SIR 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 KEY (1821-1888)
, English admiral, was born in London in 1821, and entered the navy in 1833
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His father was Charles Aston Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the See also: - PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of Sir 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, and his mother was the latter's niece
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After distinguishing himself in active service abroad, on the South American station (1844-1846), in the Baltic during the Crimean War (C.B
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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
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" Excellent " and superintendent of the Royal Naval College
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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
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Between 1869 and 1872 he held the offices of superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, superintendent of Malta dockyard, and second in command in the Mediterranean
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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
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In 1876 he was appointed commander-in- chief on the North American and West Indian station
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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
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In 1882 he was made G.C.B
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He died at Maidenhead on the 3rd of March, 1888
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See Memoirs of Sir Astley Cooper Key, by Vice-Admiral Colomb (1898)
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