Sir Jonathan Cope, 4th Baronet ( 1758 – 30 December 1821) was a British aristocrat. He was the second son of Jonathan Cope, the eldest son of

Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet (c. 1691 – 28 March 1765), was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Biography Cope was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, MP of Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, and his ...

. His mother was his father's second wife, Jane, the widow of Captain the Hon. Shaw Cathcart and daughter of Lieutenant-General Francis Leighton. In December 1781, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

of his eleven-year-old nephew Charles (the son of his elder half-brother

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

). Cokayne, George Edward (1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . pp. 19–20 He was a

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. There is also a soprano cor ...

in the

21st Light Dragoons The 21st Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was raised on 5 April 1760, as the 21st Light Dragoons (Royal Foresters) by John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and Lord Robert Manners-Sutton. This first regiment was however ...

in 1782. He married in April 1778, Annabella Candler, daughter of William Candler of Callan Castle,

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...

, and

Acomb, North Yorkshire Acomb , is a village and suburb within the City of York Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, in North Yorkshire, England, to the western side of York. It covers the site of the original village of the same name, which is men ...

, sometime Captain in the 10th Regiment of Foot, by Mary Vavasour, daughter of William Vavasour of Weston Hall, Yorkshire. Their three sons all died before them: #Jonathan was born in

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

, and matriculated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

, on 24 October 1798, aged 18. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1802, became a priest, and was rector of Wraxall and

Woodborough, Wiltshire Woodborough is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, about west of Pewsey. History The Domesday survey in 1086 recorded 22 households and a mill at ''Witeberge'', in Swanborough Hundred. The Wiltshire V ...

, and vicar of Langridge, Somerset. He died unmarried aged 34 on 10 March 1814 at

Reading, Berkshire Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is the United Kingdom's largest town, with a combined population of 355,596. Most of Reading built-up area, its built-up area lies within the Borough ...

. #Charles died unmarried on board HMS ''Hannibal'' at

Port Royal Port Royal () was a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the cen ...

on 30 September 1795. #Henry Thomas was killed at

Seringapatam Srirangapatna or Srirangapattana is a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. It gets its name from the Ranganthaswamy temple consecrated around 984 CE. Later, under the British ...

in 1792. His wife died on 30 August 1819, and was buried at

Great Malvern Great Malvern is an area of the civil parish of Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, in the Malvern Hills District, Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of O ...

. He died on 30 December 1821 aged 63, and was buried in the Abbey Church there. The baronetcy became extinct, and his estate at

Moreton Pinkney Moreton Pinkney is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about north of Brackley. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 371. The villages name means 'Moor fa ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

passed to his wife's nephew, Edward Candler.

References

1750s births 1821 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Light Dragoons officers {{GreatBritain-baronet-stub