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Sir John Cope, 5th Baron ( - d. 11 June 1721)

Descendant of Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet (c. 1548 – 6 July 1614) and his Brother, Walter Cope, the collector. Cope traveled extensively in his youth. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 10 November 1651 and had a command at Dunkirk when it was taken by the French in 1662 (Cokayne, 37). He was member of parliament for the county of Oxford and of Banbury (variously from 1679-1699) and Director of the Bank of England 1695-1702. He was evidently living in or near Chelsea in 1690, when his son Galen (an office in the army, then a clergyman) was baptized in the Parish (Faulkner, II.122.) In 1705 he was living in Little Chelsea (a hamlet a mile southwest of Chelsea) in what John Bowack (1705) characterizes as "a Regular, handsome House, with a noble Court Yard, and good Gardens." He describes Cope as "a Gentleman of an Ancient Honourable Family, who formerly was eminent for the Service of his Country Abroad, and for many Years of late, in Parliament, till he voluntarily retir'd here to end his Days in Peace" (15). Cope is listed as a Justice of the Peace for Chelsea in 1718 (Political State, 414) According to Benning, Cope died at Bramshill Park (House), which his son purchased in 1699 as the new family seat, with help from a loan by his father. He was buried at Eversley, Hampshire, and was succeeded by his elder son, John.

Beaver cites Sir John Cope elder and younger as apparently being among "the first generous benefactors" of Salter's collection (204). Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Cope,_5th_Baronet Other Links: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/cope-sir-john-1634-1721 - History of Parliament online https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 - Complete Baronetage Donator of object(s)
 Relevant locations: Educated at Queen's College (Oxford), Oxford University
Lived at or near Chelsea, London
Lived at or near Little Chelsea , Middlesex
 Relationships: Sir John Cope was a descendant of Walter Cope (c.1553-30 Jul 1614)
Sir John Cope was a donor to James Salter (-c. 1728)

Anthony Cope (-fl. 1728) was a son of Sir John Cope
Charles Cope (-fl. c.1731) was a son of Sir John Cope
Galen Cope (1690-) was a son of Sir John Cope
Sir John Cope (1673-1749) was a son of Sir John Cope
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - A Catalogue of the Rarities [1731] ... at Don Saltero’s Coffee House in Chelsea.
as Mentioned or referenced by - A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire.
as Mentioned or referenced by - An historical and topographical description of Chelsea [1829], and its environs; interspersed with biographical anecdotes of illustrious and eminent persons who have resided in Chelsea during the three preceding centuries.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Complete Baronetage.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Memorials of Old Chelsea: a new history of the village of palaces.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The antiquities of Middlesex; being a collection of the several church monuments in that county: also an historical account of each church and parish; with The Seats, Villages, and Names of the most Eminent Inhabitants.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690.
as - The Political State of Great Britain.
 References in Documents:
A Catalogue of the Rarities To be seen at Don Saltero's Coffee-House [1775] C Mr Clark. Sir John Cope, Bart. Sir John Cope, jun. Bart. Charles Cope, Esq; Anthony Cope, Esq; Mans. Cardonnel Esq; Sir Robert Cotton, Bart. Mr Crispin. Capt. Crompton. Mr Robert Cheek. Commissary Culliford. Miss Harriot Cowper. Mr Coggs.
A catalogue of the arities to be seen at Don Saltero's coffee-house in Chelsea (1731) SIRSir John Cope, Bart. and his Sons.