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Octavius Edward Coope (12 January 1814 – 27 November 1886) was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1847 and 1886. Coope was the son of John Coope of Great Cumberland Place, London and his wife Anna Maria.〔(Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 )〕 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. However in the following year he was unseated on the grounds of bribery.〔(Hansard Millbank Systems )〕 Coope had residences at Rochetts in South Weald〔( ''Parishes: South Weald'', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8 (1983) Date accessed: 16 April 2009 )〕 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.〔 Coope was next elected as MP for Middlesex in 1874. On 14 February 1881 he laid the foundation-stone for a new church at Brentwood.〔(St Thomas of Canterbury Brentwood )〕 He held the Middlesex seat until 1885 when the constituency was reorganised. In 1885, he was elected as MP for Brentford. but died in the following year at the age of 72. Coope died at the age of 72 and was buried at St Peters South Weald.〔(South Weald Parish )〕 Coope married Emily Fulcher daughter of Captain Fulcher, of the Indian Army in 1848.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Octavius Coope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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