The son of Sir Joseph Copley, first baronet; he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and in 1799 married Lady Cecil Hamilton after her divorce from the Marquiss of Abercorn.

REFERENCES TO Sir Joseph Copley, third baronet:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 May 1835 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)