George Cooper (1728-1798)

of Gravesend, Kent; Surgeon & Magistrate with the East India Company

He was a native of Co. Fermanagh in Ireland and became a Surgeon and Magistrate with the East India Company. He lived in London before settling at Gravesend in Kent. His memorial there reads: "He did credit to every situation/As a Man and a Magistrate he was honest and upright/As a Friend and a Father he was esteemed and beloved/And he lives respected in the Memory of all who knew him".

Spouse (1)

Elizabeth (Crawford) Cooper

Mrs Elizabeth (Crawford) Cooper

1730-1796

Children (2)

George Cooper

Major-General George Cooper, of the Bengal Army

1780-1847

Elizabeth (Cooper) Campbell

Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy (Cooper) Campbell

1782-1853