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Daniel Cooper 1st Baronet (1821–1902) Biographical Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George 1888 Knighted 1857 Acting Agent-General for New South Wales in England 1897–99 Member of the royal commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London 1886 Chairman of the London Committee of the Sydney International Exhibition 1881 First Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 1856–60 President of the Bank of New South Wales 1855–61 A magistrate 1851 Commission of the Peace 1851 Member in the Legislative Council 1849–51; 1855–56 Director of the Bank of New South Wales 1847 Director of the Sydney Railway Co. 1850 A merchant and philanthropist, Cooper went to Sydney with his parents but returned to England at the age of fourteen to complete his studies. He worked for his uncle in London in 1842 and took charge of the Cooper Brothers company in 1852, which was said to be the most extensive mercantile house in the Australian colonies. He inherited further wealth from his uncle in 1853 and owned extensive properties around Sydney and in the western district. Cooper built Woollahra House at Point Piper in 1856 but returned to England permanently in 1861, where he continued to advocate for colonial interests. Place of birth: Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England Place of death: Kensington Son of Thomas Cooper and Jane Ramsden, he married Elizabeth Hill in 1846, and had issue. |
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