Arthur Charles Cooper Explained

Arthur Cooper
Constituency Am1:Mitchell
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:11 March 1902
Term End1:14 April 1905
Predecessor1:Charles Fitzgerald
Successor1:John Payne
Birth Date:May 1864
Birth Place:London, England
Death Date:1 October 1921 (aged 57)
Death Place:Norwich, England
Birthname:Arthur Charles Cooper
Nationality:English Australian
Party:Ministerial
Occupation:Sheep station manager
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Dublin

Arthur Charles Cooper (May 1864 – 1 October 1921) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Cooper was born in London, the son of Edward Henry Cooper and his wife Charlotte Maria (née Mills). He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and went to South Africa where he served with Sir Charles Warren's Buchuanaland Expedition in 1884-1885 and with the Connaught Rangers against the Boer forces. He came to Queensland in 1886 and acquired Weewondilla Station at Longreach in 1889.[1]

He returned to England in 1905, inherited a large fortune, and lived at Gissing Hall, Norfolk. He died in Norwich in October 1921.[1]

Public life

Cooper, a Ministerialist, represented the seat of Mitchell from 1902 until he resigned in 1905 to return to England.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 12 April 2016.