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