Daniel
Cooper
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England
Son of Thomas Cooper
and Hannah (Holt) Cooper
Brother of
Thomas Cooper
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Brighton, Sussex, England
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Biography
Daniel Cooper is Notable.
note: not to be confused with Daniel Cooper sea captain & sealer
Daniel Cooper; convict transported in 1815; ship Fanny [1]
Conditional pardon in 1818 and an absolute pardon in 1821
first married Hannah Dodd (a convict) in 1819 [2]
married Alice (who survived him).
Opened a general store, an adjoining inn with an interest in a brewery.
He became a partner in the firm of Hutchinson, Terry and Co., and built Cleveland House in Surry Hills, east Sydney. About this time, he formed a business association with Robert Cooper (no relation) and Solomon Levy, their ship Campbell Macquarie traded to Bass Strait and Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).
In 1825 Daniel Cooper and Solomon Levey took over Hutchinson, Terry and Co. (Waterloo Co.), now known as Cooper and Levey, which expanded to become general importers, to export wool and invest into whaling and sealing. Port Cooper (later to be Lyttleton) and Port Levy on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand are named for the company whose sealing gangs worked there. They bought Captain John Piper's extensive Woollahra - Rose Bay property.
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He became a Governor of the Bank of New South Wales in 1828.
Daniel Cooper returned to England in 1831, appointing managers for the Sydney Company. Duckenfield, (1814)
Daniel Cooper died in Brighton, Sussex, England in 1853 at the age of 68.[3]
He had no children of his own; his nephew Daniel Cooper M.P. inherited the major portion of his estate.
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Sources
- ↑ Convict Records: Daniel Cooper
- ↑ Convict Records: Hannah Dodd (Forster)
- ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results COOPER, DANIEL; Age at Death: 68; GRO Reference: 1853 D Quarter in BRIGHTHELMSTON Volume 02B Page 111
- N.S.W. Marriages - 2/1819 V18192 8 (later: 2299/1819 V18192299 3A) Daniel Cooper & Hannah Dodd - marriage reg. district: CA
- Australian Dictionary of Biography: Cooper Daniel 1785-1853
- Wikipedia : Daniel Cooper (convict and merchant)
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