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General First nameFrederick Lorance
LastnameCope
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1857-02-26
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of death1910-10-01
Place of deathSunderland, Durham, England


About

Frederick Cope attended Cambridge University and later took holy orders. He was the brother of fellow lawn tennis player George Cope. They were two of the children of John Alexander Mainley Cope (who changed his surname from Pinniger) and Georgiana Catherine Cope (né Garland). Some of the Cope family lived for many years on the Manor House and Drumilly estates in Loughgall, a village in County Armagh, Ireland.
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From Alumni Cantabrigienses:

COPE FREDERICK LORANCE. Admitted pensioner, (age 19) at Pembroke, October 13, 1875 [5th son of John Alexander Mainley (Pinniger assumed the surname and arms of Cope by Royal Licence, August 10, 1867), lawyer, of London and Drumilly, County Armagh, Ireland]. Matriculated Michaelmas 1875; B.A. 1879; M.A. 1882. Ordained deacon, 1880; priest (Durham) 1881; Church of Saint Peter’s, Bishop Auckland, Durham1880-3. Church of Saint Paul’s, West Hartlepool, 1883-6; Vicar there, 1887-94. Vicar of Saint Cuthbert’s, Gateshead, 1894-9. Vicar of Saint Ignatius, Sunderland, 1899-1910. Commissary for the Bishop of the Falkland Islands, 1906-10. Honorary Canon of Durham, 1909-10. A member of Gateshead School Board, and afterwards of the Sunderland School Board. Died unmarried in October 1910, aged 53. Buried at Sunderland.

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Archive statistics Career1878 - 1879
Tournament wins1
Matches7
Match wins6


Tournament wins 1879 - Armagh (Amateur)


Tournaments Armagh - 1879 Armagh - 1878