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{{distinguish|text=his nephew Edward Joshua Cooper}}{{other people|Joshua Cooper}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}Colonel Joshua Edward Cooper ({{circa|1761}} – 8 June 1837)[1] was an Irish landowner and politician from County Sligo. Cooper was the oldest son of Joshua Cooper MP (1732–1800) of Markree Castle, and his wife Alicia, daughter of Edward Synge, Bishop of Elphin.[2] He was the older brother of Edward Synge Cooper. He was educated by Rev. Richard Norris in Drogheda, and then at Trinity College Dublin. In 1801 he married Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Robert Lindsay MP, from Loughry, County Tyrone. On his father's death in 1801, he inherited Markree. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1790 to 1800, as one of the two Members of Parliament for Sligo County. After the Act of Union in 1800, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1806 as MP for Sligo County.[4] He appears to have participated little in the proceedings of the Westminster Parliament, and stood down at the general election 1806, by which time he was deranged. Cooper was Governor of County Sligo in 1802. He was also an officer in the Sligo militia, as a major in 1793, lieutenant-colonel in 1795, and colonel from 1804-7. Cooper died in 1837. He and Elizabeth had no children, References1. ^{{Rayment-hc-ie|date=July 2014}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web | first = Arthur | last = Aspinall | title = COOPER, Edward Synge (1762-1830), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/cooper-edward-synge-1762-1830 | work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 | editor = R. Thorne | publisher = Boydell and Brewer | accessdate = 12 July 2014 | year = 1986}}
3. ^1 {{cite web | first = Philip | last = Salmon | title = COOPER, Edward Joshua (1798-1863), of Markree Castle, co. Sligo and Boden Park, co. Westmeath | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/cooper-edward-1798-1863 | work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 | editor = D.R. Fisher | publisher = Cambridge University Press | accessdate = 12 July 2014 | year = 2009}}
4. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.ancestryireland.com/family-records/biographies-of-the-members-of-the-irish-parliament/?search1=joshua&search2=cooper&search3=&submit=Search | title = Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Cooper, Josua | publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation | accessdate = 12 July 2014}}
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}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Joshua}} 13 : 1761 births|Year of birth uncertain|1837 deaths|Cooper family of Markree|People from County Sligo|Irish MPs 1790–97|Irish MPs 1798–1800|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Sligo constituencies (1801–1922)|UK MPs 1801–02|UK MPs 1802–06|Alumni of Trinity College Dublin|Irish landowners|Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Sligo constituencies |