COOPER, George (1626-89), of Farley, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 15 Dec. 1626, 2nd s. of Sir John Cooper, 1st Bt., of Rockbourne, Hants, and bro. of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1642. m. July 1647, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Oldfield, Fishmonger and sugar refiner, of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.Collins, Peerage, iii. 546; Wimborne St. Giles par. reg.

Offices Held

Capt. (parliamentary) by 1644; maj. 1646.

Commr. for militia, Tower Hamlets 1648 – 49, Wilts. 1659, Mdx. and Wilts. Mar. 1660; j.p. Mdx. 1648 – July 1660, Dorset by 1649 – 52, Wilts. 1653 – bef.57; commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1650, 1652, Wilts. 1657, Mdx. and Wilts. Jan. 1660, Wilts. 1673 – 80, scandalous ministers, Wilts. 1654, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1655; freeman, Poole Apr. 1660; treas. of prizes, Dover 1666.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xiii. 67; CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 47; Poole archives, B17; G. E. Aylmer, State’s Servants, 131–2.

Trustee for maintenance of ministers 1649 – Feb. 1660; member, high court of justice 1650, 1654; commr. of Admiralty Feb. – July 1660, revenue arrears [I] 1671.CSP Dom. 1671, pp. 479–80.

Parlimentarian

COOPER, George (1626-89), of Farley, Wilts.

Main residence: Farley, Wilts.

Author

M.W.H.

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

COOPER, George (1626-89)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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