BARONETAGE | ||||||
Last updated 23/05/2018 (1 Mar 2024) | ||||||
Date | Type | Order | Name | Born | Died | Age |
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date. | ||||||
CONROY of Llanbrynmair, Montgomery | ||||||
7 Jul 1837 | UK | 1 | John Conroy For further information of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
21 Oct 1786 | 2 Mar 1854 | 67 |
2 Mar 1854 | 2 | Edward Conroy | 6 Dec 1809 | 3 Nov 1869 | 59 | |
3 Nov 1869 to 15 Dec 1900 |
3 | John Conroy Extinct on his death |
16 Aug 1845 | 15 Dec 1900 | 55 | |
CONSTABLE of Flamborough, Yorks | ||||||
29 Jun 1611 to 15 Jun 1655 |
E | 1 | William Constable MP for Yorkshire 1626, Scarborough 1628‑1629 and Knaresborough 1641‑1653 Extinct on his death |
c 1580 | 15 Jun 1655 | |
CONSTABLE of Boynton, Yorks | ||||||
30 Jul 1641 | E | See "Strickland-Constable" | ||||
CONSTABLE of Everingham, Yorks | ||||||
20 Jul 1642 | E | 1 | Philip Constable | c 1595 | 25 Feb 1664 | |
25 Feb 1664 | 2 | Marmaduke Constable | 22 Apr 1619 | c 1680 | ||
c 1680 | 3 | Philip Mark Constable | 25 Apr 1651 | c 1710 | ||
c 1710 to Jul 1746 |
4 | Marmaduke Constable Extinct on his death |
7 Aug 1682 | Jul 1746 | 63 | |
CONSTABLE of Tixall, Staffs | ||||||
22 May 1815 | UK | See "Clifford-Constable" | ||||
CONWAY of Bodrythan, Flint | ||||||
25 Jul 1660 | E | 1 | Henry Conway MP for Flintshire 1661‑1669 |
22 Feb 1635 | 4 Jun 1669 | 34 |
4 Jun 1669 to 27 Apr 1721 |
2 | John Conway MP for Flintshire 1685‑1687, 1695‑1701, 1705‑1708 and 1713‑1715 and Flint Boroughs 1702, 1708‑1713 and 1715‑1721 Extinct on his death |
c 1663 | 27 Apr 1721 | ||
CONYERS of Horden, Durham | ||||||
14 Jul 1628 | E | 1 | John Conyers | 6 Dec 1664 | ||
Dec 1664 | 2 | Christopher Conyers | 28 Mar 1621 | Oct 1693 | 72 | |
Oct 1693 | 3 | John Conyers | c 1649 | 14 Sep 1719 | ||
14 Sep 1719 | 4 | Baldwin Conyers | c 1681 | 17 Apr 1731 | ||
17 Apr 1731 | 5 | Ralph Conyers | 20 Jun 1697 | 22 Nov 1767 | 70 | |
22 Nov 1767 | 6 | Blakiston Conyers | Oct 1791 | |||
Oct 1791 | 7 | Nicholas Conyers | 27 Jul 1729 | 1796 | 66 | |
1796 | 8 | George Conyers | c 1800 | |||
c 1800 to 15 Apr 1810 |
9 | Thomas Conyers Extinct on his death |
12 Sep 1731 | 15 Apr 1810 | 78 | |
COOK of Brome Hall, Norfolk | ||||||
29 Jun 1663 | E | 1 | William Cook | c 1600 | 1681 | |
1681 to Jan 1708 |
2 | William Cook MP for Great Yarmouth 1685‑1687 and Norfolk 1689‑1695 and 1698‑1701 Extinct on his death |
c 1630 | Jan 1708 | ||
COOK of Doughty House, Surrey | ||||||
10 Mar 1886 | UK | 1 | Francis Cook | 23 Jan 1817 | 17 Feb 1901 | 84 |
17 Feb 1901 | 2 | Frederick Lucas Cook MP for Kennington 1895‑1906 |
21 Nov 1844 | 21 May 1920 | 75 | |
21 May 1920 | 3 | Herbert Frederick Cook | 18 Nov 1868 | 4 May 1939 | 70 | |
4 May 1939 | 4 | Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook For further information of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
21 Dec 1907 | 12 Sep 1978 | 70 | |
12 Sep 1978 | 5 | Christopher Wymondham Rayner Herbert Cook | 24 Mar 1938 | |||
COOKE-YARBOROUGH, formerly COOKE of Wheatley, Yorks | ||||||
10 May 1661 | E | 1 | George Cooke | 8 Jul 1628 | 16 Oct 1683 | 55 |
16 Oct 1683 | 2 | Henry Cooke | 29 Oct 1633 | 16 Dec 1689 | 55 | |
Dec 1689 | 3 | George Cooke MP for Aldborough 1698‑1700 |
16 May 1662 | 18 Oct 1732 | 70 | |
Oct 1732 | 4 | Bryan Cooke MP for East Retford 1711‑1713 |
17 Dec 1684 | 25 Oct 1734 | 49 | |
25 Oct 1734 | 5 | George Cooke | 14 Mar 1714 | 16 Aug 1756 | 42 | |
16 Aug 1756 | 6 | Bryan Cooke | 11 Aug 1717 | 4 Mar 1766 | 48 | |
4 Mar 1766 | 7 | George Cooke | c 1745 | 2 Jun 1823 | ||
2 Jun 1823 | 8 | William Bryan Cooke | 3 Mar 1782 | 24 Dec 1851 | 69 | |
24 Dec 1851 | 9 | William Ridley Charles Cooke | 5 Oct 1827 | 27 Sep 1894 | 66 | |
27 Sep 1894 | 10 | William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke | 21 Jun 1872 | 11 Jun 1964 | 91 | |
11 Jun 1964 | 11 | Charles Arthur John Cooke | 12 Nov 1905 | 5 Jul 1978 | 72 | |
5 Jul 1978 | 12 | David William Perceval Cooke | 28 Apr 1935 | 13 May 2017 | 82 | |
13 May 2017 | 13 | Anthony Edmund Cooke-Yarborough | 6 Aug 1956 | |||
COOKE of Dublin | ||||||
28 Dec 1741 to 9 Feb 1758 |
I | 1 | Samuel Cooke MP [I] for Dublin City 1749‑1758 Extinct on his death |
after 1690 | 9 Feb 1758 | |
COOKE of Brighthelmstone, Sussex | ||||||
1 Mar 1926 | UK | See "Kinloch-Cooke" | ||||
COOKES of Norgrove, Worcs | ||||||
24 Dec 1664 | E | 1 | William Cookes | c 1618 | c 1672 | |
c 1672 to 8 Jun 1701 |
2 | Thomas Cookes Extinct on his death |
c 1649 | 8 Jun 1701 | ||
COOPER of Rockbourne, Hants | ||||||
4 Jul 1622 | E | 1 | John Cooper MP for Poole 1625 and 1628‑1629 |
23 Mar 1631 | ||
23 Mar 1631 | 2 | Anthony Ashley Cooper He was subsequently created Earl of Shaftesbury in 1672 with which title the baronetcy remains merged |
22 Jul 1621 | 21 Jan 1683 | 61 | |
COOPER of Dublin | ||||||
3 Oct 1758 to 8 Aug 1761 |
I | 1 | William Cooper Extinct on his death |
1689 | 8 Aug 1761 | 72 |
COOPER of Gadebridge, Herts | ||||||
31 Aug 1821 | UK | 1 | Astley Paston Cooper For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
23 Aug 1768 | 12 Feb 1841 | 72 |
12 Feb 1841 | 2 | Astley Paston Cooper | 13 Jan 1798 | 6 Jan 1866 | 67 | |
6 Jan 1866 | 3 | Astley Paston Cooper (Paston‑Cooper from 1884) | 23 Feb 1824 | 19 Oct 1904 | 80 | |
19 Oct 1904 | 4 | Charles Naunton Paston Paston‑Cooper | 27 Sep 1867 | 4 Dec 1941 | 74 | |
4 Dec 1941 | 5 | Henry Lovick Cooper | 2 Apr 1875 | 25 Aug 1959 | 84 | |
25 Aug 1959 | 6 | Patrick Graham Astley Cooper | 4 Aug 1918 | 15 Jun 2002 | 83 | |
15 Jun 2002 | 7 | Alexander Paston Astley Cooper | 1 Feb 1943 | |||
COOPER of Walcot, Somerset | ||||||
19 Feb 1828 to 24 Dec 1828 |
UK | 1 | John Hutton Cooper MP for Dartmouth 1825‑1828 Extinct on his death |
7 Dec 1765 | 24 Dec 1828 | 63 |
COOPER of Woollahra, Australia | ||||||
26 Jan 1863 | UK | 1 | Sir Daniel Cooper | 1 Jul 1821 | 5 Jun 1902 | 80 |
5 Jun 1902 | 2 | Daniel Cooper | 15 Nov 1848 | 13 Jun 1909 | 60 | |
13 Jun 1909 | 3 | William Charles Cooper | 22 Oct 1851 | 2 Sep 1925 | 73 | |
2 Sep 1925 | 4 | William George Daniel Cooper | 14 Dec 1877 | 27 Dec 1954 | 77 | |
27 Dec 1954 | 5 | Charles Eric Daniel Cooper | 5 Oct 1906 | 14 May 1984 | 77 | |
14 May 1984 | 6 | William Daniel Charles Cooper | 5 Mar 1955 | |||
COOPER of Hursley, Hants | ||||||
26 Jul 1905 | UK | 1 | George Alexander Cooper | 20 Feb 1856 | 1 Mar 1940 | 84 |
1 Mar 1940 to 5 Jan 1961 |
2 | George James Robertson Cooper Extinct on his death |
22 Jul 1890 | 5 Jan 1961 | 70 | |
COOPER of Shenstone Court, Staffs | ||||||
20 Dec 1905 | UK | 1 | Richard Powell Cooper | 21 Sep 1847 | 30 Jul 1913 | 65 |
30 Jul 1913 | 2 | Richard Ashmole Cooper MP for Walsall 1910‑1922 |
11 Aug 1874 | 5 Mar 1946 | 71 | |
5 Mar 1946 | 3 | William Herbert Cooper | 7 Mar 1901 | 8 Jun 1970 | 69 | |
8 Jun 1970 | 4 | Francis Ashmole Cooper | 9 Aug 1905 | 17 Jun 1987 | 81 | |
17 Jun 1987 | 5 | Richard Powell Cooper | 13 Apr 1934 | 5 Mar 2006 | 71 | |
5 Mar 2006 | 6 | Richard Adrian Cooper | 21 Aug 1960 | |||
COOPER of Berrydown Court, Hants | ||||||
19 Oct 1920 to 12 Feb 1922 |
UK | 1 | Sir Edward Ernest Cooper Extinct on his death |
5 Feb 1848 | 12 Feb 1922 | 74 |
COOPER of Singleton, Sussex | ||||||
1 Jul 1941 to 18 Dec 1941 |
UK | 1 | Francis D'Arcy Cooper Extinct on his death |
Nov 1882 | 18 Dec 1941 | 59 |
COOTE of Castle Cuffe, Queen's Co. | ||||||
2 Apr 1621 | I | 1 | Charles Coote | 7 May 1642 | ||
7 May 1642 | 2 | Charles Coote, later [1660] 1st Earl of Mountrath | c 1610 | 18 Dec 1661 | ||
18 Dec 1661 | 3 | Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath | c 1630 | 30 Aug 1672 | ||
30 Aug 1672 | 4 | Charles Coote, 3rd Earl of Mountrath | c 1635 | 29 May 1709 | ||
29 May 1709 | 5 | Charles Coote, 4th Earl of Mountrath | c 1680 | 14 Sep 1715 | 73 | |
14 Sep 1715 | 6 | Henry Coote, 5th Earl of Mountrath | 4 Jan 1684 | 27 Mar 1720 | 36 | |
27 Mar 1720 | 7 | Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath | 6 Jun 1689 | 27 Aug 1744 | 55 | |
27 Aug 1744 | 8 | Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath | c 1725 | 1 Mar 1802 | ||
1 Mar 1802 | 9 | Charles Henry Coote MP for Queens County 1821‑1847 and 1852‑1859 |
2 Jan 1794 | 8 Oct 1864 | 70 | |
8 Oct 1864 | 10 | Charles Henry Coote For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
Sep 1815 | 15 Nov 1895 | 80 | |
15 Nov 1895 | 11 | Algernon Coote | 29 Sep 1817 | 21 Nov 1899 | 82 | |
21 Nov 1899 | 12 | Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote Lord Lieutenant Queens County 1900‑1920 |
14 Dec 1847 | 22 Oct 1920 | 72 | |
22 Oct 1920 | 13 | Ralph Algernon Coote | 22 Sep 1874 | 2 Jul 1941 | 66 | |
2 Jul 1941 | 14 | John Ralph Coote | 10 Jan 1905 | 23 Jan 1978 | 73 | |
23 Jan 1978 | 15 | Christopher John Coote | 22 Sep 1928 | 29 Nov 2016 | 88 | |
29 Nov 2016 | 16 | Nicholas Patrick Coote | 28 Jul 1953 | |||
COOTE of Donnybrooke, Dublin | ||||||
18 May 1774 | I | 1 | Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellamont For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page |
12 Apr 1738 | 20 Oct 1800 | 62 |
20 Oct 1800 | 2 | Charles Coote | 1765 | 25 May 1857 | 91 | |
25 May 1857 | 3 | Charles Coote | 1798 | 5 Nov 1861 | 63 | |
5 Nov 1861 to 1 Feb 1920 |
4 | Charles Algernon Coote Extinct on his death |
1847 | 1 Feb 1920 | 72 | |
COPE of Hanwell, Oxon | ||||||
29 Jun 1611 | E | 1 | Anthony Cope MP for Banbury 1571‑1584 and 1586‑1601, and Oxfordshire 1604‑1611 and 1614 |
19 Mar 1550 | 23 Jul 1615 | 65 |
Jul 1615 | 2 | William Cope MP for Banbury 1604‑1611, 1614, 1621‑1622 and 1625, and Oxfordshire 1624‑1625 |
c 1577 | 2 Aug 1637 | ||
2 Aug 1637 | 3 | John Cope | 28 Aug 1608 | 25 Oct 1638 | 50 | |
Oct 1638 | 4 | Anthony Cope MP for Banbury 1660 and Oxfordshire 1661‑1675 |
16 Nov 1632 | 11 Jun 1675 | 42 | |
11 Jun 1675 | 5 | John Cope MP for Oxfordshire 1679‑1681 and 1689‑1690, and Banbury 1699‑1700 |
19 Nov 1634 | 11 Jan 1721 | 86 | |
11 Jan 1721 | 6 | John Cope MP for Plympton Erle 1705‑1708, Tavistock 1708‑1727, Hampshire 1727‑1734 and Lymington 1734‑1741 |
1 Dec 1673 | 8 Dec 1749 | 76 | |
8 Dec 1749 | 7 | Monoux Cope MP for Banbury 1722‑1727 and Newport (IOW) 1741‑1747 |
c 1696 | 29 Jun 1763 | ||
29 Jun 1763 | 8 | John Mordaunt Cope | c 1731 | 7 Mar 1779 | ||
7 Mar 1779 | 9 | Richard Cope | 6 Nov 1806 | |||
6 Nov 1806 | 10 | Denzil Cope | 18 Jun 1766 | 30 Dec 1812 | 46 | |
30 Dec 1812 | 11 | John Cope | 22 Jul 1768 | 18 Nov 1851 | 83 | |
18 Nov 1851 | 12 | William Henry Cope | 27 Feb 1811 | 7 Jan 1892 | 80 | |
7 Jan 1892 | 13 | Anthony Cope | 9 Mar 1842 | 3 Nov 1932 | 90 | |
3 Nov 1932 | 14 | Denzil Cope | 18 Sep 1873 | 3 Jun 1940 | 66 | |
3 Jun 1940 | 15 | Anthony Mohun Leckonby Cope For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
15 Jul 1927 | 13 May 1966 | 38 | |
13 May 1966 to 7 Nov 1972 |
16 | Mordaunt Leckonby Cope Extinct on his death |
12 Feb 1878 | 7 Nov 1972 | 94 | |
COPE of Brewern, Oxon | ||||||
1 Mar 1714 | GB | 1 | Jonathan Cope MP for Banbury 1713‑1722 |
c 1692 | 28 Mar 1765 | |
28 Mar 1765 | 2 | Charles Cope | c 1743 | 14 Jun 1781 | ||
14 Jun 1781 | 3 | Charles Cope | c 1770 | 25 Dec 1781 | ||
25 Dec 1781 to 30 Dec 1821 |
4 | Jonathan Cope Extinct on his death |
c 1758 | 30 Dec 1821 | ||
COPE of Osbaston Hall, Leics | ||||||
6 Feb 1918 | UK | 1 | Thomas Cope | 22 Aug 1840 | 17 Oct 1924 | 84 |
17 Oct 1924 to 23 Aug 1966 |
2 | Thomas George Cope Extinct on his death |
10 Feb 1884 | 23 Aug 1966 | 82 | |
COPE of St Mellons, Monmouth | ||||||
28 Jun 1928 | UK | 1 | William Cope He was subsequently created Baron Cope in 1945 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1946 |
18 Aug 1870 | 15 Jul 1946 | 75 |
COPLEY of Sprotborough, Yorks | ||||||
17 Jun 1661 | E | 1 | Godfrey Copley | 21 Feb 1623 | 17 Feb 1678 | 55 |
17 Feb 1678 to 9 Apr 1709 |
2 | Godfrey Copley MP for Aldborough 1679‑1685 and Thirsk 1695‑1709 Extinct on his death |
c 1653 | 9 Apr 1709 | ||
COPLEY of Sprotborough, Yorks | ||||||
28 Aug 1778 | GB | 1 | Joseph Copley | 11 Apr 1781 | ||
11 Apr 1781 | 2 | Lionel Copley MP for Tregony 1796‑1802 For information on this baronet's death, see the note at the foot of this page |
c 1767 | 4 Mar 1806 | ||
4 Mar 1806 | 3 | Joseph Copley | c 1769 | 21 May 1838 | ||
21 May 1838 to 4 Jan 1883 |
4 | Joseph William Copley Extinct on his death |
27 Jul 1804 | 4 Jan 1883 | 78 | |
CORBET of Sprowston, Norfolk | ||||||
4 Jul 1623 | E | 1 | John Corbet MP for Norfolk 1624‑1625 and Yarmouth 1625 and 1626 |
c 1591 | 19 Jan 1628 | |
19 Jan 1628 | 2 | John Corbet | by 1649 | |||
by 1649 to 1661 |
3 | Thomas Corbet Extinct on his death |
1661 | |||
CORBET of Stoke, Salop | ||||||
19 Sep 1627 | E | 1 | John Corbet MP for Shropshire 1640‑1648 |
20 May 1594 | Jul 1662 | 68 |
Jul 1662 | 2 | John Corbet | c 1620 | 24 Feb 1665 | ||
Feb 1665 | 3 | John Corbet | c 1645 | 1695 | ||
1695 | 4 | Robert Corbet MP for Shropshire 1705‑1710 and 1715‑1722 |
c 1670 | 3 Oct 1740 | ||
3 Oct 1740 | 5 | William Corbet MP for Montgomery 1727‑1741 and Ludlow 1741‑1748 |
1702 | 15 Sep 1748 | 46 | |
15 Sep 1748 to 7 May 1750 |
6 | Henry Corbet Extinct on his death |
7 May 1750 | |||
CORBET of Moreton Corbet, Salop | ||||||
29 Jan 1642 | E | 1 | Vincent Corbet MP for Shropshire 1640 |
13 Jun 1617 | 28 Dec 1656 | 39 |
28 Dec 1656 | 2 | Vincent Corbet MP for Shropshire 1679‑1680 |
c 1642 | 4 Feb 1681 | ||
4 Feb 1681 to 6 Aug 1688 |
3 | Vincent Corbet Extinct on his death |
22 May 1670 | 6 Aug 1688 | 18 | |
CORBET of Leighton, Montgomery | ||||||
20 Jun 1642 | E | 1 | Edward Corbett | c 1655 | ||
c 1655 | 2 | Richard Corbett MP for Shrewsbury 1677‑1681 |
2 Sep 1640 | 1 Aug 1683 | 42 | |
1 Aug 1683 | 3 | Uvedale Corbett | c 1668 | 15 Oct 1701 | ||
15 Oct 1701 to 25 Sep 1774 |
4 | Richard Corbett MP for Shrewsbury 1723‑1727 and 1734‑1754 On his death the baronetcy probably became extinct |
21 May 1696 | 25 Sep 1774 | 78 | |
CORBET of Stoke-upon-Tern and of Adderley, Salop | ||||||
27 Jun 1786 to 31 Mar 1823 |
GB | 1 | Corbet Corbet Extinct on his death |
6 Feb 1752 | 31 Mar 1823 | 71 |
CORBET of Moreton Corbet, Salop and of Linsdale, Bucks | ||||||
3 Oct 1808 | UK | 1 | Andrew Corbet | 17 Dec 1766 | 6 Jun 1835 | 68 |
6 Jun 1835 | 2 | Andrew Vincent Corbet | 15 Jun 1800 | 13 Sep 1855 | 55 | |
13 Sep 1855 | 3 | Vincent Rowland Corbet | 11 Aug 1821 | 22 May 1891 | 69 | |
22 May 1891 | 4 | Walter Orlando Corbet | 11 Jul 1856 | 21 Dec 1910 | 54 | |
21 Dec 1910 | 5 | Roland James Corbet | 19 Aug 1892 | 15 Apr 1915 | 22 | |
15 Apr 1915 | 6 | Gerald Vincent Corbet | 29 Oct 1868 | 4 Mar 1955 | 86 | |
4 Mar 1955 to 20 Mar 1996 |
7 | John Vincent Corbet Extinct on his death |
27 Feb 1911 | 20 Mar 1996 | 85 | |
CORBETT of Everley, Wilts | ||||||
15 Aug 1821 | UK | See "Astley-Corbett" | ||||
CORDELL of Long Melford, Suffolk | ||||||
22 Jun 1660 | E | 1 | Robert Cordell MP for Sudbury 1662‑1679 |
c 1616 | 3 Jan 1680 | |
Jan 1680 | 2 | John Cordell MP for Sudbury 1685‑1687 and Suffolk 1689‑1690 |
10 Nov 1646 | 9 Sep 1690 | 43 | |
Sep 1690 to 8 May 1704 |
3 | John Cordell MP for Sudbury 1701 Extinct on his death |
11 Nov 1677 | 8 May 1704 | 26 | |
CORNEWALL of London | ||||||
9 Aug 1764 | GB | 1 | George Amyand MP for Barnstaple 1754‑1766 |
26 Sep 1720 | 16 Aug 1766 | 45 |
16 Aug 1766 | 2 | George Amyand (Cornewall from 1771) MP for Herefordshire 1774‑1796 and 1802‑1807 |
8 Nov 1748 | 26 Sep 1819 | 70 | |
26 Sep 1819 | 3 | George Cornewall | 16 Jan 1774 | 27 Dec 1835 | 61 | |
27 Dec 1835 | 4 | Velters Cornewall | 20 Feb 1824 | 14 Oct 1868 | 44 | |
14 Oct 1868 | 5 | George Henry Cornewall | 13 Aug 1833 | 25 Sep 1908 | 75 | |
25 Sep 1908 | 6 | Geoffrey Cornewall | 7 May 1869 | 21 Jan 1951 | 81 | |
21 Jan 1951 to 18 May 1962 |
7 | William Francis Cornewall Extinct on his death |
16 Nov 1871 | 18 May 1962 | 90 | |
CORNISH of Sharnbrook, Berks | ||||||
1 Feb 1766 to 30 Oct 1770 |
GB | 1 | Samuel Cornish MP for New Shoreham 1765‑1770 Extinct on his death |
c 1715 | 30 Oct 1770 | |
CORNWALL of Holcombe Burnell, Devon | ||||||
22 Jun 1918 | UK | 1 | Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall MP for Bethnal Green North East 1906‑1922; PC 1921 |
30 Jun 1863 | 27 Feb 1953 | 89 |
27 Feb 1953 to 29 Aug 1962 |
2 | Reginald Edwin Cornwall Extinct on his death |
31 May 1887 | 29 Aug 1962 | 75 | |
CORNWALLIS of Brome, Suffolk | ||||||
4 May 1627 | E | 1 | Frederick Cornwallis He was subsequently created Baron Cornwallis in 1661 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1852 |
14 Mar 1611 | 7 Jan 1662 | 50 |
CORRIGAN of Cappagh and Innescorig, co. Dublin and Merrion Square, City of Dublin | ||||||
5 Feb 1866 | UK | 1 | Dominick John Corrigan MP for Dublin 1870‑1874 |
2 Dec 1802 | 1 Feb 1880 | 77 |
1 Feb 1880 to 23 Oct 1883 |
2 | John Joseph Corrigan Extinct on his death |
28 Dec 1859 | 23 Oct 1883 | 23 | |
CORRY of Dunraven, co.Antrim | ||||||
15 Sep 1885 | UK | 1 | James Porter Corry MP for Belfast 1874‑1885 and Armagh Mid 1886‑1891 |
8 Sep 1826 | 28 Nov 1891 | 65 |
28 Nov 1891 | 2 | William Corry | 20 Mar 1859 | 9 Jun 1926 | 67 | |
9 Jun 1926 | 3 | James Perowne Ivo Myles Corry | 10 Jun 1892 | 17 Feb 1987 | 94 | |
17 Feb 1987 | 4 | William James Corry | 1 Aug 1924 | 9 May 2000 | 75 | |
9 May 2000 | 5 | James Michael Corry | 3 Oct 1946 | |||
CORY of Llantarnam Abbey, Monmouth | ||||||
27 Nov 1907 to 3 Feb 1941 |
UK | 1 | Clifford John Cory MP for St Ives 1906‑1922 and 1923‑1924 Extinct on his death |
10 Apr 1859 | 3 Feb 1941 | 81 |
CORY of Coryton, Glamorgan | ||||||
13 May 1919 | UK | 1 | (James) Herbert Cory MP for Cardiff 1915‑1918 and Cardiff South 1918‑1923 |
7 Feb 1857 | 7 Feb 1933 | 76 |
7 Feb 1933 | 2 | Herbert George Donald Cory | 31 Dec 1879 | 7 May 1935 | 55 | |
7 May 1935 | 3 | Vyvyan Donald Cory | 2 Nov 1906 | 17 Mar 1941 | 34 | |
17 Mar 1941 | 4 | Clinton James Donald Cory | 1 Mar 1909 | 28 Aug 1991 | 82 | |
28 Aug 1991 | 5 | (Clinton Charles) Donald Cory | 13 Sep 1937 | 11 Oct 2022 | 85 | |
11 Oct 2022 | 5 | James Maurice Perkins Cory | 10 May 1966 | |||
CORY-WRIGHT of Caen Wood Towers, London, and Hornsey, Middlesex | ||||||
28 Aug 1903 | UK | 1 | Cory Francis Cory-Wright | 11 Aug 1838 | 30 May 1909 | 70 |
30 May 1909 | 2 | Arthur Cory Cory-Wright | 18 Nov 1869 | 21 Apr 1951 | 81 | |
21 Apr 1951 | 3 | Geoffrey Cory-Wright | 26 Aug 1892 | 23 Mar 1969 | 76 | |
23 Mar 1969 | 4 | Richard Michael Cory-Wright | 17 Jan 1944 | |||
CORYTON of Newton, Cornwall | ||||||
27 Feb 1662 | E | 1 | John Coryton MP for Callington 1660‑1661 and 1679, Cornwall 1661‑1679 and Launceston 1679‑1680 |
29 Jul 1621 | 23 Aug 1680 | 59 |
Aug 1680 | 2 | John Coryton MP for Newport 1679‑1681 and Callington 1685‑1690 |
21 Jan 1648 | 30 Jul 1690 | 42 | |
Jul 1690 | 3 | William Coryton MP for Bossiney 1679, Newport 1679‑1681, Callington 1681, 1685‑1687, 1695‑1701 and 1703‑1712, and Mitchell 1689 |
24 May 1650 | 6 Dec 1711 | 61 | |
6 Dec 1711 to 22 May 1739 |
4 | John Coryton MP for Callington 1713‑1722 and 1727‑1734 Extinct on his death |
3 Feb 1690 | 22 May 1739 | 49 | |
COSIN-GERARD of Fiskerton, Lincs | ||||||
17 Nov 1666 | E | See "Gerard" | ||||
COTTER of Rockforest, co. Cork | ||||||
11 Aug 1763 | I | 1 | James Cotter MP [I] for Askeaton 1761‑1768 |
1714 | 9 Jun 1770 | 55 |
9 Jun 1770 | 2 | James Laurence Cotter MP [I] for Taghmon 1771‑1776, Mallow 1783‑1790 and Castlemartyr 1790‑1800 |
1748 | 9 Feb 1829 | 80 | |
9 Feb 1829 | 3 | James Laurence Cotter MP for Mallow 1812‑1818 |
c 1787 | 31 Dec 1834 | ||
31 Dec 1834 | 4 | James Laurence Cotter For information on his son, Ludlow Cotter, see the note at the foot of this page |
4 Apr 1828 | 10 Oct 1902 | 74 | |
10 Oct 1902 | 5 | James Laurence Cotter | 11 Jul 1887 | 22 Aug 1924 | 37 | |
22 Aug 1924 | 6 | Delaval James Alfred Cotter | 29 Apr 1911 | 2 Apr 2001 | 89 | |
2 Apr 2001 | 7 | Patrick Laurence Delaval Cotter | 21 Nov 1941 | 11 Jan 2023 | 81 | |
11 Jan 2023 | 8 | Julius Laurence George Cotter | 4 Jan 1968 | |||
COTTERELL of Garnons, Hereford | ||||||
2 Nov 1805 | UK | 1 | John Geers Cotterell MP for Herefordshire 1802‑1803 and 1806‑1831 |
21 Sep 1757 | 26 Jan 1845 | 87 |
26 Jan 1845 | 2 | John Henry Cotterell | 20 Aug 1830 | 17 Feb 1847 | 16 | |
17 Feb 1847 | 3 | Geers Henry Cotterell MP for Herefordshire 1857‑1859 |
22 Aug 1834 | 17 Mar 1900 | 65 | |
17 Mar 1900 | 4 | John Richard Geers Cotterell Lord Lieutenant Hereford 1904‑1933 |
13 Jul 1866 | 13 Nov 1937 | 71 | |
13 Nov 1937 | 5 | Richard Charles Geers Cotterell Lord Lieutenant Hereford 1945‑1957 |
1 Jun 1907 | 5 Dec 1978 | 71 | |
5 Dec 1978 | 6 | John Henry Geers Cotterell | 8 May 1935 | 4 Dec 2017 | 82 | |
4 Dec 2017 | 7 | Henry Richard Geers Cotterell | 22 Aug 1961 | |||
COTTINGTON of Hanworth, Middlesex | ||||||
16 Feb 1623 | E | 1 | Francis Cottington He was subsequently created Baron Cottington in 1631 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1652 |
c 1579 | 19 Jun 1652 | |
COTTON of Connington, Hants | ||||||
29 Jun 1611 | E | 1 | Robert Cotton MP for Newtown 1601, Huntingdonshire 1604‑1611, Old Sarum 1624‑1625, Thetford 1625 and Castle Rising 1628‑1629 |
22 Jan 1571 | 6 May 1631 | 60 |
6 May 1631 | 2 | Thomas Cotton MP for Great Marlow 1624‑1625, St. Germans 1628‑1629 and Huntingdonshire 1640 |
1594 | 13 May 1662 | 67 | |
13 May 1662 | 3 | John Cotton MP for Huntingdon 1661‑1679 and Huntingdonshire 1685‑1687 |
9 Mar 1621 | 14 Sep 1702 | 81 | |
14 Sep 1702 | 4 | John Cotton MP for Huntingdon 1705‑1706 and Huntingdonshire 1710‑1713 |
c 1680 | 5 Feb 1731 | ||
5 Feb 1731 | 5 | Robert Cotton | c 1669 | 12 Jul 1749 | ||
12 Jul 1749 to 27 Mar 1752 |
6 | John Cotton Extinct on his death |
27 Mar 1752 | |||
COTTON of Landwade, Cambs | ||||||
14 Jul 1641 | E | 1 | John Cotton | Sep 1615 | 25 Mar 1689 | 73 |
25 Mar 1689 | 2 | John Cotton MP for Cambridge 1689‑1695, 1696‑1702 and 1705‑1708 |
c 1648 | 15 Jan 1713 | ||
15 Jan 1713 | 3 | John Hynde Cotton MP for Cambridge 1708‑1722 and 1727‑1741, Cambridgeshire 1722‑1727 and Marlborough 1741‑1752 |
7 Apr 1686 | 4 Feb 1752 | 65 | |
4 Feb 1752 | 4 | John Hynde Cotton MP for St. Germans 1741‑1747, Marlborough 1752‑1761 and Cambridgeshire 1764‑1780 |
c 1717 | 23 Jan 1795 | ||
23 Jan 1795 | 5 | Charles Cotton | c 1758 | 24 Feb 1812 | ||
24 Feb 1812 to 25 Jan 1863 |
6 | St. Vincent Cotton Extinct on his death |
6 Oct 1801 | 25 Jan 1863 | 61 | |
COTTON of Combermere, Cheshire | ||||||
29 Mar 1677 | E | 1 | Robert Cotton MP for Cheshire 1679‑1681 and 1689‑1702 |
c 1635 | 18 Dec 1712 | |
18 Dec 1712 | 2 | Thomas Cotton | c 1672 | 12 Jun 1715 | ||
12 Jun 1715 | 3 | Robert Salusbury Cotton MP for Cheshire 1727‑1734 and Lostwithiel 1741‑1747; Lord Lieutenant Denbigh 1733‑1748 |
2 Jan 1695 | 27 Aug 1748 | 53 | |
27 Aug 1748 | 4 | Lynch Salusbury Cotton MP for Denbighshire 1749‑1774 |
c 1705 | 14 Aug 1775 | ||
14 Aug 1775 | 5 | Robert Salusbury Cotton MP for Cheshire 1780‑1796 |
c 1739 | 24 Aug 1809 | ||
24 Aug 1809 | 6 | Stapleton Cotton He was subsequently created Baron Combermere in 1814 and Viscount Combermere in 1827 with which title the baronetcy remains merged |
14 Nov 1773 | 21 Feb 1865 | 91 | |
COTTON of Thornton Hall, Bucks | ||||||
29 Sep 1809 | UK | See "Sheppard" | ||||
COTTS of Coldharbour Wood, Sussex | ||||||
15 Jun 1921 | UK | 1 | See "Mitchell Cotts" | |||
COUPER of the Army | ||||||
23 Jun 1841 | UK | 1 | George Couper | 1788 | 28 Feb 1861 | 72 |
28 Feb 1861 | 2 | George Ebenezer Wilson Couper Governor of North-Western Provinces 1877‑1882 |
29 Apr 1824 | 5 Mar 1908 | 83 | |
5 Mar 1908 | 3 | Ramsay George Henry Couper | 1 Nov 1855 | 20 Mar 1949 | 93 | |
20 Mar 1949 | 4 | Guy Couper | 12 Mar 1889 | 30 Nov 1973 | 84 | |
30 Nov 1973 | 5 | George Robert Cecil Couper | 15 Oct 1898 | 26 May 1975 | 76 | |
26 May 1975 | 6 | Robert Nicholas Oliver Couper | 9 Oct 1945 | 9 May 2002 | 56 | |
9 May 2002 | 7 | James George Couper | 27 Oct 1977 | |||
COURTAULD of Bocking, Essex | ||||||
5 Jul 1939 to 18 May 1940 |
UK | 1 | William Julien Courtauld Extinct on his death |
Jun 1870 | 18 May 1940 | 69 |
COURTEN of Aldington, Worcs | ||||||
18 May 1622 to 1624 |
E | 1 | Peter Courten Extinct on his death |
c 1598 | 1624 | |
COURTENAY of Newcastle, co. Limerick | ||||||
20 Dec 1621 | I | 1 | George Courtenay | c 1583 | 5 Mar 1644 | |
5 Mar 1644 | 2 | William Courtenay | 1616 | 4 Feb 1652 | ||
4 Feb 1652 | 3 | Francis Courtenay | 1617 | 20 Mar 1660 | 42 | |
20 Mar 1660 to c 1700 |
4 | William Courtenay Extinct on his death |
c 1659 | c 1700 | ||
COURTENAY of Powderham Castle, Devon | ||||||
Feb 1644 | E | 1 | William Courtenay, de jure 5th Earl of Devon MP for Ashburton 1660 and Devon 1679‑1685 |
7 Sep 1628 | 1 Aug 1702 | 73 |
1 Aug 1702 | 2 | William Courtenay MP for Devon 1701‑1710 and 1712‑1735; Lord Lieutenant Devon 1714‑1716 |
11 Mar 1676 | 6 Oct 1735 | 59 | |
6 Oct 1735 | 3 | William Courtenay He was subsequently created Viscount Courtenay in 1762 with which title the baronetcy then merged. At present the baronetcy remains merged with the Earldom of Devon |
11 Feb 1710 | 16 May 1762 | 52 | |
COURTHOPE of Whiligh, Sussex | ||||||
30 Jun 1925 | UK | 1 | George Lloyd Courthope He was subsequently created Baron Courthope in 1945 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1955 |
12 Jun 1877 | 2 Sep 1955 | 78 |
COVERT of Slaugham, Sussex | ||||||
2 Jul 1660 to 11 Mar 1679 |
E | 1 | John Covert MP for Horsham 1661‑1679 Extinct on his death |
6 Jun 1620 | 11 Mar 1679 | 58 |
COWAN | ||||||
9 Nov 1837 to 22 Oct 1842 |
UK | 1 | John Cowan Extinct on his death |
1774 | 22 Oct 1842 | 68 |
COWAN of Beeslack, Midlothian | ||||||
12 May 1894 to 26 Oct 1900 |
UK | 1 | John Cowan Extinct on his death |
1814 | 26 Oct 1900 | 86 |
COWAN of the Baltic | ||||||
28 Jan 1921 to 14 Feb 1956 |
UK | 1 | Sir Walter Henry Cowan Extinct on his death |
11 Jun 1871 | 14 Feb 1956 | 84 |
COWELL-STEPNEY of Llanelly, Carmarthen | ||||||
22 Sep 1871 | UK | 1 | John Stepney Cowell‑Stepney MP for Carmarthen 1868‑1874 |
28 Feb 1791 | 15 May 1877 | 86 |
15 May 1877 to 2 Jul 1909 |
2 | Emile Algernon Arthur Keppell Cowell‑Stepney MP for Carmarthen 1876‑1878 and 1886‑1892 Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page |
26 Dec 1834 | 2 Jul 1909 | 74 | |
COWPER of Ratlingcourt, Kent | ||||||
4 Mar 1642 | E | 1 | William Cowper | 7 Mar 1582 | 20 Dec 1664 | 82 |
20 Dec 1664 | 2 | William Cowper MP for Hertford 1679‑1681 and 1689‑1700 |
14 Dec 1639 | 26 Nov 1706 | 66 | |
26 Nov 1706 | 3 | William Cowper He was subsequently created Baron Cowper in Dec 1706 and Earl Cowper in 1718 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1905 |
24 Jun 1665 | 10 Oct 1723 | 58 | |
Sir John Conroy, 1st baronet | ||
Conroy was an Irish army officer who was appointed as private secretary and later Comptroller of the Household of the Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria. Perhaps due to Conroy's influence, the relationship between the Duchess's household and King William IV soon soured. The Duchess offended the King by restricting his access to his young niece and by appropriating rooms in Kensington Palace that William had reserved for himself. | ||
Conroy had high hopes for the Duchess and himself; he foresaw that Victoria might succeed to the throne before she was of age, thus necessitating a regency headed by her mother, the Duchess, with Conroy being, literally, the power behind the throne. But William IV lived long enough to enable Victoria to reach her majority. The Duchess attempted to pressure the young Queen into signing a paper declaring Conroy her personal secretary, but she refused and dismissed Conroy from the Royal Household. She could not, however, dismiss him from the Queen Mother's Household. As a consolation, she granted him a baronetcy, although it is reported that Conroy felt that he deserved an least an earldom. He had previously been knighted in August 1827. | ||
His relationship with the Duchess of Kent was the subject of much speculation. Queen Victoria was reported to have discovered her mother and Conroy engaged in a situation which led her to believe that the two were more than mistress and servant. There were even rumours that Conroy was Victoria's father, but given that the Duchess and Conroy had never met until after Victoria's conception, these rumours can be dismissed. | ||
Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th baronet [UK 1886] | ||
To the best of my knowledge, Sir Francis was the most-married baronet in history. His marital saga began in February 1928 when, aged 20, he married Molly Violet Mappin. They divorced in 1930. In February 1933, he married his second wife, Dorothea Alice Bennett, but they divorced in 1935. His third wife, whom he married in June 1937, was Joan Loraine Case. This marriage ended in divorce in 1942. His fourth marriage, in October 1942, to Barbara Frances Lang, also ended in divorce in 1947, the same year in which he took his fifth wife, Juliet Berry Perkins. Once again this marriage ended in divorce in 1951. Sir Francis did not remain single for long, since he was married for the sixth time, in August 1951. His bride was Jane Audrey Nott, but divorce was also to be the eventual outcome in 1956. Sir Francis's seventh, and final, wife was Bridget Brenda Pollard, whom he married in December 1956. This time, the marriage lasted for over 20 years, only coming to an end when Sir Francis died in September 1978. | ||
In summary, seven marriages and six divorces. The only children of the numerous marriages were the 5th and present baronet, whose mother was Sir Francis's third wife, and a daughter by his sixth wife. | ||
On the occasion of his seventh marriage, the Daily Mail's gossip columnist was in attendance and reported [gushed?] in his column published on 4 December 1956:- | ||
Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, fourth baronet, who has grey hair, a ginger moustache, and a fortune, also has a limitless faith in the future. | ||
"This one," he told me yesterday, as he sipped his champagne from an antique glass, "is going to last. I have had my final divorce." For yesterday Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook - in the register office of St. Helier on the isle of Jersey - took unto himself his seventh wife, his six other marriages having been dissolved by law. | ||
Sir Francis, who wore a chalk-stripe suit, a blue and silver tie, and a red carnation, did not falter when he said "I will". After all, he had had plenty of practice. | ||
And after the ceremony, when their large hired limousine was caught in a traffic jam in one of the narrow streets of St. Helier, the seventh Lady Cook waved gracefully to passers-by. | ||
The seventh Lady Cook wore a navy-blue two piece costume - and a mink coat. She is 29. Before her marriage she was Mrs. Bridget Pollard. She has been divorced only once. And as I, too, sipped champagne from an antique glass, I said to the seventh Lady Cook: "How do you intend to prevent this marriage going on the rocks?" The seventh Lady Cook looked at me evenly. "To tell you," she said, "would be unfair to all the others." | ||
On Sir Francis's death, the following obituary appeared in The Times on 15 September 1978:- | ||
Sir Francis Cook, fourth baronet, who died on September 12 at the age of 70, was the son of Sir Herbert Cook, for many years chairman of Cook and Co. (St.Paul's) Ltd., manufacturers and warehousemen, but perhaps better known, particularly in the world of art, as the owner of the magnificent Cook collection at Doughty House, Richmond, [and] as an organizer and lender to exhibitions of old masters. Sir Herbert Cook, who died in 1939, was not to any great extent himself a collector but what he inherited from his grandfather, Sir Francis Cook, first baronet, was generally agreed to be one of the finest collections of old master paintings in England. Among its treasures were "The Three Marys at the Sepulchre" by Van Eyck, "The Adoration of the Magi" by Fra Filippo Lippi, Rembrandt's portrait of his son Titus and some splendid Spanish works. | ||
Sir Francis Cook, who has just died, thus had a rich inheritance; he also showed family taste for art and was a generous lender of works from the family collection but over the years many of the several hundred paintings which it comprised were dispersed, the family trust retaining a nucleus. In March 1965 at Christie's the portrait of Titus by Rembrandt was sold for 760,000 guineas to the Norton Simon Foundation. The picture was one of five paintings which together fetched £1,052,000, then a record for a one-day sale in Britain. The other paintings to be sold included a Velasquez, a conversation piece by Hogarth, and an early Turner landscape. | ||
Sir Francis Cook was born on December 21, 1907, and educated at Bradfield College, and privately. He painted and had exhibited at the Royal Academy, the R.B.A. [Royal Society of British Artists] and the London Portrait Society; and his work is represented at several British art galleries. He was interested in picture restoration and in music. | ||
He was seven times married and is succeeded by his son, Mr Christopher Cook. | ||
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Cooper created in 1821 | ||
From the London Gazette of 28 July 1821 (issue 17730, page 1555):- | ||
His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to … Astley Paston Cooper, of Gadesbridge, in the county of Hertford, Esq. Surgeon to His Majesty's Person, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his nephew, Astley Paston Cooper, Esq. and his heirs male. | ||
Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 1st baronet | ||
Sir Astley Cooper was one of the leading lights of the medical profession during the first half of the 19th century. The following biography is taken from the Australian monthly magazine Parade in its issue for February 1971:- | ||
In the 1830s when the elderly and ailing Sir Astley Cooper was sent for by a new patient, he invariably ordered his valet to go on ahead and count the stairs leading to the invalid's bedroom. If Cooper considered the climb too arduous he brusquely demanded that the patient be carried downstairs before agreeing to attend him. Even then the doctor refused to be hurried. Before leaving home he had to be freshly shaved, his hair dressed and his clothing inspected to ensure that it was immaculate. One personal servant attended him in the sick room. Another, if necessary, took over the kitchen and instructed the cook how to prepare the invalid's diet. Kings, prime ministers and dukes down to the humblest individual sought his advice - Cooper made not the slightest distinction between them. | ||
Few doctors would have dared to treat their patients in such a high-handed manner, but Sir Astley Cooper, baronet and royal physician, was unique. For 30 years in the early 19th century he dominated the British medical profession as the most brilliant, most sought-after and by far the wealthiest physician of his age. The firebrand young doctor who once loudly rejoiced in the French Revolution eventually boasted an income of £20,000 a year - a figure unheard of in his field for a half a century to come. However, Astley Cooper was much more than merely a fashionable physician who often could look down on a queue of coroneted carriages lined up outside his door. His treatment of heart and chest diseases, his lectures on anatomy and his daring operating techniques set standards unsurpassed for generations after his death. | ||
The son of a parson and scion of an old landowning family, Astley Paston Cooper was born at Brooke Hall near Norwich on August 23, 1768. His destiny was decided on the day when an uncle, a well-known London doctor, took him to witness an operation at Guys Hospital and the boy was fascinated by the spectacle. On his 18th birthday he entered Guys as apprentice to his uncle, but soon transferred to St. Thomas's to study under Henry Cline [1750‑1827], the most famous surgeon of the time. Impressed by Cooper's precocious skill, Cline took him into his own household, allowed him to assist at operations and predicted that "the boy would soon teach the master". | ||
In 1789, before he was 21, Cooper was demonstrator in anatomy at St. Thomas's. Two years later Cline appointed him joint lecturer with himself in surgery at the hospital. Cline's influence, however, was not confined to medicine, for the surgeon's house was a meeting place for some of the extreme radical politicians, journalists and artists of the day. The circle hailed with jubilation the fall of the Bastille and the outbreak of the French Revolution and young Dr. Cooper became one of their most ardent spokesmen. | ||
When he married he insisted on demonstrating his republican enthusiasm by carrying his reluctant bride off to France for their honeymoon. The couple arrived in Paris in the late summer of 1792 just as the terror was reaching its height. King Louis and Marie Antoinette were prisoners. Hundreds of aristocrats had been butchered as the mob swept through the gaols and every day the tumbrels rattled over the cobbled roads to the guillotine. Unmoved by these horrors, Cooper attended meetings of the revolutionary Convention, applauded Robespierre's harangues and wrote back to Britain that henceforth, he was the dedicated enemy of kings and tyrants. Disillusion soon followed when he was mistaken for a French aristocrat and threatened with arrest. He fled as hastily as possible back to London. | ||
When Cooper was appointed surgeon at Guys Hospital a few years later he was only too glad to make a solemn declaration that he had abandoned forever his principles of atheism and republicanism. Thereafter, Cooper kept his political beliefs discreetly to himself and the 'apostles of liberty' who met in Henry Cline's house knew him no more. | ||
By 1800 Cooper was not only the most renowned surgeon at Guys but his private practice was increasing so fast that his working day extended from before dawn to after midnight. Often he rose at 4 am to deliver his lectures while the shivering, sleepy-eyed students held candles to illuminate the naked corpse laid out for dissection. The 'resurrection men' who plied the grisly trade of digging up freshly buried bodies to sell to the doctors found him one of their most profitable customers. And his rising wealth enabled him to pick and choose among the countless "specimens" surreptitiously carted by night to the door of his dissecting room at Guys. | ||
Once, giving evidence before a parliamentary enquiry into the traffic of body-snatching, Cooper blandly declared: "There is no dead person, no matter what his station in life might have been, whom I could not obtain if I were disposed to dissect him." The only effect of the law forbidding the trade, said Cooper, was that it enhanced the price and made it difficult for poorer doctors to get all the corpses they needed. The thought that not even the remains of statesmen, nobility and gentry were safe from ending up in a sack destined for Cooper's dissecting table filled the committee with horror. Cooper's revealing frankness was bitterly assailed by the diehards of the College of Surgeons, but it made no difference to the clamour for his services from the public. | ||
By the time he had reached his 40s the stripling radical had developed into a tall, burly, commanding figure with a ruddy face and an insatiable appetite for work. His dress and manners were described as "splendid as any lord's", but beneath the courtesy was a domineering will-power before which his grandest patients stood in awe. The fees he charged were staggering by the standards of the time, though Cooper always asserted that he carefully regulated them according to what the patient could pay. Once, when he was called to the bedside of a notoriously rich and miserly West Indian planter, he bluntly demanded 1000 guineas before even examining the patient. The invalid wailed that he could not possibly afford such a sum. Then, as Cooper turned on his heel to go, he scribbled his signature on a note for the full amount, rolled it in his night-cap and flung it at the doctor's head. | ||
Eventually Astley Cooper's earnings were reputed to be at least £20,000 a year, by far the greatest fortune ever reaped by a medical practitioner up to his time. And his private practice was only one part of his work - the part that Cooper himself regarded as the least important of his duties. Long before dawn he was busy at the dissecting table. "I believe I have lost a day if I lay my head on the pillow at night without having cut something up that day," he once declared. The early morning was devoted to poorer patients who began gathering at his door at daybreak and were never turned away, no matter how humble or ragged. Then Cooper hurried to the hospital to operate and lecture until the afternoon before returning for consultations and visits to the rich and fashionable that usually lasted until midnight. | ||
In 1804 he published at his own expense a monumental volume on the treatment of hernias - losing 1000 guineas in the venture because he insisted on including hundreds of costly illustrative plates. However, the money meant little to him and this and other treatises in succeeding years spread his reputation through every medical centre in Europe. Though many colleagues envied his wealth and sneered at his passion for fine clothes, they were united in admiration for his astonishing surgical skill. | ||
In Cooper's day there were no anaesthetics or antiseptics. It was taken for granted that probably one-third of the patients would die on the table from shock or from gangrene and blood-poisoning afterwards. One of the secrets of success was speed, and Cooper operated with a boldness and rapidity that no other surgeon in London dared to attempt. His outstanding achievements were in operations on the heart and chest, especially in tying off the aortic artery in cases of aneurism - previously regarded as condemning the sufferer to almost certain death. | ||
Among Cooper's host of eminent patients was Lord Liverpool, who became Prime Minister in 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars. One day late in 1820, shortly after George IV had succeeded to the throne, Liverpool summoned the doctor and asked him if he would undertake an operation on His Majesty. Not being one of the royal surgeons and wary of affronting his colleagues, Cooper hesitated until Liverpool told him that the King insisted on seeking his advice. The problem was a small, infected cyst on top of the royal head. The surgeons were well aware of the danger of operating so close to the brain and were only too glad to step aside in Cooper's favour. The operation was a complete success and King George was spared to enjoy another 10 years of woman-chasing, guzzling and drinking before he joined his ancestors. | ||
His preserver became Sir Astley Cooper, baronet and royal physician, and the following decade saw him at the pinnacle of his fame and fortune. Moving to a mansion near St. James's Park, he at last gave up his arduous hospital lectures to concentrate on private practice and perfecting his operating techniques. He bought an estate in Hertfordshire intending to spend his spare time in rural seclusion but soon his restless mind turned it also into an extension of his medical work. He began buying cheap, broken-down cattle and horses in London's Smithfield market and experimented in rejuvenating them before trying the methods on his human patients. | ||
By the 1830s, however, years of over-work and lack of sleep were taking their toll in recurrent heart attacks and bouts of complete exhaustion. When friends urged him to retire he retorted angrily: "A man who is not too old to study is not too old to be a physician." He refused resolutely to give up his enormous practice, only making the concession that he would not climb more than 20 stairs "to see the grandest man in the kingdom". Sir Astley Cooper was still in harness when he died on February 12, 1841. At his own desire he was buried beneath the chapel of Guys Hospital, the institution that had been the scene of many of his historic feats of surgery. | ||
Sir Charles Henry Coote, 10th baronet [I 1621] | ||
Sir Charles' temper appears to have gotten the better of him in February 1867, when he appeared in the police courts, as shown in the following report which appeared in the Glasgow Herald of 1 March 1867:- | ||
Sir Charles Coote, Bart., of Connaught Place, Bayswater, and Ada Eliza Glover, of Norfolk Square, were brought before Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow Street, yesterday, under the following circumstances: - Mr. Richardson, the station-master at the South-Eastern Railway Terminus, Charing Cross, stated that a little before six on the previous evening his attention was called to the female prisoner, who had already been several times put out of the station, and persisted in coming back. She was the worse for liquor. He told her he could not allow her to remain, and asked her where she wanted to go, and if he could do anything for her. | ||
At first she would give no reply, but at last she said she was waiting for a friend. At this point the male defendant came into the station, and she ran up to him, threw her arms around his neck, and told him that witness had insulted her. The male prisoner asked him what he meant by insulting the lady. Witness replied that he had not done so. The prisoner called him a liar and a scoundrel, and added - "Do you know who I am? I am Sir Charles Coote. Who are you?" Witness said he was the station-master, and if the defendant would come into witness's office he would give him every explanation. He refused to do so, and again accused him of insulting the lady, and swore at him. Witness again denied having insulted the lady, upon which Sir Charles struck him on the chest. Witness then gave him in charge to Inspector Parker. | ||
Mr. Parker, Inspector of the South-Eastern Railway Police, stated that his attention was first called to the female prisoner, about an hour previously. She was then the worse for liquor, and was disputing with a cabman who had brought her to the station. He was demanding payment of his fare, and also for two windows which she had broken. She gave the cabman a sovereign, which he was unwilling to take, doubting whether it was a good one. Witness told him it was an Australian sovereign, for which they would give him change at the Banking Office. The cabman went for the change, and witness wanted to see him give it to the prisoner, deducting what he was entitled to. She went away, but returned in about 10 minutes. Witness advised her to go away quietly, and offered to call a cab. She then hailed a hansom cab, and proceeded to throw her umbrella into it, missing the first time, but succeeding on a second attempt. She did not get into the cab, but walked up and down the street in a very unbecoming manner, staggering and throwing her dress about. The cabman was driving off when witness stopped him, took the umbrella out of the cab, and deposited it in the cloak room, as she was incapable of taking care of it. She then went away in another cab with a woman dressed as a widow, and in about 10 minutes she returned, when witness called the attention of the station-master to her. | ||
Mr. Parker then went on to corroborate Mr. Richardson's evidence, and added that as he was removing Sir Charles from the platform the woman struck him several times. He put them both into a cab to remove them to the police station, and she again struck him from within the cab. It appears that the woman who got into the cab with the female defendant was recognised as a thief by the policeman on duty in the Strand, who hinted to her that he should watch her, suspecting that she meant to rob the lady. Upon this she got out of the cab. The lady's purse was afterwards found in the cab by a gentleman, an M.P., who hired it to go down to the House, and who called at the King Street Station and left the purse there. It was subsequently returned to the prisoner. | ||
Sir Charles Coote admitted the assault, but he said he was provoked to it, believing that the lady had been insulted. He did not think she was intoxicated, though she might have been a little excited. She was a very sober woman. In fact, he had never seen her the worse for liquor during the six years that [they] had lived together in Paris. He had agreed to take her over to Folkestone, and not having a Bradshaw [a book of railway timetables] they could not tell the hour at which the train started. She thought it was four o'clock, and arriving at that time had to wait till six. During the interval, no doubt, she had some refreshment, including some sherry, which perhaps did not agree with her, as she was not accustomed to it, being only in the habit of drinking light French wines. All this would not have happened if they had known the correct time; and he must say it showed the danger of a lady going anywhere alone in London. She might have waited two hours at any station in Paris without the least chance of being insulted. | ||
There were several other witnesses, but Sir Thomas Henry thought it unnecessary to call them, being satisfied with the evidence of Mr. Richardson and Inspector Parker. It was quite clear that the female prisoner was drunk, and that the station-master had acted with great forbearance towards her. He thought Sir Charles had acted in a rash and hasty manner, and had come to the conclusion that the woman had been insulted without sufficient grounds. At all events, he was not justified in using such offensive language. He must pay £5 for the assault, and £2 for the abusive language; and the female must pay £5 for the assault; or three weeks' imprisonment each. The fines of course were paid. | ||
The special remainder to the baronetcy of Coote created in 1774 | ||
From the London Gazette of 26 April 1774 (issue 11452, page 1):- | ||
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain unto Charles Coote, Earl of Bellamont of the Kingdom of Ireland, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, and in Default of such Issue to Charles Coote, of Donybrook in the County of Dublin. Esq; and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten. | ||
Sir Anthony Mohun Leckonby Cope, 15th baronet [E 1611] | ||
From The Guardian of 14 May 1966:- | ||
Sir Anthony Cope, of Doulting Manor, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, was killed yesterday when he fell from a train at Longsight, Manchester. | ||
The train, an express from Plymouth, was picking up speed near Slade Lane Junction after leaving Stockport when Sir Anthony's companion saw him falling through a corridor door. The friend was unable to reach him in time. | ||
Sir Anthony, who was educated at Oxford, succeeded to the title in 1940. He served in the Rifle Brigade, and was married in 1956 to the daughter of a surgeon. | ||
From The Guardian of 10 June 1966:- | ||
Sir Anthony Cope, aged 38, of Doulting Manor, Shepton Mallet, committed suicide while his mind was disturbed, a Manchester inquest jury decided yesterday. | ||
Sir Anthony, a mental patient, was being transferred from a Bath hospital to Manchester when he fell from the train. | ||
Sir Lionel Copley, 2nd baronet | ||
Sir Lionel met with a particularly grisly death in March 1806. According to the Caledonian Mercury of 13 March 1806, "The melancholy event which occasioned the death of this gentleman has not been correctly stated. He had ascended a library ladder, from which he fell, and broke his leg in so deplorable a manner, that the bone stuck deeply in the floor. A fever ensued, and terminated in the death of the unfortunate gentleman." | ||
Sir Ludlow Cotter, son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, 4th baronet | ||
Ludlow Cotter was the last person who was allowed to enjoy a privilege which had been granted to all baronetcies created before 1827. | ||
When the Baronetage was first created in 1611, members of the order were granted a number of privileges, one of which was the right of knighthood for the eldest sons of baronets. The wording of the Letters Patent is as follows:- | ||
And further of Our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, We do hereby declare and express our true intent and meaning to have been, and do hereby promise and grant for Us, our heirs and successors, to and with such Gentlemen as now be, or at any time hereafter shall be Baronets; That so soon as they or any of them shall attain the age of one-and-twenty years. And likewise so soon as the eldest son and apparent heir male of the bodies of them, or any of them, shall during the life of their Father or Grandfather attain to the age of one-and-twenty years; and that the said baronets, or the said eldest sons or apparent heirs males, shall be presented to Us by the Lord Chamberlain of our household, or Vice-Chamberlain for the time being, or in their absence by any other officer attending upon the person of Us, our heirs or successors to be made Knights that they and every of them shall from time to time be made Knights by Us, our heirs and successors accordingly. | ||
As a result of the above, the Patent (i.e. the document which creates a baronetcy) of every non-Scottish baronet created between 1611 and 1827 included a clause which ratified the privilege that the eldest son of a baronet was entitled to apply to be knighted as soon as he came of age. For a discussion on the situation as regards Scottish baronets, see the note under the baronetcy of Broun of Colstoun. | ||
This privilege was withdrawn by an Ordinance dated 19 December 1827. After describing the promise made in the original Letters Patent in relation to the right to knighthood, the Ordinance states that " … our heirs and successors Do revoke determine and make void the said promise and grant in the said last mentioned Letters Patent contained with respect to all Letters Patent for the creation of Baronets to be made and granted after these presents. And that the said Letters Patent shall be made hereafter without such clause as hereinbefore mentioned without prejudice nevertheless to any Letters Patents heretofore granted or to the rights and privileges now by Law belonging to any Baronet and his heirs male." | ||
In other words, the right to knighthood was removed from all future creations of baronetcies, but the right was retained for all existing baronetcies at that time. Even so, the privilege was very rarely claimed between the period 1827 to 1874, but, when it was claimed, the privilege appears to have been allowed as a matter of course. | ||
Two such knighthoods were granted during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Firstly, on 21 February 1865, George Clendining O'Donnell, son of Sir Richard Annesley O'Donnell, 4th baronet, was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Sir George succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1878, and died in 1889, when the baronetcy became extinct. The last occasion when such a knighthood was granted occurred on 12 December 1874, when Ludlow Cotter, eldest son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, was knighted at Windsor, shortly after his 21st birthday. He died in the lifetime of his father on 23 November 1882, aged only 29. | ||
No successful applications have been made since 1874. When, in May 1895, Claude Champion de Crespigny, eldest son of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th baronet, claimed the honour of knighthood soon after reaching the age of 21, his application was rejected. I have no information other than the application was considered to be 'not valid', but it seems to me that there was no reason for the claim not being valid - the baronetcy, having been created in 1805, pre-dated the 1827 revocation of the privilege. Even the authorities at the College of Arms had previously disagreed with the rejection of such applications; as quoted in A History of the Baronetage by Francis Pixley (Duckworth & Co, London 1900), Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms 1820‑1853, said, "I am surprised to hear such a doubt stated by the Law Officers of the Crown, as that the Sovereign has not a right to bind his successors to confer the honour of Knighthood on the Eldest Sons of Baronets; for it was part and parcel of the Constitution at the foundation of the Order, and consequently part of its essence, and therefore inseparable from it." | ||
Claude Champion de Crespigny, whose application had been rejected, was found dead in the morning of 18 May 1910, a revolver in his hand. He was 36. | ||
Sir Emile Algernon Arthur Keppell Cowell‑Stepney, 2nd baronet | ||
Cowell-Stepney was always known by his christian name of Arthur. He was a keen amateur coleopterist, a hobby which indirectly led to his death from heatstroke in Yuma, Arizona, in July 1909, during a journey to study the local beetles. | ||
The following edited report appeared in the Los Angeles Times on 3 July 1909:- | ||
Sir Arthur Cowell Stepney, an English baronet with large estates and a scientist of distinction, was found dead today in the train conductors' room of the Southern Pacific station [in Yuma, Arizona]. Among his papers was found a deposit slip for $13,000 in a Los Angeles bank. | ||
Until a search of the dead man's belongings had been made his identity was a mystery, as he had registered at the hotel as Mr. W.C. Stepney of Seattle. His presence here is a mystery. | ||
The address of a firm of London solicitors, evidently his representatives, was found amongst his papers and they have been cabled for instructions. | ||
Stepney had ordered a carriage for a drive, but when it came [he] could not be found about the hotel, and only an extended search revealed his resting place in the station. Life was extinct when a physician, who had been hastily summoned, reached him. | ||
Gold and notes to the amount of several hundred dollars were found upon the dead man, and receipts and bank books among his effects showed him to be a person of large means. He carried a quantity of baggage and had apparently recently landed from a sea voyage. | ||
Sir Arthur Cowell Stepney was the only instance of a wealthy English baronet publicly renouncing, and adjuring, so to speak, an inherited honor of this kind, although many other titled Englishmen have dropped the prefixes to their names on coming to America. | ||
The divorce suit of Stepney's wife, which was heard in London in May, 1903, was one of the strangest ever recorded in the English courts. The charge was desertion. | ||
The marriage took place in 1875. There were during the first few months certain eccentricities on the part of the respondent to which Lady Cowell did not pay much attention. On the birth of their daughter, in September, 1876, he showed the greatest delight. On October 6, 1876, he left his home and had never since lived with his wife. | ||
Certain allegations, which Cowell Stepney made at the time against his wife, were investigated, and were found to be baseless. They were the result of mental delusion, for which he was treated by Sir William Gull and Dr. Maudsley, which resulted in his being sent abroad with a doctor in 1877. In 1882 husband and wife met, and he showed then, as at all times, great affection for his daughter. | ||
In 1890 he fell under the strange delusion that certain pictures of an impure kind were being made of his daughter, and he wrote to Lady Stepney to the effect that such portraiture would be damaging to the future welfare of their child. Lady Stepney said that the charges were the result of a mental delusion, and said she had never allowed anything to which Sir Arthur might object to be brought before the court of chancery with regard to the custody of the child. | ||
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