Cooper, Gerald Ashley Peter, brother of Austin Eric Sisson Cooper (q.v.); b. May 5, 1903; adm. Jan. 18, 1916 (R); left July 1921; mercantile asst. to Messrs. Macneill and Co., Calcutta; Cuddesdon Theological College, 1934; ord. (London) deacon 1935, priest 1936; Curate of St. Matthew, Westminster, 1935-9; of St. John, Walham Green, 1940-48; Sqdn. Ldr. (Chap­ lain) R.A.F.V.R. Dec. 1, 1942 - 1946; Rector of Nigel, South Africa, 1948-51, and of Turffontein 1951-3; priest-in-charge of St. Mark's Mission, Mondoro, Mashonaland, 1953-6; and of St. Mary's Mission, Hunyani, since 1956.

COOPER, FREDERICK HENRY, son of Allen Cooper (qv); b. 20 Dec 1826; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1841; left Dec 1844; at Haileybury Coll. 1845-6; Writer, EICS Bengal 1847; Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, during Indian Mutiny; CB 18 May 1860; Superintendent and Commissioner, Delhi, 6 Mar 1865; d. 22 Apr 1869.

Cooper, Edward Henry Moyle, second son of Archibald Henry Spencer Cooper (q.v.); b. Jan. 6, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left April 1896; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Easter 1896; B.A. 1899; d. at Montpelier March 18, 1926.

COOPER, CHARLES, son of John Cooper, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1734; KS 1740; Capt. of the School 1744; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1745, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1745, scholar 25 Apr 1746; 7th in Maths Tripos 1748/9; BA 1748/9; MA 1752; DD 1769; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1751, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1752; ordained deacon (Ely) 28 Dec 1756, priest 19 May 1757; Westminster School Usher Jun 1748 – Jun 1762 (Senior Usher May 1756), House Usher, 1 Little Dean’s Yard (described as “usher of my house” in the will of Mrs Frances Watts, Dame (qv)); Prebendary of York 11 Aug 1768 - Sep 1779; Prebendary of Salisbury, 17 Mar 1773- res 1779; Rector of Kirkby Overblow, Yorks., from 1774; Rector of Trowbridge, Wilts.; Prebendary of Durham from 29 Aug 1779; Archdeacon of York 2 Aug 1786- res 28 Jun 1794; d. 10 Oct 1804. [Perhaps Charles Cooper, son of John Cooper, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 7 Oct 1725]

Cooper, Austin Eric Sisson, son of Austin Edward Cooper, M. D., of Westminster, by Mary Jane, daughter of Elias Hunter, of Hollybrook Park, Clontarf, co. Dublin; b. Aug. 27, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left July 1917; an architect; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Nov. 1, 1940; Flight Lieut.

COOPER, ARCHIBALD HENRY SPENCER, son of Henry Spencer Cooper, Halkyn, Flints., barrister, and Charlotte, dau. of Archibald Thomson; b. 24 Jul 1850; adm. BB (G) 26 May 1864; left Dec 1866; m. 1875 Clara Dorothea, dau. of Cdr. Sydenham Pennystone Cooper Wylde, Royal Navy; d. 6 Feb 1901.

COOPER, ALLEN TREVELYAN, son of Allen Cooper (qv) and his first wife; b. 11 Jun 1825; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1839; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1847; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both London); Chaplain to Embassy at Lisbon; Curate, Buckland, Devon, subsequently Swanscombe, Kent; m. 16 Mar 1865 Lucy Evans (IGI); d. 24 Jul 1866.

Cookson, William George, son of George Heinrich Frederick Cookson, HM Inspector of Schools, of Elstead, Surrey, and Rachel Vera, d. of Ven. William Pelham-Burn, Archdeacon of Norfolk and Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich; b. 8 May 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (W); left July 1957; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1960, BA 1963, MA; a poetry publisher, founder and editor Agenda magazine; author of A Guide to the Cantos of Ezra Pound 1985, and two volumes of poetry, Spell 1986, Vestiges 1987; m. 20 July 1985 Margaret Elizabeth, d. of George Henry Craddock, co. sec.; d. 2 Jan. 2003.

Cooksey, Sir David James Scott, son of Frank Sebastian Cooksey CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician, and Muriel Mary Scott, d. of James Scott, mining engineer; b. 14 May 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left Dec. 1958; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1982; man. dir. Formica International, 1966-71; man. dir. Intercobra Ltd. 1971-80; chief exec., chmn., Advent Venture Partners LLP 1981-2006; chmn. British Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 1983-4, Audit Commission for England & Wales 1986-95, Local Govt. Commission 1995-6, Mary Rose Trust 1996-2001, Diamond Light Source 2002-8, European Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 2005-06, London & Continental Railways Ltd. 2006-11, Bechtel Ltd. 2008-, The Francis Crick Inst. 2009-, UK Financial Investments Ltd. 2009-12, Aegate Ltd. 2010-; governor Wellcome Trust 1995-2005; non-exec. dir. Bank of England 1994-2005; non-exec. chmn. of the directors, Bank of England 2001-5; chmn. State Honours Committee 2005-10; Hon. Life Pres., British Venture Capital and Private Equity Assn. 2012; Kt. June 1993; GBE June 2007; Hon. Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1996; Hon. DBA Kingston Univ. 1996; Hon. DSc Southampton 2008, UCL 2011; Hon. Fellow Univ. of Wales, Cardiff 1998, Imp. Coll. Lond. 2007, KCL 2012; Hon. FMedSci 2004, BAAS 2004; Pro Chancellor, Univ. of Southampton 2008-13; Bioscience 2015 report on proposals for UK Life Sciences Industry 2003; Cooksey Review of Healthcare Research Funding 2006; m. 1st, 30 May 1973 (div. 2003) Janet Clouston Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh Cooksey OBE PhD, charity fund raiser, art historian and picture restorer, widow of Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh, and d. of Ian Aysgarth Bewley Cathie MD MRCP, med. practitioner; 2nd, 14 Jan. 2011 Mary Ann Phyllis Julie Drabble, chief exec., hospitality industry; d. 28 Jan. 2024.

COOKES, THOMAS, son of Henry Cookes, Leytonstone, Essex, and Jane, dau. of Robert Magraith, Loughlougher Castle, co. Tipperary; b. 2 Apr 1735; adm. Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752 (as Cooke); Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1754; ordained deacon 1776 (Canterbury) to curacy Swalecliffe, Kent, priest 1777 (lit. dim. from Caterbury); Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs.; m. 14 Feb 1765 Anne, only dau. of John Denham, Welling, Kent; d. 1 Dec 1809.