Astley Cooper Key R.N.
Astley Cooper Key R.N.
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Astley Cooper Key R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Charles Aston Key (1793-1849), a well-known surgeon, the pupil of Sir Astley Cooper |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
18 January 1821 | | Born (London) |
5 July 1855 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
1856 | | Married, firstly, Charlotte Lavinia McNeill (died 30 December 1874) |
1866 | | Director of Naval Ordnance |
24 May 1873 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
October 1877 | | Married, secondly, Evelyn Bartolucci at Halifax, Nova Scotia |
24 November 1882 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
11 August 1884 | | Privy Councillor |
3 March 1888 | | Died (Maidenhead) |
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Date | Rank |
2 July 1833 | Entered Navy |
22 December 1842 | Lieutenant |
18 November 1845 | Commander |
11 October 1850 | Captain |
20 November 1866 | Rear-Admiral |
30 April 1873 | Vice-Admiral |
21 March 1878 | Admiral |
18 January 1886 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
28 February 1843 | 1844 | Lieutenant in Curacoa, commanded by Thomas Sabine Pasley, South America |
9 February 1844 | | Lieutenant in Gorgon, commanded by Charles Hotham, South America, and in acting command of the schooner Fanny during the Anglo-French action in Uruguay |
3 May 1847 | 1850 | Commander in Bulldog, Mediterranean |
8 November 1853 | 1 January 1856 | Captain in Amphion, the Baltic during the Russian War |
9 January 1856 | April 1858 | Captain in Sans Pareil, in charge of a division of gunboats, then (May 1856) returning troops from the Crimea, then (September 1856) Portugal, then (March 1857) China and India (Key in command of the naval brigade at the capture of Canton, 28 December 1857 during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War), until Key was invalided |
1859 | 1860 | Member of the Royal Commission on National Defence |
25 May 1860 | 13 July 1860 | Captain in Wellington, guard ship of Sailing Ordinary, Plymouth (this was the last use of the word "Ordinary" to describe vessels not in commission) |
14 July 1860 | 3 July 1863 | Captain in Indus, guard ship of the Steam Reserve, Devonport, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (Rear-Admiral Thomas Sabine Pasley, then Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds) |
4 July 1863 | October 1866 | Captain in Excellent, and superintendent of the Royal Naval College |
1 July 1869 | 6 June 1870 | Admiral superintendent, Portsmouth (flag in Indus) |
6 June 1870 | 8 August 1872 | Admiral superintendent, Malta |
1872 | 1876 | President of the projected Royal Naval College at Greenwich (opened 1873) |
22 December 1875 | 1 April 1878 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies |
March 1878 | | Commander-in-chief, Baltic fleet (during Russian war scare) |
12 August 1879 | 1 July 1885 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |