Background
COOPER, David was born on July 3, 1855. Son of John Cooper, Waterside, Dalmellington.
COOPER, David was born on July 3, 1855. Son of John Cooper, Waterside, Dalmellington.
Studied at Waterside School, Dalmellington, Ayrshire.
Joined the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, 1867, and has been in the service of the Company ever since. Commenced career as parcels clerk. AssistantGeneral Manager, 1884.
Superintendent of the Line, 1889. Has been Secretary of the Railway Benevolent Institution in Scotland. Chairman of the Superintendents’ Railway Conference, 1893.
Chairman of the General Managers’Conference of the Associated Railway Companies of Great Britain, 1905. Is Lieutenant-Colonel of Railway Engineer and Volunteer Staff Corps. Representative of the Scottish Railway Companies on the War Railway Council, 1908. General Manager of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company since 1894.
Club: St. Stephen’s.
Golf and billiards.
Spouse 1885, Lizzie Mathieson,daughter of John Mathieson of Tulloch, Keig, Aberdeenshire.