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The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Cooper (1827 – 26 February 1902) was an Irish officer in the British Army, a landowner, and a Conservative politician.

At the age of 36 the Dublin-born soldier inherited Markree Castle in County Sligo from his uncle, and left the army to manage his country estate. As one of the major landowners in the county, he assumed many of the roles which still accompanied that status. He became a local magistrate, and after brief and unremarkable term in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, served as the Lord Lieutenant of Sligo for 25 years, and as a Privy Councillor.

Early life

He was the oldest of seven children of Richard Wordsworth Cooper (1801–1850) of Longford Lodge in Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), County Dublin; their home later became Glengara Park School. His father was the third-born (and second surviving) son of Edward Synge Cooper MP of Markree Castle in County Sligo. His mother was Emilia Eleanor, daughter of the 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency.

Cooper was educated at Eton, before joining the British Army.

Career

In May 1845, Copper purchased an army commission as a cornet in the 7th Light Dragoons. He was promoted in 1846 to lieutenant. and purchased a further promotion to captain in 1848. He transferred in 1851 to the 72nd Foot, then in 1852 to the Grenadier Guards.

In 1857 Cooper purchased a promotion to lieutenant colonel of the Grenadier Guards, and on 9 August 1858, he married Charlotte Maria Mills at the church of St Mary's, Bryanston Square in London.

His uncle Edward Joshua Cooper had died in April 1863, and having five daughters but no sons had bequeathed Markree Castle to Edward Henry, who retired from the army in July 1863.

He was appointed as a magistrate in August

References

1. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. Volume 1. London: Harrison. p. 277. Retrieved 13 July 2014. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
2. ^ Walford, Edward (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom (5th ed.). London: Robert Hardwicke. p. 232. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
3. Pearson, Peter; Brady, Anne M.; Gillman, Daniel (1981). Dún Laoghaire: Kingstown. Dublin: O'Brien Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0905140834. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Henry Cooper

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