Willyams, Cooper (1784-1816)

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Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, May 23, 1780. Of Essex. [S. of Capt. John, R.N. (and Anne, dau. of Sir Samuel Goodere). B. June, 1762. School, Canterbury.] ' Matric. Lent, 1782; B.A. 1784; M.A. 1789. Ord. deacon (Gloucester), 1784. V. of Exning, Cambs., 1788-1806. R. of West Lynn, Norfolk, 1793-1806. Chaplain of the Boyne on the expedition to the West Indies under Sir Charles Grey and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis, 1793-4. Domestic Chaplain to Earl St Vincent, 1797. Chaplain of the Swiftsure (a vessel in the squadron under the command of Nelson), 1798. Present at the battle of the Nile; his narrative, A Voyage up the Mediterranean in the Swiftsure, contained the first authentic account of the battle. R. of Hardres (1806) and of Kingston, Kent, 1806-16; R. of Stourmouth, 1806-16. Married, July 20, 1801, Elizabeth Rebecca, 3rd dau. of Peter Snell, of Whitley Court, Gloucs., and had issue. Author also of A History of Sudeley Castle, etc. A clever artist, illustrating his own works. Died July 17, 1816 in Bernard Street, Russell Square, London. Doubtless father of Thomas E. (1824). (Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; Burke, L.G.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1816, II. 91.)

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