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, 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, JOHN; b.; adm.; BB; KS (Capt) 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1677; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; BD 1703; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1680, Junior Dean 1703-6, Tutor 1706, Senior Fellow from 1711; Proctor 1701; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Bentley; ordained; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1698; buried in Trin. Coll. Chapel 10 Dec 1714.
Cooper, Kenneth Herbert Lionel, son of Algernon Sidney Cooper, of Westcliff-on-Sea, and Anne May, d. of William Robert Godfrey of Basildon, Essex; b. 20 Feb. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, played football against Oxford 1931-2, BA 1932; a sales man. ICI; m. 23 May 1942 Angela Lief, d. of Charles Kemp Cobby of Cottingham, Yorks; d. 14 July 1971.
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.
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.