Robert Camden Cope (1771 – 5 December 1818) was a British politician from
Loughgall
Loughgall ( ; ) is a small village, townland (of 131 acres) and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the historic baronies of Armagh and Oneilland West. It had a population of 282 people (116 households) in the 2011 Censu ...
,
County Armagh
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in Ireland. He sat in the
First Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
Life
Educated at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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, Cope was elected in
Armagh with
Archibald Acheson at the
1801 general election.
He died in 1818 and is buried at
St Mary's Church, Weymouth.
Personal life
He was the grandson of former MP
Robert Cope. He was the nephew of
Anthony Cope, the former
Dean of Armagh.
[E. M. Johnston-Liik, ''History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800'' (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002) vol. III, pp. 505-506.]
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External links
Burial
See also
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Cope family
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1771 births
1810s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
People from County Armagh
UK MPs 1801–1802
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
18th-century Irish politicians
19th-century Irish politicians
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922)