Education
Cooper was educated at Clifton College, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1913.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Cooper was educated at Clifton College, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1913.
He was Chairman of the chemical manufacturing firm Cooper, McDougall & Robertson. He served in the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen"s Own Royal Regiment), where he was appointed a lieutenant 26 March 1902. He founded the National Party with Sir Henry Page Croft in 1917 but stood at the 1918 election as an Independent Conservative.
He was prominent, along with Croft, in the campaign against the Prime Minister David Lloyd George in July 1922 for selling honours.
Cooper married Alice Priestland in 1900.
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament. 31st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Walsall in January 1910 general election, a seat he would hold until 1922.