|
Joshua Edward Cooper
Colonel Joshua Edward Cooper ( – 8 June 1837) was an Irish landowner and politician from County Sligo. Cooper was the oldest son of Joshua Cooper MP (1732–1800) of Markree Castle, and his wife Alicia, daughter of Edward Synge, Bishop of Elphin. He was the older brother of Edward Synge Cooper. He was educated by Rev. Richard Norris in Drogheda, and then at Trinity College Dublin.''Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)'', George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 175: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 In 1801 he married Elizabeth Lindesay, daughter of Robert Lindesay MP, from Loughry, County Tyrone. On his father's death in 1801, he inherited Markree. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1790 to 1800, as one of the two Members of Parliament for County Sligo. After the Act of Union in 1800, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Joshua Cooper
Edward Joshua Cooper (May 1798 – 23 April 1863) was an Irish landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory. His observatory was home to the largest refracting (telescope with a lens) of the 1830s (an almost 14 inch astronomical grade Cauchoix of Paris lens, the largest in the World), and the asteroid 9 Metis was discovered there in the 1840s by his assistant. Several astronomical catalogs were also produced in the 19th century there. Early life and family Cooper was the oldest son of Edward Synge Cooper MP (1762–1830), and his wife Anne Verelst, daughter of Bengal Governor Harry Verelst. He was educated at The Royal School in Armagh, at Eton, and then at Christ Church, Oxford. His first marriage was to Sophia L'Estrange, daughter of Colonel Henry Peisley L'Estrange of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
