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'''Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|PC|KC|FRSE}} (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1956) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist Party]] politician, a judge and a historian, who had been appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland.<ref>https://books.google.com.ua/books?id=2XvnCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=Thomas+Cooper,+1st+Baron+Cooper+of+Culross&source=bl&ots=XuBafzJipM&sig=pewkQsJTBipehxqqz-RimMs5vys&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ5berrvHYAhVLFiwKHQ37DF84ChDoAQgpMAE#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Cooper%2C%201st%20Baron%20Cooper%20of%20Culross&f=false</ref>
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'''Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE|PC||FRSE|sep=,|size=100}} (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1956) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist Party]] politician, a judge and a historian, who had been appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2XvnCwAAQBAJ&q=Thomas+Cooper%2C+1st+Baron+Cooper+of+Culross&pg=PA267 |title = The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290|isbn = 9780198749202|last1 = Taylor|first1 = Alice|year = 2016| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>


==Background and education==
==Background and education==
[[File:The grave of Thomas Cooper, Baron Cooper, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|The grave of Thomas Cooper, Baron Cooper, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh]]
[[File:The grave of Thomas Cooper, Baron Cooper, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|The grave of Thomas Cooper, Baron Cooper, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh]]
Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of [[Edinburgh]], a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of [[Dunnet]], [[Caithness]]. In 1915 he applied to [[George Watson's College]], Edinburgh, and the [[University of Edinburgh]]<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://thepeerage.com/p23215.htm#i232148 thepeerage.com Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st and last Baron Cooper of Culross]</ref> where he completed a MA in 1912<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mackay|first=Cooper, Thomas|date=1912|title=History of the island of Rhodes|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20913|language=en}}</ref> and a Law LLB.
Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of [[Edinburgh]], a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of [[Dunnet]], [[Caithness]]. In 1915 he applied to [[George Watson's College]], Edinburgh, and the [[University of Edinburgh]]<ref name="thepeerage.com">{{Cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p23215.htm#i232148|title=Person Page|website=thepeerage.com}}</ref> where he completed an MA in 1912<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mackay|first=Cooper, Thomas|date=1912|title=History of the island of Rhodes|language=en|hdl=1842/20913}}</ref> and a Law LLB.


==Political, legal and judicial career==
==Political, legal and judicial career==
Cooper was admitted a member of the [[Faculty of Advocates]] in 1915 and created a [[Queen's Counsel|King's Counsel]] in 1927.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33264 |date=8 April 1927 |page=2310 }}</ref> He was the Unionist [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/><ref>[http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons1.htm leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ealing to Elgin]</ref> In 1935 he was appointed [[Solicitor General for Scotland]]<ref name="gazette-1935-solgen" /> and later that year he was appointed as [[Lord Advocate]].<ref name="gazette-nov-1935-cooper-advocate">{{London Gazette | issue = 15222 | date = 1 November 1935 |page=913 | city = Edinburgh }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34215 |date=1 November 1935 |page=6900 }}</ref> He also became a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]] in 1935.<ref name="gazette-1935-11-29-pc" /> In 1941 he became [[Lord Justice Clerk]] with the judicial title of Lord Cooper<ref name="gazette-1941-edn-ljc">{{London Gazette | issue = 15820 | date = 13 June 1941 |page=305 | city = e }}</ref><ref name="gazette-1941-06-13-ljc" /><ref name="times-1941-06-06-ljc" /> and in 1947 [[Lord Justice General]] and [[Lord President of the Court of Session]].<ref name="gazette-1951-lord-pres" /><ref name="thepeerage.com"/>
Cooper was admitted a member of the [[Faculty of Advocates]] in 1915 and created a [[King's Counsel]] in 1927.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33264 |date=8 April 1927 |page=2310 }}</ref> He was the Unionist [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh West]] from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leighrayment.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225034/http://www.leighrayment.com/|archive-date=1 May 2008|title=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|url-status=usurped|website=leighrayment.com}}</ref> In 1935 he was appointed [[Solicitor General for Scotland]]<ref name="gazette-1935-solgen" /> and later that year he was appointed as [[Lord Advocate]].<ref name="gazette-nov-1935-cooper-advocate">{{London Gazette | issue = 15222 | date = 1 November 1935 |page=913 | city = Edinburgh }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34215 |date=1 November 1935 |page=6900 }}</ref> He also became a [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Counsellor]] in 1935.<ref name="gazette-1935-11-29-pc" /> In 1941 he became [[Lord Justice Clerk]] with the judicial title of Lord Cooper<ref name="gazette-1941-edn-ljc">{{London Gazette | issue = 15820 | date = 13 June 1941 |page=305 | city = e }}</ref><ref name="gazette-1941-06-13-ljc" /><ref name="times-1941-06-06-ljc" /> and in 1947 [[Lord Justice General]] and [[Lord President of the Court of Session]].<ref name="gazette-1951-lord-pres" /><ref name="thepeerage.com"/>


He resigned in 1954 and was made a peer as '''Baron Cooper of Culross''', of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40246 |date=3 August 1954 |page=4523 }}</ref>
He resigned in 1954 and was made a peer as '''Baron Cooper of Culross''', of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40246 |date=3 August 1954 |page=4523 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Cooper was married to Margaret Mackay.
Cooper was married to Margaret Mackay.


He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1936, his proposers being [[John Alexander Inglis]], [[Thomas Henry Holland]], [[Thomas Hudson Beare]] and [[Ernest Wedderburn]]. He served as the Society's Vice President from 1945 to 1948.<ref>https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf</ref>
He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1936, his proposers being [[John Alexander Inglis]], [[Thomas Henry Holland]], [[Thomas Hudson Beare]] and [[Ernest Wedderburn]]. He served as the society's vice president from 1945 to 1948.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Waterston|first=C. D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83595094|title=Former fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002 : biographical index.|date=2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|others=A. Macmillan Shearer, Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902198-84-X|location=Edinburgh|oclc=83595094}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1956, aged 62, at which point the barony became extinct.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/> He is buried with his parents near the centre of the SW section of the original [[Grange, Edinburgh|Grange Cemetery]] in south [[Edinburgh]].
Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1956, aged 62, at which point the barony became extinct.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/> He is buried with his parents near the centre of the SW section of the original [[Grange, Edinburgh|Grange Cemetery]] in south [[Edinburgh]].


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Cooper

Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross OBE, PC, FRSE (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1956) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician, a judge and a historian, who had been appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland.[1]

Background and education

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The grave of Thomas Cooper, Baron Cooper, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

Cooper was the son of John Cooper, of Edinburgh, a civil engineer, and Margaret, daughter of John Mackay, of Dunnet, Caithness. In 1915 he applied to George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh[2] where he completed an MA in 1912[3] and a Law LLB.

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Cooper was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1915 and created a King's Counsel in 1927.[4] He was the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from a by-election in 1935 to 1941.[2][5] In 1935 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland[6] and later that year he was appointed as Lord Advocate.[7][8] He also became a Privy Counsellor in 1935.[9] In 1941 he became Lord Justice Clerk with the judicial title of Lord Cooper[10][11][12] and in 1947 Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session.[13][2]

He resigned in 1954 and was made a peer as Baron Cooper of Culross, of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.[14]

Personal life

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Cooper was married to Margaret Mackay.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1936, his proposers being John Alexander Inglis, Thomas Henry Holland, Thomas Hudson Beare and Ernest Wedderburn. He served as the society's vice president from 1945 to 1948.[15]

Death

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Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1956, aged 62, at which point the barony became extinct.[2] He is buried with his parents near the centre of the SW section of the original Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Alice (2016). The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198749202.
  2. ^ a b c d "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  3. ^ Mackay, Cooper, Thomas (1912). "History of the island of Rhodes". hdl:1842/20913. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "No. 33264". The London Gazette. 8 April 1927. p. 2310.
  5. ^ "Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "No. 15174". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 May 1935. p. 424.
  7. ^ "No. 15222". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 November 1935. p. 913.
  8. ^ "No. 34215". The London Gazette. 1 November 1935. p. 6900.
  9. ^ "No. 34224". The London Gazette. 29 November 1935. p. 7575.
  10. ^ "No. 15820". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 305.
  11. ^ "No. 35190". The London Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 3376.
  12. ^ "Lord Justice Clerk Appointed". The Times. No. 48945. London, England. 6 June 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  13. ^ "No. 16401". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1947. p. 7.
  14. ^ "No. 40246". The London Gazette. 3 August 1954. p. 4523.
  15. ^ Waterston, C. D. (2006). Former fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002 : biographical index. A. Macmillan Shearer, Royal Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 0-902198-84-X. OCLC 83595094.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
1935–1941 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Solicitor General for Scotland
1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Advocate
1935–1941 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Justice Clerk
1941–1947 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Justice General
1947–1954 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Cooper of Culross
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