronet 7 Jan 1892; of Bramshill Park, Hants.; JP (1899) Hampshire; Roman Catholic convert; m. 13 Oct 1870 Mary Leckonby, widow of Rev. Henry Goold Tudway, Vicar of Walton, Somerset, and dau. of John Lewis Phipps, Leighton, Wilts.; d. 3 Nov 1932.

COPE, ARTHUR MAINLEY, brother of Edgar Broome Cope (qv); b. 27 Apr 1854; adm. (G) 21 Jun 1867; Min. Can. 1869; left Dec 1870; assumed surname of Cope in lieu of Pinniger, 10 Aug 1867; adm. solicitor Feb 1877; practised in London; d. 28 Jan 1927. [check if became barrister]