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The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Cooper (1827 – 26 February 1902) was an Irish officer in the British Army, a landowner, and a Conservative politician.

Early life

He was the oldest of seven children of Richard Wordsworth Cooper (1801–1850)[1] of Longford Lodge in Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), County Dublin;[2] their home later became Glengara Park School.[3] His father was the third-born (and second surviving) son of Edward Synge Cooper MP of Markree Castle in County Sligo.[1] His mother was Emilia Eleanor, daughter of the 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency.[1]

Cooper was educated at Eton, before joining the British Army.[2]

Career

References

  1. ^ a b c Burke, Sir Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. Volume 1. London: Harrison. p. 277. Retrieved 13 July 2014. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ a b Walford, Edward (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom (5th ed.). London: Robert Hardwicke. p. 232. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ Pearson, Peter; Brady, Anne M.; Gillman, Daniel (1981). Dún Laoghaire: Kingstown. Dublin: O'Brien Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0905140834. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sligo County
18651868
With: Sir Robert Gore-Booth, Bt
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Sligo
1877 – 1902
Succeeded by