Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet (c. 1743 – 14 June 1781) was a British aristocrat. He was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, the eldest son of

Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet (c. 1691 – 28 March 1765), was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Biography Cope was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, MP of Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, and his ...

. His father was baptised on 27 October 1717 at Sarsden,

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, and died on 2 November 1763. His mother was Arabella Howard, a daughter of

Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle Order of the Garter, KG (14 August 1694 – 3 September 1758), styled Viscount Morpeth until 1738 was a British Whig Party (UK), Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1 ...

. Cokayne, George Edward (1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 19 He succeeded to his grandfather's

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cy in April 1765, and was

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, 1773–74. He married in 1767, Catherine, fifth and youngest daughter of

Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet (30 October 1700 – 15 June 1778), later Bisshopp, was a British politician. He succeeded to the title of 6th Baronet Bishopp, of Parham, co. Sussex on 25 October 1725. He was Member of Parliament for Penr ...

, by Anne Boscawen, daughter of

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth (pronounced "Boscowen") ( ; ca. 1680 – 25 October 1734), was an English people, English Whigs (British political party), Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons for P ...

. He died on 14 June 1781 and was buried 4 days later at Hanwell, Oxfordshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Charles, who was a student at

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. The third baronet died aged 11 on 25 December 1781, and was also buried at Hanwell. The baronetcy passed to the second baronet's half-brother, Jonathan, while the estates devolved to the third baronet's two sisters: Arabella Diana and Charlotte Anne. Both married aristocrats: Arabella Diana married

John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, KG (25 March 174519 July 1799) was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville, second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. His mother was the former Lady Frances Leveson-Gower. He succeede ...

, while Charlotte Anne married George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne, who (after his wife's death) became the 9th

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. Catherine Bishopp was born on 30 November 1744. After Cope's death she married (as his second wife)

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (26 April 1729 – 17 December 1808), known as Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Early years, f ...

, on 22 June 1782 at her house in

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, London. She died aged 82 on 1 October 1827 in the same house, and was buried on 10 October 1827 at

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