Person Key; Sir; Astley Cooper (1821 - 1888); Royal Navy Officer Key Astley Cooper Sir Royal Navy Officer 1821 - 1888 English Male 18 January 1821 Maidenhead, Berkshire 03 March 1888

70 St George's Square, London (1867); Maidenhead, Berkshire

Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1833); Lieutenant (1842); Commander (1845); Rear Admiral (1866); Director General, Department of Naval Ordnance (1866-1869); President, Royal Naval College (1873); Vice Admiral (1873); Admiral (1878); First Lord of the Admiralty (1879); Privy Councillor (1884) Honours: CB 1855; KCB 1873; GCB 1882 Memberships: FRGS Son of Charles Aston Key, Surgeon, Guy's Hospital, London, and his wife Anne Cooper, niece of Sir Astley Cooper (FRS 1802); married twice Fellow 04/06/1868 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1887-1888 vol 43 pp ix-xi signed by G H R International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 18 Jan 1821 - 3 Mar 1888 NA5996 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 21/01/2026 RS_NET\louisianef Yes 9c1db2e3-4374-450f-8093-bcbde256c03f