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married Harriet, daughter of the late C. V. Garrett, of Southsea. 

 Passing out of the Staff College, first on the list, and specially 

 recommended, he went through the usual course of study and practice 

 in regimental duties at Aldershot, and the long course of gunnery at 

 Woolwich and Shoeburyness (1871). He was appointed Instructor 

 of Tactics, Administration, and Law at the Royal Military College 

 at Sandhurst, 1872 ; and was Professor of the same subjects 

 1878-1885. His promotion as Captain dates November, 1875, 

 and Major by Brevet, 1879. He retired from the Service February, 

 1886 ; and devoted his time and energy as a military instructor 

 or "coach," preparing subalterns of the "Militia for commissions 

 in the Army. He leaves two daughters and five sons; two of 

 the latter are Lieutenants in the Army. 



After the systematic study of geology and chemistry was 

 eliminated from the curriculum at the Staff College, and the 

 professorships thereof had ceased, Colonel C. Cooper -King 

 succeeded Major Mitchell as Lecturer on Geology in 1886. Dealing 

 also with such other branches of Natural Science as the officer- 

 students could find time to study, his synopsis of these lectures 

 on " Applied Science " embraced not only the land, but water 

 (fresh and salt), air and weather, magnetism and electricity, as well as 

 food and forage. Colonel Cooper-King drew a large class to geology, 

 both in the lecture-room and the field ; for, being a military expert 

 himself, his explanations of the science in relation to military tactics 

 and battlefields were well appi'eciated. 



Whether on the blackboard or on paper, his apt and facile 

 illustrations of geological conditions and natural-history facts 

 were very acceptable to his students and his scientific friends. 

 Always observant, and ready with pen and pencil, his notebooks 

 were rich with reminiscences of places and people, visited or met 

 with, at home and abroad. In spite of frequent illness, due to 

 rheumatism and heart-failure, his energy spurred him to persist 

 as a hard worker, whether in the study on literary matters, in 

 the field as military correspondent, or in his class-room among 

 military students. Many of his friends in the Army remember with 

 pleasure, and often with gratitude, the advantages they received 

 from his teaching, as private instructor or at college ; and, indeed, 

 he was always ready to help, both cadet and officer, with advice and 

 solid information. 



He was an Assistant-Examiner in Geology, Geography, and 

 Physiography for the Science and Art Department (South Ken- 

 sington) and the Civil Service Commission for twenty years. 



As literary work, we may notice his books — "On Map and Plan 

 Drawing," " History of Berkshire," "George Washington," "The 

 British Army," and "The Story of the British Army," the last- 

 mentioned lately published. He was Editor of the " Great Campaigns 

 in Europe," and for some time of " The United Service Magazine." 

 Reviews, notices, and miscellaneous pieces by C. Cooper-King are 

 scattered in different periodicals. 



lu his " History of Berkshire " (E. Stock, London, 1887), a good 



