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Cope, Sir John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A British general; was in command at Prestonpans, and defeated by the Pretender there in 1745, in connection with which his name is remembered in Scotland as not having been ready when the Highlanders attacked him, by the song "Heigh! Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet?" d . 1760.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cope, Sir John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/cope-sir-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.