Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross
Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross
Background and education
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.
Political, legal and judicial career
Cooper was admitted a member of the
He resigned in 1954 and was made a peer as Baron Cooper of Culross, of Dunnet in the County of Caithness.[14]
Personal life
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
Lord Cooper of Culross died in July 1956, aged 62, at which point the barony became extinct.
See also
References
- ISBN 9780198749202.
- ^ a b c d "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
- hdl:1842/20913.)
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- ^ "No. 15820". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 June 1941. p. 305.
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- ^ "Lord Justice Clerk Appointed". The Times. No. 48945. London, England. 6 June 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 18 January 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "No. 16401". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1947. p. 7.
- ^ "No. 40246". The London Gazette. 3 August 1954. p. 4523.
- OCLC 83595094.