George Cope (1822–1888) was one of the founding brothers of Cope Bros & Co, a tobacco products manufacturer in Liverpool.The Will Of George Cope, Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, March 20, 1888Cope's and the Promotion of Tobacco in Victorian England, by A. V. Seaton, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic He was understood to be the junior partner in the business up until his brother Thomas Cope (1827-1884)'s death in 1884.Dr Maureen Watry - Head of Special Collections and Archives 2002 http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/exhibs/FraserExhibition.html He was born on 4 September 1822 as Soloman George Cope Parish Records - IGI www.familysearch.orgFamily Register – Cope Family MonmouthCope Family Tree 1928 – Cope Family Monmouth1841–1881 Census to John Cope (1791–1884), a music professor originally from Ross On Wye,General Register Office (GRO), 1844 Death Certificate and Ellen Jones (from Liverpool) He died 1 February 1888,General Register Office (GRO), 1888 Death Certificate and was buried in Anfield Cemetery on 3 February 1888.FUNERAL OF MR. GEORGE COPE Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, February 7, 1888
At the time of his death in 1888 he was living in and was the owner of Dove Park in Liverpool (which is now called Reynolds Park, named after the Park’s last private owners). He was a justice of the peace (JP) in the County of Denbigh of north Wales in the last two years before his death, where he had another residence.
His estate was valued at £274,923Some Wills of the Year, Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Tuesday, January 1, 1889; Issue 9522.Dead Mens Gold, The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Monday, January 7, 1889; Issue 7428. at the time of his death, and was the subject of some newspaper articles at the time due to his being one of the richest men in Britain dying that year. Henry Tate of Tate & Lyle was one of the executors of the will.The London Gazette, March 23rd 1888 page 1809 Woolton Convalescent Institution (£5000) and Cope's Benevolent Fund (£10,000) were among the beneficiaries of the will.
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