Edward Hooper (MP) (original) (raw)
Edward Hooper, FRS, (c. 1701–1795) of Worthy Park, Hampshire was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1748. Hooper was the eldest son of Edward Hooper of Heron (or Hurn) Court, Christchurch, Hampshire and his wife Lady Dorothy Ashley Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1717 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 5 May 1720, aged 18. He was called to the bar in 1724.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Edward Hooper, FRS, (c. 1701–1795) of Worthy Park, Hampshire was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1748. Hooper was the eldest son of Edward Hooper of Heron (or Hurn) Court, Christchurch, Hampshire and his wife Lady Dorothy Ashley Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1717 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 5 May 1720, aged 18. He was called to the bar in 1724. Hooper stood unsuccessfully for Christchurch in a contest at the 1727 British general election. He was returned unopposed as a Whig Member of Parliament for Christchurch at the 1734 British general election. In Parliament he attached himself to William Pulteney, and spoke on 16 November 1739 supporting Pulteney's bill to encourage seamen by giving them the Government's share in the prize money. He became involved with the affairs of Georgia, through his cousin, the 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, who was a common councillor of the Georgia Society. He seconded a motion for an inquiry into its advantages on 28 January 1740. On 21 January 1741, he presented the Society's petition for further support, and on the 28th moved that £10,000 be given towards this. He was returned unopposed as NP for Christchurch at the 1741 British general election. After the fall of Walpole in 1742, Hooper was elected to the secret committee set up by the House of Commons in April 1742 to investigate the last ten years of Walpole's Administration. He was rewarded by Pulteney, now Lord Bath, with a place as Paymaster of pensions, worth £900 a year, on 13 July 1742. He lost this place on 22 December 1744 when most members of the Bath-Granville group were turned out on Granville's fall in 1744. He was returned for Christchurch at the 1747 British general election and was considered a government supporter. In December 1748, he was appointed a commissioner of customs and vacated his seat in the House of Commons as a result. Hooper continued to be involved in political life at Christchurch. From 1754 he controlled both seats, returning his cousin James Harris, for one, and putting the other at the Government's disposal. In 1759 he succeeded his father to his estate including Heron Court. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 31 May 1759 and was also a vice president of the Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. He died unmarried on 6 September 1795, and left all his property to Lord Malmesbury. (en) |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13922 https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/104073/edward-hooper-esq-frs-vice-president-society-encouragement-arts-manufactures-commerce |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 60854876 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 4660 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1081830370 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Royal_Society_of_Arts dbr:Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_2nd_Earl_of_Shaftesbury dbr:Charles_Armand_Powlett dbr:1727_British_general_election dbr:1734_British_general_election dbr:1741_British_general_election dbr:1747_British_general_election dbr:Member_of_Parliament dbc:British_MPs_1741–1747 dbc:British_MPs_1747–1754 dbr:Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_4th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury dbc:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society dbr:British_House_of_Commons dbr:Trinity_College,_Oxford dbr:William_Pulteney,_1st_Earl_of_Bath dbr:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society dbr:Joseph_Hinxman dbr:James_Harris,_1st_Earl_of_Malmesbury dbc:1700s_births dbc:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_for_English_constituencies dbc:1795_deaths dbc:British_MPs_1734–1741 dbr:Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham dbr:Philip_Lloyd dbr:Middle_Temple dbr:Christchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Georgia_Trustees |
| dbp:after | dbr:Charles_Armand_Powlett dbr:Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham |
| dbp:before | dbr:Joseph_Hinxman dbr:Philip_Lloyd |
| dbp:title | Member of Parliament for Christchurch (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Reflist dbt:S-aft dbt:S-bef dbt:S-end dbt:S-start dbt:Use_dmy_dates dbt:S-par dbt:S-title |
| dbp:with | Charles Armand Powlett 1740-1748 (en) Joseph Hinxman 1734-1740 (en) |
| dbp:years | 1734 (xsd:integer) |
| dcterms:subject | dbc:British_MPs_1741–1747 dbc:British_MPs_1747–1754 dbc:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society dbc:1700s_births dbc:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_for_English_constituencies dbc:1795_deaths dbc:British_MPs_1734–1741 |
| rdfs:comment | Edward Hooper, FRS, (c. 1701–1795) of Worthy Park, Hampshire was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1748. Hooper was the eldest son of Edward Hooper of Heron (or Hurn) Court, Christchurch, Hampshire and his wife Lady Dorothy Ashley Cooper, daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1717 and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 5 May 1720, aged 18. He was called to the bar in 1724. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Edward Hooper (MP) (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Edward Hooper (MP) https://global.dbpedia.org/id/21moB |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Edward_Hooper_(MP)?oldid=1081830370&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Edward_Hooper_(MP) |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:List_of_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_G,_H,_I dbr:Hurn_Court dbr:List_of_ministerial_by-elections_to_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain dbr:Charles_Armand_Powlett dbr:John_Bulkeley_(MP) dbr:Joseph_Hinxman dbr:List_of_Great_Britain_by-elections_(1734–1754) dbr:List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1734_British_general_election dbr:List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1741_British_general_election dbr:List_of_MPs_elected_to_the_English_parliament_in_1654 dbr:List_of_MPs_elected_to_the_English_parliament_in_1656 dbr:Thomas_Cole_(died_1681) dbr:Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham dbr:Philip_Lloyd dbr:Edward_Hooper dbr:Christchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Robert_Wallop |
| is dbp:after of | dbr:Joseph_Hinxman dbr:Philip_Lloyd |
| is dbp:before of | dbr:Charles_Armand_Powlett |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Edward_Hooper_(MP) |