Cope, James (2)

an English Congregational minister, was born in London, September 16, 1781. He was brought up by a pious mother, converted in early life, and educated at Hoxton Academy; was ordained at Weytown, near Bridport, in 1815; retired from the pastorate in 1823; accepted a call to St. Austell in 1828, and resigned in 1848. He died while on a visit to Plymouth, May 28, 1863. Mr. Cope generally supported himself by keeping a boarding-school. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1864, page 204.