Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jacobite papers deriving from W B Blaikie`s collection.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.6849
Scope and Contents
Including:
manuscript draft report, circa 1745, on Sir John Cope`s military operations
manuscript verses, 1745, on Gladsmuir
"A Chronological Table of Military Operations in Great Britain, 1745-1746".
Dates:
circa 1745-1746.
Letter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope to John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10216
Scope and Contents
Reports that Sir Hector McLean has been escorted to Berwick.
Dates:
1745.
Letter of Sir John Cope to Lord President Duncan Forbes of Culloden, written at Brodie Castle, 4 September 1745.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11912
Dates:
1745.
Papers, 1746, assembled by Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope.
File
Identifier: Acc.11771
Scope and Contents
The papers were gathered for use in evidence at the Board of Enquiry into Cope`s conduct as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland before the Battle of Prestonpans and at the battle itself.
Includes an account books of Cope`s concerning the Queen`s Regiment of Dragoons, 1741-1749.
Dates:
1741-1749.