“ About 20 years later he was appointed to the post of summary writer in the House of Commons, and in 1893 to the same position in the House of Lords, his experience and his habitual accuracy rendering him well qualified for work of this character. ”

“ Cooper came of a family at one time settled in Berkshire, and was born at Cambridge about the year 1833. His father was Mr. Charles Henry Cooper, solicitor, and Town Clerk of Cambridge, and the author of the well-known work "Athenæ Cantabridgiensis." In early life he was admitted to his father's profession; but was never, on only for a short time, in actual practice, and while still a young man he devoted himself wholly to literature and journalism. He entered the Reporters' Gallery first as a representative of the Star newspaper, and joined the Parliamentary staff of The Times in 1866. ”