CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.

CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.

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.

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.

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.