Sir William Cooper, 1st Baronet
Sir William Cooper, 1st Baronet (c.1689–1761) was an Irish lawyer and politician.
Life
[edit]The son of Thomas Cooper, he was admitted to the King's Inns as an attorney of the Court of King's Bench. He became a master in chancery in 1739, a position he held to 1754. He was Member of the Irish Parliament for Hillsborough from 1733 until his death.[1]
The Cooper baronetcy of the City of Dublin was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 October 1758 specifically for Cooper.[2] The title became extinct on his death in 1761. His wife Elizabeth Forster died in 1766.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 362.
- ^ "No. 9828". The London Gazette. 19 September 1758. p. 2.