The John Bargrave Collection
Sir John Cope ( - 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 Roles: Donator of object(s)
Relevant locations: Educated at Queen's College (Oxford)
Lived at or near Chelsea
Lived at or near Little Chelsea
People linked to person: 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