Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet (1 July 1821 – 5 June 1902) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and philanthropist in the Colony of New South Wales.
He served as the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the colony and was a noted philatelist.
Cooper was conferred the hereditary title of Cooper baronet of Woollahra in 1863, the second of four baronetcy conferred to British expatriates in the Australian colonies.
Author: Unknown. Previously uploaded to en.wikipedia by Fconaway in February 2007 (file log). Source: "Cooper, Sir Daniel Cooper, (1821 - 1902)" Australian Dictionary of Biography, On Line Edition at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030423b.htm Also in print at A. W. Martin, "Cooper, Sir Daniel (1821 - 1902)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, p. 452. License: PD-Australia