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Cope, John, 1690-1760
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1690-1760
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COPE, SIR JOHN, only son of Lieut. -Col. Henry Cope, Icomb, Gloucs., and Dorothy Waller, “widow of an exciseman”; b. 1690; at school c. 1700 (History of Parliament, House of Commons 1715-54, I, 576, apparently relying on EHR lxxviii, 655-68 which in turn references British Library, Additional Manuscripts 22231, 31134 and 31135); page to Lord Raby, Ambassador at Berlin 1706; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 1707; served in War of Spanish Succession; ADC to Gen. James Stanhope 1708-9; Capt., 33rd Foot 1709; Peterborough’s Dragoons 1709; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 1710; Lieut. -Col., Macartney’s Foot 1712; Wynne’s Foot 1712; Brevet Col. . 1713, with seniority as from 15 Nov 1711; half-pay 1713; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 22 Jul 1715; 1st Horse Grenadier Guards 27 Apr 1720; Col., 39th Foot 10 Nov 1730 – Dec 1732, 5th Foot 15 Dec 1732 – Jun 1737; Brig. -Gen., 1735; Col., 9th Dragoons 27 Jun 1737 – Aug 1741; Maj. -Gen., 2 Jul 1739; Col., 7th Dragoons, from 12 Aug 1741; Lieut. -Gen. 7 Feb 1742/3; Commander in Chief, Scotland 1745; in command at battle of Prestonpans, when defeated by Jacobite rebels; acquitted at subsequent court martial, but not again employed; MP Queenborough 1722-7, Liskeard 1727-34, Orford 1 Feb 1738-41; KB 12 Jul 1743; m. 1st, 16 Dec 1712 (IGI) Jane, sister of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (qv); m. 2nd, Elizabeth ---; d. 28 Jul 1760.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.