John Cope (General)
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
- Short biography on the homepage of the University of Nottingham
- Hey Johnny Cope lyrics
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 169.
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SURNAME | Cope, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British General and Member of Parliament |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1690 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1760 |