Showing 21084 results

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, 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, BEAUCHAMP SCARLETT, son of Bransby Blake Cooper FRCS FRS, New Street, Spring Gardens, Westminster, surgeon, and Mary Anne, only dau. of John Keeling, Broxbourne, Herts.; b. 3 Oct 1822; adm. 1 Jun 1836; left Nov 1836; RMA Woolwich; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1839; Ensign, unattached, 3 Jan 1840; 44th Bengal Native Infantry, 29 Aug 1840; Lieut., 19 May 1843; d. at Almora, India 9 Jan 1844.

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, CHARLES, natural son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland PC, Paymaster-General; b.; at school under Nicoll (not in admission register or school lists, but see Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, and certainly an OW since a donor of the Warren Hastings Cup); Lieut., 49th Foot, 24 Oct 1747; 14th Foot, 5 Jun 1758; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards, 3 Mar 1761; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 Mar 1773; sold out 25 May 1776 [or 1775 ?], because of gaming debts; Comptroller of Chelsea Hospital; went out to India as Cadet, EICS Madras, but recommended by Lord Macartney to Warren Hastings, and went to Bengal, where he acted as ADC to Warren Hastings (qv) and to Hastings’s successor, Sir John Macpherson (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 244, 284-5); present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, iii, 246); one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; returned to England in 1787, but was compelled to leave England again and to take refuge from his creditors at Boulogne, France; m. [by 1773] (Hickey, i, 299); d. at Boulogne some years after 1787.

COOPER, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Cooper, Oby, Norfolk, barrister, and his first wife, ---, dau. of Yarrington [Yerington ?]; b.; at school under Vincent (W. Rye, Norfolk Families, i, 120); adm. freeman of Norwich 1807; d. young.

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, 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, 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.