SIR

See also:

• ASTLEY, JACOB ASTLEY, BARON (1579-1652)
• ASTLEY, SIR JOHN DIIGDALB

ASTLEY

See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

COOPER

See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• SIR ASTLEY COOPER KEY (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

KEY (1821-1888)  , English admiral, was born in London in 1821, and entered the navy in 1833 . His father was Charles Aston Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the pupil of Sir Astley Cooper, and his mother was the latter's niece . After distinguishing himself in active service abroad, on the South American station (1844-1846), in the Baltic during the Crimean War (C.B . 1855) and China (1857), Key was appointed in 1858 a member of the royal commission on national defence,-in 186o captain of the steam reserve at Devonport, and in 1863 captain of H.M.S . " Excellent " and superintendent of the Royal Naval College . He had a considerable share in advising as to the reorganization of administration, and in 1866, having become rear-admiral, was made director of naval ordnance . Between 1869 and 1872 he held the offices of superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, superintendent of Malta dockyard, and second in command in the Mediterranean . In 1872 he was made president of the projected Royal Naval College at Greenwich, which was organized by him, and after its opening in 1873 he was made a K.C.B. and a vice-admiral . In 1876 he was appointed commander-in-chief on the North American and West Indian station . Having become full admiral in 1878, he was appointed in 1879 principal A.D.C., and soon afterwards first naval lord of the admiralty, retaining this post till 1885 . In 1882 he was made G.C.B . He died at Maidenhead on the 3rd of March, 1888 .

See

Memoirs of Sir Astley Cooper Key, by Vice-Admiral Colomb (1898) .