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Cope, Sir John, (1690-1760), Knight, Knight Lieutenant General MP

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Surname: Cope
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John
Gender: Male
Date: 1690-1760
Title: Knight
History: Army officer: lieutenant general 1743; commander-in-chief in Scotland 1745; routed by Prince Charles Edward at Prestonpans 1745.
Biography: ODNB link for Cope, Sir John (1690-1760) Knight Lieutenant General MP
References: Oxford DNB; NCA Rules;
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276080 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P136201 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Cope
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1745 Aug 13: Newcastle to Cumberland: he encloses a copy of a letter from [Archibald Campbell] the...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/19/151
2
1745 Aug 02: Newcastle to Cumberland: the pretender's son embarked at Nantes on 15 July NS and is...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/19/148
3
1745: report on military operations and related Jacobite material
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1977
4
1746: papers (1 vol) rel to board of enquiry into his conduct of Scottish campaign
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.11771
See Annual Return 1999
5
letters (29) to Lord Loudoun
Huntington Library
See Guide to British Historical MSS, 1982
6
1745: letters (18) to Henry Pelham
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ne
NRA 7411 Pelham
7
1707-24: letters to Lord Strafford
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 22231, 31134-35, 31141 passim
8
1744-45: corresp with Lord Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 7066-79, 7104 passim
9
1745-51: corresp with Col Charles Whitefoord, and Whitefoord's defence of him
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 36592
10
corresp with Sir Robert Wilmot
Derbyshire Record Office
T.3019/330ff. passim
NRA 22525 Wilmot
11
1752-60: letters to Sir Robert Wilmot
Derbyshire Record Office
D3155
NRA 27876 Wilmot-Horton