COOPER, George (1626-89), of Clarendon Park, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 15 Dec. 1626, 2nd s. of Sir John Cooper (d. 1631), 1st bt.† of Rockbourne, Hants, and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st bt.† of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset;Wimborne St Giles par. reg.; Collins, Peerage, iii. 546. bro. of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper*. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1 Apr. 1642.Al. Ox. m. July 1647, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Oldfield, Fishmonger and sugar refiner, of Bow and St Katherine Creechurch, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.W.D. Christie, Life of Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury (1871), i. p. xliv; Collins, Peerage, iii. 546; PROB11/269/170. d. by July 1689.HP Commons, 1660-90, ‘George Cooper’.

Offices Held

Local: commr. Tower Hamlets militia, 23 May 1649; militia, Wilts. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660. 29 Apr. 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p.; Dorset by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1660; Wilts. by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 114; C193/13/3, f. 15v; C193/13/4, f. 111. Commr. assessment, Mdx. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Wilts. 24 Nov. 1653, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1672, 1679; Westminster 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689;A. and O.; CJ vii. 356a; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 98; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114. sewers, Mdx. 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, p. 201. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664.C181/7, p. 254. Treas. of prizes, Dover 1668.CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 47.

Central: trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649, 2 Sept. 1654; augmentations for preaching ministers, 5 Apr. 1650. Commr. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650, 13 June 1654; admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Poole Apr. 1660.Poole borough archives, MS B17.

Irish: commr. revenue arrears, 1671.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 480.

: of Clarendon Park, Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Will

not found.

Estates

granted £4,000 and annuity of £55 by his bro. Sir Anthony, 1647;Christie, Shaftesbury, i. pp. xliv-xlv. bought manor of Clarendon Park, Wilts. by 1652;Hoare, Hist. Wilts. v. (Alderbury), 144; CSP Dom. 1651-2, p. 523. inherited house in Bow, London from his fa.-in-law, 1657.PROB11/269/170.

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion