Colonel Joshua Edward Cooper (c. 1761 – 8 June 1837)[1] was an Irish landowner and politician from County Sligo .
Cooper was the oldest son of Joshua Cooper MP (1732–1800) of Markree Castle , and his wife Alicia, daughter of Edward Synge , Bishop of Elphin.[2]
He was the older brother of Edward Synge Cooper . He was educated by Rev. Richard Norris in Drogheda, and then at Trinity College Dublin .[3] In 1801 he married Elizabeth Lindesay, daughter of Robert Lindesay MP, from Loughry, County Tyrone . On his father's death in 1801, he inherited Markree.[4]
He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1790 to 1800, as one of the two Members of Parliament for
County Sligo .
After the Act of Union in 1800 , he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1806 as MP for County Sligo .[5]
He appears to have participated little in the proceedings of the Westminster Parliament, and stood down at the general election 1806 , by which time he was deranged.[4] His younger brother Edward Synge Cooper took over the running of the family estates, and was returned in his place as MP for County Sligo.[2]
Cooper was Governor of County Sligo in 1802. He was also an officer in the Sligo militia, as a major in 1793, lieutenant-colonel in 1795, and colonel from 1804 to 1807.[4]
Cooper died in 1837. He and Elizabeth had no children,[4] and Markree was inherited by his nephew Edward Joshua Cooper , son of Edward Synge Cooper.[6]
References
^ Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes) . Ulster Historical Foundation.
^ a b Aspinall, Arthur (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "COOPER, Edward Synge (1762-1830), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath" . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 . Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 12 July 2014 .
^ 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. 175: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
^ a b c d Aspinall, Arthur (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "COOPER, Joshua Edward (?1761-1837), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo" . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 . Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 12 July 2014 .
^ "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Cooper, Josua" . Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2014 .
^ Salmon, Philip (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "COOPER, Edward Joshua (1798-1863), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath" . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 . Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 12 July 2014 .