Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet
Sir Daniel Cooper | |
|---|---|
| 1st Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 22 May 1856 – 31 January 1860 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Premier | Sir Stuart Donaldson Sir Charles Cowper Sir Henry Parker William Forster |
| Governor | Sir William Denison |
| Succeeded by | Sir Terence Aubrey Murray |
| Constituency | Sydney Hamlets Paddington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1821 Bolton-le-Moors, England |
| Died | 5 June 1902 (aged 80) Kensington, London, England |
| Political party | Independent, Imperial Federationist |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Cooper, Elizabeth Hill (m.1846) |
| Relations | Daniel Cooper (uncle) Douglas Cooper (great-grandson) |
| Residence(s) | Woollahra House Salisbury Court Dunara |
| Known for | Cooper baronets of Woollahra |
Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet GCMG (1 July 1821 – 5 June 1902) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and philanthropist in the Colony of New South Wales. He served as the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the colony and was a noted philatelist.
Cooper was given the hereditary title of Cooper baronet of Woollahra in 1863, the second of four baronetcies conferred to British expatriates in the Australian colonies.