About Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet
Lived 1577 – 1637 (aged 59–60). Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet was a politician.
Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet (1577 Hanwell, Oxfordshire - 2 August 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 and 1625.
Family William Cope was the son of Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet of Hanwell, Oxfordshire and his first wife Frances Lytton. Cope's grandfather was principal chamberlain Sir Anthony Cope. Cope's great-grandfather was King Henry VII's cofferer William Cope PC.
The family lived at Hanwell Castle.
John Cope, 3rd Baronet, married Elizabeth Fane, the daughter of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, and Mary Mildmay, Countess of Westmoreland.
Career Cope graduated from Queen's College at the University of Oxford.
Titles He was knighted by King James I at the London Charterhouse on 11 May 1603. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 23 July 1615.
Royal Visits to Hanwell Sir William Cope entertained King James I in 1616 and King Charles I in 1636 at Hanwell Castle.
Death He died on 2 August 1637 and was buried on 22 August 1637 at St Peter's Church in Hanwell.
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