Sir Daniel
Cooper
1st Baronet
(1821-1902)
Honours
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1888
Knighted, 1857
Positions Held
Acting Agent-General for New South Wales in England, 1897-99
Member of the royal commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition
in London, 1886
Chairman of the London Committee of the Sydney International Exhibition,
1881
First Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, 1856-60
President of the Bank of New South Wales, 1855-61
A magistrate, 1851
Commission of the Peace, 1851Member in the Legislative Council, 1849-51 and 1855-56
Director of the Bank of New South Wales, 1847
Director of the Sydney Railway Co., 1850
Biographical
A merchant and philanthropist, he went to Sydney with his parents, but
returned to England at the age of fourteen to complete his studies. He
worked for his uncle in London in 1842. He directed the Cooper Brothers
company in 1852 which was said to be the most extensive mercantile house
in the Australian colonies. He inherited further wealth from his uncle
in 1853, and he owned extensive properties around Sydney and in the western
district. He built Woollahra House at Point Piper in 1856, but returned
to England permanently in 1861 where he continued to be an advocate of
colonial interests.
Place of birth: Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England
Place of death: Kensington
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Sources
1. B. Burke and A. P. Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, and Knightage. London: Burke's Peerage, Ltd, 1949.
2. D. Pike, gen. ed. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 3, 1851-1890, A-C. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1969.
3. C.F.J. Hankinson, ed. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1955. London: Odhams Press, Limited., 1955.
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