John Cope

British Army general (1690-1760) · Politicians · Died at 70

Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope was a British Army officer and Whig politician.

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St Giles, Camden, where Cope was baptised

Portrait of James Stanhope by Godfrey Kneller, Stanhope's patronage was the foundation of Cope's early career

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He is now chiefly remembered for his defeat at Prestonpans, the first significant battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and which was commemorated by the tune "Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?", which still features in modern Scottish folk music and bagpipe recitals.