Sir William Cooper, 1st Baronet

The son of Thomas Cooper, he was admitted to the King's Inns as an attorney of the Court of King's Bench. He became a master in chancery in 1739, a position he held to 1754. He was Member of the Irish Parliament for Hillsborough from 1733 until his death.^[1]

The Cooper baronetcy of the City of Dublin was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 October 1758 specifically for Cooper.^[2] The title became extinct on his death in 1761. His wife Elizabeth Forster died in 1766.^[1]