Cecil Henry Hamilton Cooper (25 October 1871 – 6 January 1942) was

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from 1933 to 1938. Born into an ecclesiastical family in Beyton, Suffolk,''1911 England Census'' Cooper was the son of Henry William Cooper, sometime Vicar of West Norwood. he was educated at Pocklington School and

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and ordained in 1895. After curacies at St Mary's Alverstoke and St Faith with St Cross Hospital,

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he held incumbencies in

and Scarborough before being appointed

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in 1923. A decade later he was elevated to the

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, retiring in 1938. He died on 6 January 1942. The Times, Thursday, 8 January 1942; p. 1; Issue 49128; col A Deaths

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Cecil Henry Hamilton 1871 births People educated at Pocklington School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Archdeacons of York Deans of Carlisle 1942 deaths