Background
COOPER, Richard J. was born in July 1860. 5. of late Right Honourable Edward Cooper of Markree. ?n. 1904, Constance Mary, daughter of late A. W. T. Grant Thorold of Cosgrave Hall, Northamptonshire.
COOPER, Richard J. was born in July 1860. 5. of late Right Honourable Edward Cooper of Markree. ?n. 1904, Constance Mary, daughter of late A. W. T. Grant Thorold of Cosgrave Hall, Northamptonshire.
Eton; Sandhurst.
Joined Grenadier Guards 1880. Transferred to Irish Guards 1900. Served Egypt 1882 (medal and clasp for Telel-Kebir).
South Africa, 1900 (medal and clasps—Cape Colony and Driefontein).
Private Secretary to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1904-1905.
Clubs: Guards’, Travellers’, Marlborough.