Sir Richard Cope, 9th Baronet
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Sir Richard Cope, 9th Baronet (died 6 November 1806) was an English clergyman who served as
Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons The Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, also known as the Speaker's Chaplain, is a Church of England priest who officiates at services held at the Palace of Westminster and its associated chapel, St Mary Undercroft. The Chaplain a ...
. Cope was the son of Galen Cope, Rector of
Eversley Eversley is a village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. The village is located around northeast of Basingstoke and around west of Yateley. The River Blackwater, and the border with Berkshire, form the northern bo ...
, Hampshire (himself the son of
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). He was educated at
Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refound ...
(matriculated 1740, graduated
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1744,
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1747,
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1765), and was ordained priest in February 1746. In 1751, Cope was appointed the 28th Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons by Speaker
Arthur Onslow Arthur Onslow (1 October 169117 February 1768) was an English politician. He set a record for length of service when repeatedly elected to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, where he was known for his integrity. Early life and educat ...
. Cope was a Prebendary of
Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
1754–1806, Rector of
Islip, Oxfordshire Islip is a village and civil parish on the River Ray, just above its confluence with the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. It is about east of Kidlington and about north of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6 ...
from 1767, and Rector of Eversley. Cope succeeded to the Cope baronetcy in 1779, and died on 6 November 1806.


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1806 deaths Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Chaplains of the House of Commons (UK) Canons of Westminster {{England-poli-stub