Background
COOPER, Frank Towers was born on July 16, 1863 in London. 2nd son of Charles A. Cooper, Doctor of Laws, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, late editor of the Scotsman, and of Susanna, daughter of late Thomas Towers of Hull.
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Frank Towers COOPER
Frank Towers COOPER, British Sheriff.
Education
Studied at Royal High School, Edinburgh. Universities of Edinburgh and Bonn. Master of Arts; Bachelor of Laws.
Career
Called to the Scottish Bar, 1886. Junior Legal Assessor of the City of Edinburgh, 1897. Legal Assessor, 1904.
Sheriff of Chancery, 1905. Sheriff of Caithness, Orkney, and Zetland, 1905. Resigned, 1905; contested Unionist Leith Burghs, 1906. King’s Counsel 1904.
Membership
Clubs: Devonshire; Northern, Edinburgh.
Connections
Spouse 1893, Mabel, 3rddaughter of late Mr. Justice Wearing of the Supreme Court of S. Australia.
- Father:
- Charles A. Cooper
- Spouse:
- Mabel
