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| rdfs:comment | - John Cooper (c.1841 - 30 August 1906) was a businessman and local politician active in the Croydon area. The son of a publican from Felbridge in Surrey, Cooper later lived at Tandridge Court in the village. Cooper was a boot manufacturer and owner of John Copper & Sons of with factories in Croydon, London, Leicester and Northampton. He moved to Northamptonshire in the 1890s, where he died aged 68.
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| abstract | - John Cooper (c.1841 - 30 August 1906) was a businessman and local politician active in the Croydon area. The son of a publican from Felbridge in Surrey, Cooper later lived at Tandridge Court in the village. Cooper began his political career as a member of the Liberal Party, standing as the party's candidate at Wimbledon in the 1885 general election. Following the split in the Liberals over Irish Home Rule he declared himself a Liberal Unionist. A magistrate for the County of London and Middlesex, he was the second Mayor of Croydon in 1884-85. He was an alderman on Surrey County Council until 1894. Cooper was a boot manufacturer and owner of John Copper & Sons of with factories in Croydon, London, Leicester and Northampton. He moved to Northamptonshire in the 1890s, where he died aged 68.
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