Cooper-Key, Astley Langrishe, son of Major Sir Aston McNeill Cooper-Key, C. B., of Fulham, H. M. Chief Inspector of Explosives, by Edith, daughter of William Henry Mare, of St. John's, Newfoundland; b. Sept. 26, 1886; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left Dec. 1902; 2nd Lieut. (from Militia) Middlesex Regt. May 27, 1908; Lieut. March 24, 1911; Capt. Dec. 11, 1914; served on the western front and at Gallipoli, and was twice wounded; Deputy Asst. Provost-Marshal British Troops in France and Flanders April 7 - Nov. 26, 1919, Asst. Prov. ­ Marshal Southern Command Dec. 23, 1919 - March 31, 1921, and Rhine army May 14, 1921 - Feb. 18, 1923; D. A. D. of Transportation Inter-Allied Navigation Commission from Feb. 19, 1923; m. 1st Oct. 10, 1917, Kathleen, daughter of Maurice Ansell; 2nd 1946, Anne Moran; d. Nov. 24, 1946.

Cooper, William Alwin, son of Lance Harries Cooper MBE, chairman Mond Nickel Co., and Mary, d. of Nathaniel Kinch of Harrow; b. 2 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left July 1941; Cor­pus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1948; Capt. REME 1943, invalided 1946; asst master Cheltenham Coll. Jun. Sch. 1948-52, Sherborne Sch. 1952-81, housemaster 1966- 81, Governor 1983-; an artist 1983- (elected Roy. West of England Academy 1973), with numerous one-man exhibitions in London and provinces; m. 18 Aug. 1956 Dorothy, d. of Colin Maurice Tustain, chartered accountant, of Leicester.

COOPER, THOMAS, son of Richard Cooper, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, matr. 12 Dec 1679, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1679 - expulsion 1682.

COOPER, THOMAS, third son of Cassian Cooper, London, Clerk to Skinners’ Company, and Anne, eldest dau. of John Godde, St. Swithin’s, London, citizen and merchant taylor; bapt. 25 Sep 1569; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1580; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (WAM 43050) (as Thomas Cowper, Sussex); QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1586, matr. 17 Dec 1586, aged 16; BA 1590; MA 1593; BD 1600; ordained; one of the preachers for the County Palatine of Lancaster; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, 1601-4; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwicks., 1604-10; living in Whitecross Street, London in 1620; subsequently appointed a preacher to the Fleet Prison; living 1624; author, The Romish Spider, with his Web of Treason, 1606, and other works. DNB.

COOPER, ROGER, son of John Cooper, Thurgarton Priory, Notts., and Jane, dau. of Henry Gilbert, Locko, Derbs.; b.; adm.; BB 1676; KS 1679; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. Somerset scholar 26 May 1680, matr. 27 May 1680, aged 17; BA 1 Feb 1683/4; MA 1686; a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Princess Anne, and from 9 Jul 1702 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to her when Queen; lic. to m. 18 Feb 1687/8 Agneta, Dresser and Mother of the Maids to Princess Anne and later Woman of Bedchamber to her as Queen, dau. of Francis Jones, Newton Toney, Wilts.; d. 19 Apr 1703. Buried in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

COOPER, ONESIMUS; b.; adm.; KS; an undated entry in the Treasurer’s Accounts, probably belonging to Feb 1627/8, states “given to Onesus Cooper, a minister, a Westminster Scholler XLs” (Chapter Muniments 34163).

COOPER, LOVICK EMILIUS, only son of Rev. Thomas Lovick Cooper, Rector of Mablethorpe, Lincs., and his first wife Emily Mary Swinfen, only dau. of Sir Thomas Durrant, Bart.; b. 28 Nov 1837; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1851; Ensign, Rifle Brigade, 21 Oct 1855; served in Indian Mutiny; d. 19 Mar 1858, from wounds received in action at Lucknow on 11 Mar 1858. Memorial window in Abbey, at west end of North Transept.

Cooper, Kenneth Herbert Lionel, son of Algernon Sidney Cooper, of Westcliff-on-Sea, and Anne May, d. of William Robert Godfrey of Basildon, Essex; b. 20 Feb. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, played football against Oxford 1931-2, BA 1932; a sales man. ICI; m. 23 May 1942 Angela Lief, d. of Charles Kemp Cobby of Cottingham, Yorks; d. 14 July 1971.

COOPER, JOSEPH; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jul 1736 (Guyneham's); left 1737.

COOPER, JOHN; b.; adm.; BB; KS (Capt) 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1677; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; BD 1703; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1680, Junior Dean 1703-6, Tutor 1706, Senior Fellow from 1711; Proctor 1701; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Bentley; ordained; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 1698; buried in Trin. Coll. Chapel 10 Dec 1714.