Charles Cooper Johnson
Sir Charles Cooper Johnson was a senior British Indian Army officer.
Johnson was the sixth son of Sir Henry Johnson, 2nd Baronet, and Charlotte Elizabeth Philipse, daughter of Frederick Philipse and Henrietta Griffiths. He was a grandson of Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet and great-grandson of Frederick Philipse III of New York. He was educated at the East India Company Military Seminary in Addiscombe.
He was commissioned into the 4th [Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs|33rd Bengal Native Infantry]. He later transferred into the Bengal Staff Corps, which was amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps in 1861. He was promoted to Major on 7 June 1864. In 1877, while holding the rank of Colonel, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was promoted to the rank of full General on 1 April 1894. Johnson was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1900 Birthday Honours.
Family
Johnson married on 4 January 1860 Jemima Anne Frances Martin, daughter of Rev George Martin by Lady Charlotte Sophia Eliot, second daughter of the 2nd Earl of Saint Germans. They had five sons:- Hon. Brig.-Gen. Charles Edward, married in 1899 Susan Ellen, daughter of Col. Charles Henry Ewart
- Maj. Arthur Cyril Beaumont, married in 1901 Roberta Joanna, daughter of Robert Pottinger RN, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets
- Hon. Brig.-Gen. Elliot Philipse , married in 1892 Mary, daughter of Surgn-Maj-Gen James Inkson; grandfather of Sir Robin Eliot Johnson, 7th Bt
- Percy Steward, died in childhood
- Allen Victor , married in 1919 Angela Mary, widow of Brig.-Gen. Paul Aloysius Kenna and daughter of Hubert Aloysius Tichborne Hibbert