John Cope (General)

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Caricature of John Cope fleeing after the Battle of Prestonpans .

Sir John Cope KB (* 1690 , † 1760 ) was a British General and Member of Parliament.

Life

John Cope, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cope, attended Westminster School and began his military career in 1707 in a dragoon regiment and fought in the War of the Spanish Succession .

From 1722 he was a member of the House of Commons , from 1722 to 1727 for the constituency of Queenborough ( Isle of Sheppey ), from 1727 to 1734 for Liskeard in Cornwall and from 1738 to 1741 for the constituency of Orford in Suffolk .

From 1740 he fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and was knighted for his achievements on July 12, 1743 as Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath . In 1745 he was the commander in chief of the government forces in Scotland in the battle of Prestonpans , in which he was defeated by the Jacobites .

Hey, Johnnie Cope

The Scottish folk singer Adam Skirving (1719–1803) composed the popular folk song Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet? After Cope's defeat in Prestonpans . (Hey Johnnie Cope, are you awake yet?), Which is still being recorded and played by Scottish folk singers, such as The Corries , The Tannahill Weavers and Planxty .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 169.
personal data
SURNAME Cope, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British General and Member of Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH 1690
DATE OF DEATH 1760