Charles Cooper (judge)
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1795
Sir Charles Cooper | |
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| Chief Justice of South Australia[a] | |
| In office 1 July 1856 – 20 November 1861 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Hanson |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia | |
| In office July 1838 – 20 November 1861 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Cooper 1795 |
| Died | 24 May 1887 (aged 91–92) London, England |
| Spouse | Emily Newenham |
Sir Charles Cooper (1795 – 24 May 1887) was the first Chief Justice of South Australia and for two years a politician in the colony of South Australia.
Charles Cooper was born in 1795 Henley-on-Thames, the third son of Thomas Cooper, under-sheriff of Oxfordshire.
He entered the Inner Temple in 1822 and was called to the bar in February 1827.
Career
He and his sister Sarah Ann Cooper traveled to the colony of South Australia onboard the Katherine Stewart Forbes, arriving in Adelaide in March 1839.
In September 1860 was sworn in as a member of the Executive Council of South Australia, which was part of the government in the now self-governing colony.
Honours and legacy
While in South Australia he had a seaside residence adjacent to "The Grange", Charles Sturt's property for which Grange Beach was named. It is likely that Henley Beach was named for Cooper's hometown, after Cooper rejected Sturt's proposed name "Cooper's Beach".[1]
His city home, at south-east corner of Whitmore Square, was in May 1870 re-opened as the Bushmen's Club, a facility for members visiting the city.[2]
