Octavius Coope

Octavius Edward Coope (1814 – 1886) was an English brewing partner and Conservative Member of Parliament 1847-48 and 1874–86.

Coope, born 12 January 1814, was the son of John Coope of Great Cumberland Place, London and his wife Anna Maria.[1] In 1845 Coope and his brother George joined the brewer Edward Ind to form the brewery company of Ind Coope which was based at Romford.

In 1847 Coope was elected as Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth; the next seat he was unseated on the proven bribery of some of his electors.[2][3] His main homes were Rochetts in South Weald, Essex[4], 41 Upper Brook Stret, London, [5] and Berechurch Hall. He helped to endow the church of St. Paul, Bentley Common and Crescent Road Infants' School, South Weald. He was a director of the Phoenix Fire and the Pelican Life Insurance Cos and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Essex.[1]

Coope was next elected as MP for Middlesex in 1874.[6] On 14 February 1881 he laid the foundation-stone for a new church at Brentwood.[7] He held the Middlesex seat until 1885 when the constituency was reorganised. In 1885, he was elected as MP for Brentford.[8] but died 27 November 1886 at the age of 72; his epitaph reads The memory of the just is blessed. Coope married Emily Fulcher daughter of Captain Fulcher, of the Indian Army in 1848. She was buried with Coope.[1] Coope died at the age of 72 and his grave is toward the south-west corner of South Weald's churchyard.[9] His probate was sworn by his widow and others the next year at £542,784 (equivalent to about £60,800,000 in 2019).[5]

References

1. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
3. Hansard Millbank Systems
4. Parishes: South Weald, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8 (1983) Date accessed: 16 April 2009
5. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
7. St Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood
8. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
9. South Weald Parish

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Octavius Coope

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Rumbold William Wilshere	Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1847 – 1848 With: Lord Arthur Lennox	Succeeded by Charles Rumbold Joseph Sandars
Preceded by Hon. George Byng George Hamilton	Member of Parliament for Middlesex 1874 – 1885 With: George Hamilton	Constituency divided
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Brentford 1885 – 1886	Succeeded by James Bigwood