Robert Bransby Cooper (1762–1845), of Furney Hill,

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, was an English politician. He was the son of Samuel Cooper, a clergyman of the

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and Maria Susanna Bransby, the author of several novels, and brother to noted surgeon

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and uncle to Bransby Blake Cooper. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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1818 to 1830.

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