Grey Cooper
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Grey Cooper was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
between 1765 and 1790 and was Secretary to the Treasury under various administrations.
Cooper was the son of William Cooper MD of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was educated at Durham School and Trinity College, Cambridge
where he was scholar in 1745 and was awarded BA in 1747 and MA in 1750. He was admitted at Inner Temple
on 17 July 1747 and was called to the bar. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1749.
He was a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Rochester
from 1765 to 1768. He was a MP for Grampound
, Cornwall from 1768 to 1774. He was a MP for Saltash
from 1774 to 1784. He was a MP for Richmond, Yorkshire
from 1786 to 1790. For much of his career he was Secretary of the Treasury under various administrations. He claimed to have inherited the baronetcy of Cooper of Gogan from 1775 on, thus calling himself Sir Grey Cooper, Bart.; whether that baronetcy ever existed and whether Cooper was heir to it are both doubtful.
Grey died suddenly at his home in Worlington
, Suffolk at the age of 75.
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...
between 1765 and 1790 and was Secretary to the Treasury under various administrations.
Cooper was the son of William Cooper MD of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was educated at Durham School and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
where he was scholar in 1745 and was awarded BA in 1747 and MA in 1750. He was admitted at Inner Temple
Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns...
on 17 July 1747 and was called to the bar. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1749.
He was a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Rochester
Rochester (UK Parliament constituency)
Rochester was a parliamentary constituency in Kent. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...
from 1765 to 1768. He was a MP for Grampound
Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)
Grampound in Cornwall, was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1821. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.-History:Grampound's...
, Cornwall from 1768 to 1774. He was a MP for Saltash
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)
Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
from 1774 to 1784. He was a MP for Richmond, Yorkshire
Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)
Richmond is a constituency located in North Yorkshire, which elects one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting....
from 1786 to 1790. For much of his career he was Secretary of the Treasury under various administrations. He claimed to have inherited the baronetcy of Cooper of Gogan from 1775 on, thus calling himself Sir Grey Cooper, Bart.; whether that baronetcy ever existed and whether Cooper was heir to it are both doubtful.
Grey died suddenly at his home in Worlington
Worlington, Suffolk
Worlington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk and in the old Hundreds of Suffolk of Lackford.It is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wirilintona....
, Suffolk at the age of 75.