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]


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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
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