Daniel Cooper

Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet GCMG (1 July 1821 – 5 June 1902) was the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales and a noted philatelist. He was born at Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of Thomas Cooper, merchant, and his wife Jane. He was the nephew of the emancipated convict and extraordinarily successful businessman, Daniel Cooper, who took an interest in the education of his nephew. He was taken to Sydney by his parents when a child, but was sent to England again in 1835 and spent four years at University College London. Cooper began business at Havre, France, but his health failing, he returned to Sydney in 1843. There, he acquired an interest in a mercantile firm, afterwards known as D. Cooper and Company,...