Robert Cope (1679 – 17 March 1753) was an Irish Member of Parliament.[1]

Biography

He was the son of Anthony Cope, Dean of Elphin, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cope of Loughgall. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2]

He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Lisburn from 1711 to 1713 and for County Armagh from 1713 to 1714, and from 1727 until his death. In 1736, he was High Sheriff of Armagh.[3]

Cope was married twice: firstly, in 1707, to Lettice, daughter of Arthur Brownlow, and secondly in 1711 to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Fownes. By his second wife he had several children, including Anthony, Dean of Armagh, and Arthur, whose son Robert Camden Cope was also MP for Armagh.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
  2. ↑ Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir, p. 177: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935.
  3. 1 2 E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002) vol. III, pp. 505-506.

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