Coppinger is a surname of Norse origin historically associated with
Ireland
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and the counties of
Suffolk
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and
Kent
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in
England
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, and the seaboard of Northern
France
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.
While there are various spellings in historical documents, after more standardised spellings became established in the C18th the main variant was between Coppinger and Copinger. Whether an individual chose to use one or two ps seems to have been a question of personal preference which thereafter became a fixed tradition in their descendants.
DSC DSC may refer to:
Academia
* Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
* District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India
* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Educational institutions
* Dalton State Col ...
, Royal Navy, Hero of the
Battle of Jutland
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James Coppinger
James Coppinger (born 18 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He began his career at Newcastle United, making one appearance in the Premier League, and later spent two years at Exeter ...
(born 1981), English professional footballer
* John W. Coppinger (1852–1900), American politician and lawyer
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José María Coppinger
José María Coppinger (April 5, 1773 – August 15, 1844) was a Spanish soldier who served in the infantry of the Royal Spanish Army ''(Ejército de Tierra)'' and governed East Florida (1816–1821) and several areas in Cuba including Pinar Del ...
, prominent Cuban soldier and governor
*Marion Coppinger, wife of
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
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, (17??-1768). Died in childbirth.
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Maurice Coppinger
Maurice Coppinger (1727– 6 October 1802) was an Irish barrister and politician, who sat in the Irish House of Commons for many years, and held the office of King's Serjeant.Hart p.167 His name is commemorated in Coppinger Row, a side street in ...
(1727-1802), Irish
barrister
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and politician
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Richard William Coppinger
Richard William Coppinger, (11 October 1847 – 2 April 1910) was a British Navy surgeon and naturalist. (The entry for Coppinger erroneously gives his place of death as Farnham, Surrey.)
Biography
Richard William Coppinger was born in Dublin on ...
(1847–1910), British naval surgeon and naturalist
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Rocky Coppinger
John Thomas Coppinger (born March 19, 1974) was a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers. He attended high school at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas and graduated i ...
(born 1974), Major League Baseball player
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Ruth Coppinger
Ruth Coppinger (born 18 April 1967) is an Irish politician and member of the Socialist Party. She was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the Dublin West constituency in 2014. In the 2016 general election, she ran as a candidate for Anti-Aust ...
Sir Walter Coppinger
Sir Walter Coppinger (died 1639) was a member of the Irish nobility from County Cork, Ireland, who was a magistrate of Cork city, a lawyer, and a landlord. Coppinger came from one of the most prominent families in Cork city; though himself of Hi ...
(died 1639), Irish noble
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Walter Arthur Copinger
Walter Arthur Copinger (14 April 1847 – 13 March 1910) was an English professor of law, antiquary and bibliographer.
Early life and education
Copinger was born on 14 April 1847 at Clapham, the second son of Charles Louis George Emanuel Copin ...
(1847-1910), English lawyer & author, hymn writer, co-founder of the
Bibliographical Society
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Largely owing to the efforts of Walter Arthur Copinger, who was supported by Richard Copley ...
, London, and Angel in the
Catholic Apostolic Church
The Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC), also known as the Irvingian Church, is a Christian denomination and Protestant sect which originated in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germany and the United States.William Coppinger (1849–1877), English cricketer
* William Coppinger (bishop), Irish bishop
References
*''History of the Copingers or Coppingers''; W. A. Copinger; new enlarged ed. 1884 (traces the descent of the author's family from the Danes in the tenth century, when they appear to have settled in Suffolk and in the south of Ireland).
Rosscarbery
Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats.
History
The ...
in Ireland
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Cruel Coppinger
Cruel Coppinger ( kw, Coppinger fell) is a semi-legendary figure in Cornish folklore. Coppinger was a real person, but various legends grew up around him, lending him near superhuman powers and a fearsome reputation. He is portrayed as huge and f ...
, a semi-legendary figure in Cornish folklore
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Glenville, County Cork
Glenville () is a village and townland in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of Cork city. Glenville is part of the Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency).
Geography
Glenville village lies in a townland of ...