Background
He was born in Ventnor, the fourth son of naval inventor Captain Cowper Phipps Coles.
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Sherard Cowper-Coles
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Education
He studied at King"s College London and Crystal Palace School of Engineering, and he became a metallurist.
Career
He took out a patent on the sherardising process in 1900, one of more than 900 patents granted to him. Their son Sherard Hamilton Cowper-Coles was the father of British diplomat Sherard Cowper-Coles.
