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COOPER, JOHN RAMSAY. Chemist and druggist at 17 High st. Canterbury;
a prominent promoter of the blue riband movement; invented phonic
system of teaching reading, which was adopted in many of the
principal elementary schools in England 1885; bankrupt on his own
petition, June 1885; died at the police station, Canterbury 5 July
1885 from taking a solution of strychnia and about 15 or 20 grains
of the salt; coroner’s jury returned a verdict that he committed
suicide while of unsound mind.

COOPER, JOHN WILBYE, always known as Wilbye Cooper. Tenor vocalist
to 1870; composed songs entitled _Ah where are now those happy
hours_ 1852; _The old cottager_ 1852; author of _The voice, the
music of language and the soul of song, a short essay on the art
of singing_ 1874; edited _Cramer’s Educational Course_ consisting
of _Cramer’s Vocal Tutor 2 parts_ 1867, and _Cramer’s New Singing
Method 4 parts_ 1872–74. _d._ 20 Castellain road, Maida hill,
London 19 March 1885.

COOPER, JOSEPH THOMAS. _b._ London 25 May 1819; organist of St.
Michael’s, Queenhithe 1837, of St. Paul’s, Balls Pond, London
1844, of Ch. Ch. Newgate st. 1866 to death, of Christ’s hospital
1876 to death; musical editor of _Evening Hours_, monthly mag.
March 1871; F.R.A.S. 1845. _d._ 113 Grosvenor road, Highbury 17
Nov. 1879.

COOPER, ROBERT. Educ. at Charter house school; went to Canada;
edited _British Canadian_ paper at Toronto 1846; edited _Herald_
paper at London, Upper Canada; county judge of united counties of
Huron and Bruce 1856; published _Rules and practice of the Court
of Chancery of Upper Canada, Toronto_ 1851. _d._ Goderich, Upper
Canada 19 June 1866.

COOPER, THOMAS THORNVILLE (_8 son of John J. Cooper of
Bishopwearmouth, coalfitter_). _b._ Bishopwearmouth 13 Sep. 1839;
made several journeys into interior of Australia; clerk in house
of Arbuthnot and Co. at Madras 1859–61; joined Shanghai volunteers
and helped to protect that city against Taiping rebels 1863;
attempted to penetrate from China through Tibet to India 1868;
attempted to enter China from Assam 1869; political agent at Bamo;
attached to political department of India office, London; sent to
India with despatches and presents to the viceroy in connection
with imperial durbar of Delhi 1876; re-appointed political agent
at Bamo; author of _Travels of a pioneer of commerce in pigtail
and petticoats_ 1871; _Mishmee hills, an account of a journey_
1873; murdered by a sepoy at Bamo 24 April 1878. _W. Gill’s River
of Golden sand_, _new ed._ 1883 _introduction p. 108, portrait and
p. 323_.

COOPER, REV. WILLIAM. R. of Wadingham, Lincs. March 1808 to death;
R. of West Rasen, Lincs. 1809 to death; chaplain in ord. to the
Sovereign 1830 to death. _d._ West Rasen rectory 24 Aug. 1856 aged
86.

COOPER, WILLIAM (_son of Charles Cooper of Norwich, barrister, who
d. 21 July 1836_). _b._ 6 Jany. 1810; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. and
Linc. coll. Ox., B.A. 1830; barrister L.I. 10 June 1831; comr. of
bankruptcy for Norwich 1832–42; a revising barrister for Leics.
1839 to death; standing counsel to Metropolitan police; one of
counsel to the Treasury; recorder of Ipswich, Dec. 1874 to death;
author of _A sketch of the life of H. Cooper and of C. Cooper_
1856 and of 3 dramas _The student of Jena_ 1842, _Mokanna_ 1843
and _Zopyrus_ 1856. _d._ 25 Great Russell st. Bedford sq. London
17 Sep. 1877.

COOPER, WILLIAM DURRANT (_eld. son of Thomas Cooper of Lewes,
solicitor 1789–1841_). _b._ High st. Lewes 10 Jany. 1812;
solicitor at Lewes 1833–7; on parliamentary staff of _Morning
Chronicle_ and _Times_ 1837; solicitor to Reform club 1837;
solicitor to vestry of St. Pancras 20 Dec. 1858; F.S.A. 11 March
1841; author of _The parliamentary history of the county of
Sussex_ 1834; _A glossary of the provincialisms in use in Sussex_,
privately printed 1836 which he published 1853; _Seven letters by
Sterne and his friends_ 1844; _The history of Winchelsea_ 1850;
edited several books for the Camden and Shakespeare Societies;
author of many papers in _Sussex Archæological Collections vols.
ii, to xxvi._ _d._ 81 Guilford st. Russell sq. London 28 Dec.
1875. _Sussex Archæological Collections xxvii_, 117–32 (1877).

COOPER, WILLIAM RICKETTS. _b._ 1843; a designer of carpet patterns;
a London missionary; assistant curator of Sir John Soane’s museum,
Lincoln Inn Fields; one of chief founders of Society of biblical
archæology 1870, sec. 1870–6; F.R.A.S. Jany. 1875; author of
_Serpent myths of Ancient Egypt_ 1873; _The resurrection of
Assyria_ 1875; _Heroines of the past_ 1875; _Egypt and the
Pentateuch_ 1875; _An Archaic dictionary_ 1876; _The Horus myth
and Christianity_ 1877; _A short history of the Egyptian obelisk_
1877, _2 ed._ 1878; _Christian evidence lectures_ 1880; translated
_Lenormant’s Chaldean magic_ 1877. _d._ Ventnor, Isle of Wight 15
Nov. 1878.

COOPER, WILLIAM WHITE (_youngest son of George Fort Cooper_). _b._
Holt, Wiltshire 17 Nov. 1816; ed. at St. Bartholomew’s hospital;
M.R.C.S. 1838, F.R.C.S. 1845; one of original staff of North
London Eye Infirmary 1841; ophthalmic surgeon to St. Mary’s
hospital, Paddington 1851; surgeon oculist in ordinary to the
Queen 4 March 1859 to death; it was announced that he was to be
knighted 29 May 1886; author of _Invalid’s guide to Madeira_ 1840;
_Practical remarks on near sight, aged sight and impaired vision_
1847, _2 ed._ 1853; _Observations on conical cornea_ 1850; _On
wounds and injuries of the eye_ 1859; _Zoological notes and
anecdotes by Sestertius Holt_ 1852, pseud. of which a second ed.
appeared under the title _Traits and anecdotes of animals_ 1861.
_d._ of acute pneumonia at 19 Berkeley sq. London 1 June 1886.
_Medical Circular iii_, 383–85 (1853), _portrait_.

COOTE, CHARLES. _b._ Waltham abbey, Essex 1807; sang in English
opera at Lyceum theatre; pianist to Duke of Devonshire 30 years,
travelling with him abroad and at home; organised the quadrille
band 1848 which has become celebrated in aristocratic circles;
composed upwards of 150 pieces of music chiefly quadrilles,
waltzes, galops, polkas and dances on airs from popular operas.
_d._ 42 New Bond st. London 14 March 1879.

COOTE, SIR CHARLES HENRY, 9 Baronet. _b._ 2 Jany. 1792; succeeded 2
March 1802; M.P. for Queen’s county 1821–47 and 1852–59; col.
Queen’s co. militia 20 Nov. 1824 to death. _d._ 5 Connaught place,
London 5 Oct. 1864.

COOTE, ELIZABETH PHILLIS (_granddau. of Charles Coote 1807–79_).
_b._ 19 Oct. 1862; acted in America 1870; sang at Canterbury and
Pavilion music halls, London 1871–3; played Hop o’ my Thumb in
pantomime at T.R. Brighton, Dec. 1873; played at Adelphi and
Princess’s theatres 1877–8; made a great hit at Brighton in
pantomime of Little Boy Blue, Dec. 1882. _d._ Ducie st.
Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester 18 Feb. 1886. _Illust. sporting
and dramatic news viii_, 401, 422 (1878), _portrait_, _xvi_, 569,
574 (1882), _portrait_.

COOTE, HENRY CHARLES (_son of Charles Coote of London 1761–1835,
member of college of advocates_). _b._ 1814; admitted proctor in
Doctors’ Commons 1840; practised in the Probate court; admitted
solicitor 1857; F.S.A. 17 May 1860; a founder of the Folklore
Society 1878; author of _Practice of the ecclesiastical courts_
1846; _The common form practice of the Court of Probate_ 1858, _9
ed._ 1883; _Practice of the high court of Admiralty_ 1860, _2 ed._
1869; _A neglected fact in English history_ 1864; _The Romans in
Britain_ 1878. _d._ 13 Westgate terrace, Redclyffe sq. West
Brompton, London 4 Jany. 1885. _Athenæum 17 Jany. 1885 p. 87, col.
3._

COOTE, HOLMES (_2 son of Richard Holmes Coote of London,
conveyancer_). _b._ London 10 Nov. 1817; ed. at Westminster;
F.R.C.S. 1844; assistant surgeon St. Bartholomew’s 1852, surgeon
1863 to death; civil surgeon in charge of the wounded soldiers at
Smyrna 1855; author of _The Homologies of the human skeleton_
1849; _A report on some of the more important points in the
treatment of Syphilis_ 1857; _On diseases of the joints_ 1867.
_d._ 22 Dec. 1872. _Medical Circular iii_, 31 (1853); _St.
Bartholomew’s hospital reports ix_, _pp. xxxix-xliii_ (1873).

COPE, REV. EDWARD MEREDITH. _b._ Birmingham 28 July 1818; ed. at
Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844;
fellow of Trin. coll. 1842 to death, and lecturer on Greek
1845–69; contested professorship of Greek at Cam. 1867; wrote a
criticism of Grote’s Dissertation on the sophists in the
_Cambridge Journal of classical philology_ 1854–6; author of
_Review of Aristotle’s System of ethics, a prelection_ 1867; _The
Rhetoric of Aristotle with a commentary by the late E. M. Cope,
revised and edited by J. E. Sandys 3 vols._ 1877. _d._ 5 Aug.
1873. _bur._ Birmingham cemetery.

COPE, SIR JOHN, 11 Baronet (_younger son of Wm. Cope of Bridges
place, Kent, chapter clerk to dean and chapter of Westminster
abbey_). _b._ 22 July 1768; practised as a solicitor to 1806;
succeeded his elder brother 12 Dec. 1812; kept a pack of foxhounds
to year of his death. _d._ Bramshill park, Hants. 18 Nov. 1851.
_G.M. xxxvii_, 184–5 (1852).

COPE, REV. RICHARD. _b._ near Craven chapel, Regent st. London 23
Aug. 1776; kept a boarding school at Launceston 1800–20;
Independent minister at Launceston 21 Oct. 1801 to 24 June 1820;
minister of Salem chapel, Wakefield 1822–29, of Quebec chapel,
Abergavenny 1829–36, of New st. chapel, Penryn, Cornwall 1836 to
death; M.A. Marischal coll. Aberdeen 1819; F.S.A. 13 Feb. 1824;
author of _Adventures of a religious tract_ 1820 _anon._; _Robert
Melville or characters contrasted_ 1827; _Pulpit synopsis,
outlines of sermons_ 1837; _Entertaining anecdotes_ 1838; _Pietas
privata, family prayers_ 1857. _d._ Penryn 26 Oct. 1856.
_Autobiography and select remains of Richard Cope edited by his
son R. J. Cope_ 1857.

COPE, THOMAS, _b._ London 1793; apprenticed to Joseph Smith,
printer; worked under W. Clowes of Northumberland court, Strand,
printer 1818–22; started a newspaper at Southampton 1822; returned
to Clowes’s; printer and publisher of _The Representative_ 1826;
managed John Wm. Parker’s printing office; publisher of _The
Times_ 1848–63. _d._ Salisbury st. Strand, London 13 March 1877.

COPE, THOMAS. _b._ Liverpool; commenced with his brother George Cope
the manufacture of cigars in Liverpool 1848 and the manufacture of
tobacco 1860, employed about 1300 people at his works Lord Nelson
st. Liverpool and was the first person in England to engage women
in making cigars; founded with J. R. Jeffery and Robert Gladstone,
Financial Reform Association 1848; speaker of Liverpool
Parliamentary debating society; aided Hugh Shimmin in founding
_The Porcupine_ 1860; _Cope’s Tobacco plant, a monthly periodical,
price 1d. No. 1 issued 21 March 1870_, was brought out by Cope
Brothers & Co. for about 14 years. _d._ Parkside cottage, Huyton
near Liverpool 18 Sep. 1884 in 57 year. _Liverpool Daily Post 19
Sept. 1884 p. 5._

COPE, WILLIAM (_only son of Wm. Henry Cope of Holbeach, Staffs._)
_b._ 20 Oct. 1813; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839;
barrister I.T. 20 Nov. 1840; district registrar of Court of
Probate, Shrewsbury 1858 to death; recorder of Bridgnorth 10 March
1871 to death. _d._ Shawbury, Shropshire 8 Jany. 1885.

COPELAND, THOMAS (_son of Rev. Wm. Copeland 1747–87, C. of Byfield,
Northamptonshire_). _b._ May 1781; M.R.C.S. 6 July 1804, hon.
F.R.C.S. 1843; assistant surgeon 1 foot guards 1804–9; surgeon to
Westminster general dispensary; F.R.S. 6 Feb. 1834; surgeon
extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1837; author of _Observations on
some of the principal diseases of the Rectum_ 1810, _3 ed._ 1824;
_Observations on the symptoms and treatment of the diseased spine_
1815, _2 ed._ 1818 which was translated into several European
languages. _d._ Brighton 19 Nov. 1855, personalty sworn under
£180,000. _Medical Circular iii_, 31 (1853); _Pettigrew’s Medical
portrait gallery iv_, (1840), _portrait_.

COPELAND, REV. WILLIAM JOHN (_son of Wm. Copeland of Chigwell,
Essex, surgeon_). _b._ Chigwell 1 Sep. 1804; ed. at St. Paul’s
sch. and Trin. coll. Ox., Pauline exhibitioner 1824, scholar,
fellow 1830–49; B.A. 1829, M.A. 1831, B.D. 1840; C. of St. Olave,
Jewry, London 1829, C. of Hackney 1829–32; R. of Farnham, Essex
1849 to death; rural dean of Newport 1849–81; edited Newman’s
_Parochial and plain sermons 8 vols._ 1868; translated the
_Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Ephesians_
in vol. 5 of the _Library of the Fathers_. _d._ Farnham rectory 26
Aug. 1885, part of his library is now in the National Liberal
Club, Whitehall place, London.

COPELAND, WILLIAM ROBERT, _b._ Deal; apprenticed to a chemist;
lessee and manager of T.R. Liverpool and proprietor of royal
amphitheatre 1843; manager of Strand theatre, London which he
called “Punch’s Playhouse,” May 1851 to May 1852. _d._ New
Brighton, Cheshire 29 May 1867 aged 68. _bur._ Smithdown lane
cemetery, Liverpool 8 June. _Era 2 June 1867 p. 4, col. 4._

COPELAND, WILLIAM TAYLOR (_only son of Wm. Copeland of the Stoke
potteries, porcelain manufacturer, who d. 1826_). _b._ 24 March
1797; manufacturer of porcelain at Stoke upon Trent 1833; sheriff
of London and Middlesex 1828–29, alderman for ward of Bishopsgate
1829 to death, lord mayor 1835–36; M.P. for Coleraine 1833–37, for
Stoke upon Trent 1837–52 and 1857 to 6 July 1865; pres. of
Bridewell and of Bethlehem hospitals many years; bred racehorses
and kept a stud. _d._ Russell farm, Watford, Herts. 12 April 1868.
_John Ward’s Borough of Stoke upon Trent_ 1843 _pp._ 64, 497–504,
582; _Sporting Review lix_, 309 (1868); _Art Journal_ (1868) _p._
158; _I.L.N. xxxii_, 561 (1858), _portrait_.

COPLAND, JAMES, _b._ in the Orkneys, Nov. 1791; ed. at Lerwick and
Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1 Aug. 1815; Medical officer of the African
company on the Gold Coast 1817; practised in London 1820–69;
edited _The London medical repository_ 1822–27; L.R.C.P. London 26
June 1820, fellow 3 July 1837, censor 1841, 1842 and 1861,
Gulstonian lecturer 1838, Croonian lecturer 1844–46, Lumleian
lecturer 1854–55, Harveian orator 1857, Consiliarius 1844,
1849–51, 1861–63; F.R.S. 5 Dec. 1833; pres. of Pathological Soc;
author of _A dictionary of practical medicine 3 vols._ 1858
brought out in parts Sep. 1832–1858; _The forms, complications,
causes, prevention and treatment of consumption and bronchitis_
1861. _d._ Hertford house, Brondesbury road, Kilburn near London
12 July 1870. _Physic and physicians ii_, 285–89 (1839); _T. J.
Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery i_, 109 (1840), _portrait_;
_J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of the medical
profession_ (1874) 410–20; _Medical Circular iv, 299, 317 and 353_
(1854).

COPLEY, SIR JOSEPH WILLIAM, 4 Baronet, _b._ London 27 July 1804;
succeeded 21 May 1838; sheriff of Yorkshire 1843. _d._
Sprotborough hall, Doncaster 4 Jany. 1883.

COPPOCK, JAMES (_eld. son of Wm. Coppock of Stockport, Cheshire,
mercer_). _b._ Stockport 2 Sep. 1798; partner in a silk firm in
London; admitted attorney 1836; sec. to Liberal Registration
Society with a residence in the Society’s rooms 3 Cleveland row,
St. James’s 1835; treasurer of county courts, Aug. 1857 to death;
sec. of the Reform Club, London, May to June 1836 when he was
elected an hon. life member and appointed solicitor to the club;
author of _The electors’ manual_ 1835. _d._ 3 Cleveland row, St.
James’s, London 19 Dec. 1857.

CORBALLIS, JOHN RICHARD (_2 son of Richard Corballis of Rosemount,
Roebuck, co. Dublin_). _b._ Dublin 1796; ed. at the Lay college of
Maynooth and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1816, LL.B. and LLD. 1832;
barrister King’s Inns, Dublin 1820; Q.C. 17 Aug. 1841; bencher of
King’s Inns; comr. of charitable bequests for Ireland 18 Sep.
1845; law adviser to the Crown in Ireland 1853–58 and 1859–64;
crown prosecutor on the Home circuit; chairman of quarter sessions
for co. Kilkenny to 1862. _d._ Rosemount 13 Feb. 1879 in 83 year.

CORBALLY, MATTHEW ELIAS. _b._ 1797; sheriff of Meath 1838; M.P.
Meath 1840–41 and 1842 to death. _d._ Corbalton hall, Tara, co.
Meath 25 Nov. 1870.

CORBAUX, MARIE FRANÇOISE CATHERINE DOETTER, usually called Fanny
Corbaux (_dau. of François Corbaux, F.R.S. who d. 1 May 1843 aged
74_). _b._ 1812; studied at National Gallery and British
Institution; gained gold medal of Society of Arts for a portrait
in miniature 1830; hon. mem. of Society of British Artists 1830;
mem. of New Soc. of Painters in Water colours; granted civil list
pension of £30, 26 Sep. 1871; wrote in the _Athenæum_, _Letters on
the physical geography of the Exodus_; wrote in the _Journal of
sacred literature_ a series of papers giving the history of a
remarkable nation called ‘the Rephaim’ in the Bible; wrote an
historical and chronological introduction to _The Exodus Papyri by
D. I. Heath_ 1855. _d._ Brighton 1 Feb. 1883. _E. C. Clayton’s
English female artists ii_, 68–70.

CORBET, SIR ANDREW VINCENT, 2 Baronet. _b._ Shawbury park,
Shropshire 15 June 1800; succeeded 5 June 1835; sheriff of
Shropshire 1843. _d._ Brancepeth castle, Durham 13 Sep. 1855.

CORBETT, PANTON (_2 son of Ven. Joseph Plymley, archdeacon of Salop,
who took surname of Corbett 1806 and d. 22 June 1838 aged 79_).
_b._ Bank house, Longnor, Salop, April 1785; barrister L.I. 21
June 1806; M.P. for Shrewsbury 1820–1830; high steward of borough
of Welshpool; sheriff of Shropshire 1849; chairman of Shropshire
quarter sessions 1850 to June 1855. _d._ Longnor hall, Shropshire
22 Nov. 1855.

CORBETT, SIR STUART (_son of Ven. Stuart Corbett, archdeacon of
York, who d. 25 Aug. 1845 aged 71_). _b._ Tankersley, Yorkshire
1802; entered Bengal army 1814; lieut. col. 25 Bengal N.I. 26 Dec.
1846 to 1854; colonel 16 Bengal N.I. 18 May 1856 to death, M.G. 4
Feb. 1859; commanded Benares division 6 July 1863 to death; C.B. 9
June 1849, K.C.B. 28 Jany. 1862. _d._ Nynee Tal, India 1 Aug.
1865.

CORBETT-WINDER, UVEDALE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 15 Nov.
1792; ed. at Pemb. coll. Ox.; barrister L.I. 11 Feb. 1815; comr.
of bankruptcy in Wolverhampton district; recorder of Bridgnorth
1844–71; recorder of Wenlock to 1871; judge of county courts,
circuit 27, Shropshire, March 1847 to Sep. 1865 when he resigned;
assumed additional surname of Winder 2 June 1869. _d._ 36 Princes
gardens, London 7 Feb. 1871.

CORCORAN, MICHAEL, _b._ Carrowkeal, co. Sligo 21 Sep. 1827;
emigrated to United States 1849, clerk in the post office there;
colonel of 69 New York militia, Aug. 1859; taken prisoner at
battle of Bull Run 21 July 1861, released 15 Aug. 1862; brigadier
general 21 July 1861; organised the Corcoran legion which took
part in the battles of Nansemond river and Suffolk, April 1863 and
held in check advance of the enemy upon Norfolk, the legion was
attached to army of the Potomac, Aug. 1863. _d._ of injuries
received by a fall from his horse near Fairfax courthouse,
Virginia 22 Dec. 1863. _The captivity of General Corcoran_ 1862;
_Bramhall’s Military souvenir_ (1863), _memoir and portrait No.
45_.

CORDER, SUSANNA. Author of _Memorials of deceased members of the
Society of Friends_ 1837, _6 ed._ 1845; _A brief outline of the
origin, principles and church government of the Society of
Friends_ 1841, translated into French 1845; _Life of Elizabeth
Fry_ 1853; _Christian instruction in the history, types and
prophecies of the Old Testament_ 1854, _2 ed._ 1855; edited
_Memoir of Priscilla Gurney_ 1856. _d._ Chelmsford 28 Feb. 1864
aged 76.

CORDNER, WILLIAM JOHN. _b._ Dungannon, co. Tyrone 1826; teacher of
music at Armagh; the best tenor singer in north of Ireland;
organist of St. Patrick’s church, Sydney 1854–56, of St. Mary’s
cathedral, Sydney 1856 to death. _d._ Sydney 15 July 1870.

CORFE, ARTHUR THOMAS (_3 son of Joseph Corfe 1740–1820, organist of
Salisbury cathedral_). _b._ Salisbury 9 April 1773; a chorister of
Westminster abbey 1783; organist of Salisbury cathedral 1804 to
death; organised and undertook a musical festival at Salisbury 19
to 22 Aug. 1828; wrote a service, a few anthems and some
pianoforte pieces; author of _A collection of anthems used in
cathedral church, Canterbury_ 1830. Found dead at his bedside in
his house The Close, Salisbury 28 Jany. 1863. _F. Lear’s Sermon on
death of Archdeacon Drury and A. T. Corfe_ 1863.

CORFE, CHARLES WILLIAM (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 13 July 1814;
organist of Ch. Ch. cath. Ox. 1846–81; Mus. Bac. Ox. 1847;
choragus of univ. of Ox. 1860 to death. _d._ 14 Beaumont st.
Oxford 16 Dec. 1883. _bur._ Ch. Ch. cathedral 19 Dec.

CORFE, JOHN DAVIS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1804; organist
of Bristol cathedral more than 50 years; conductor for many years
of the Bristol Madrigal Society one of the most famous choirs in
England. _d._ of heart disease at 31 Richmond terrace, Clifton 16
Jany. 1876.

CORFIELD, FREDERICK BROOKE. Ensign 28 Bengal N.I. 3 April 1820;
lieut.-col. of 20 Bengal N.I. 3 Sep. 1849, of 49 B.N.I. 1852, of
17 B.N.I. 1853, of 55 B.N.I. 1854, of 2 B.N.I. 1855, of 6 B.N.I.
1857, of 5 B.N.I. 1858; col. 5 European infantry 26 April 1859 to
1869; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Knowle house, Upper Norwood 2 Sep.
1884 aged 81. _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 292 (1884), _portrait_.

CORFIELD, WILLIAM ROBERT. Ensign 15 Bengal N.I. 3 Dec. 1821; general
on retired list 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 128 Lexham gardens, London 30
Nov. 1882. _Graphic xxvii_, 225 (1883), _portrait_.

CORK and ORRERY, EDMUND BOYLE, 8 Earl of (_2 son of 7 Earl of Cork
and Orrery 1742–98_). _b._ 21 Oct. 1767; ensign 22 foot 13 April
1785; lieut. col. 87 foot 29 March 1794 to 7 Jany. 1795; lieut.
col. 11 foot 7 Jany. 1795 to 17 May 1796; captain Coldstream
Guards 17 May 1796 to 17 Sep. 1802, commanded first battalion in
Egypt 1801; succeeded his father Oct. 1798; col. of 16 battalion
of Reserve 9 July 1803 to 1804; general 27 May 1825; K.P. 22 July
1835. _d._ 3 Hamilton place, London 29 June 1856.

CORKRAN, JOHN FRAZER. _b._ Dublin; a dramatic writer in Dublin;
wrote many articles in _Dublin Univ. Mag._; Paris correspondent of
_Morning Herald_ and _Evening Standard_ about 1836; author of
_History of the national constituent assembly 2 vols._ 1849; _An
hour ago, or time in dreamland, a mystery_ 1858; _East and West,
or once upon a time 3 vols._ 1861; _Bertha’s Repentance_ 1863.
_d._ 9 Clairville grove, Old Brompton, London 3 Feb. 1884.

CORMACK, SIR JOHN ROSE (_only son of Rev. John Cormack, minister of
Stoke near Edinburgh_). _b._ Edin. 1815; ed. at Univ. of Edin.,
M.D. 1837; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1841; phys. to Royal infirmary, Edin.;
edited _Edinburgh Monthly Journal_ 1841–46; F.R.S. Edin.; M.D.
Paris 1870; surgeon to Ambulance Anglaise during both the sieges
of Paris 1870–71; chevalier of Legion of honour 1871; F.R.C.P.
London 1872; knighted at Buckingham palace 14 March 1872; author
of _Treatise on the properties of Creosote_ 1836; _Pathology of
fever in Edinburgh_ 1844; _Clinical studies illustrated by cases 2
vols._ 1876. _d._ 364 Rue st. Honoré, Paris 13 May 1882. _Medical
Circular iii_, 109–110 (1853).

CORNER, ARTHUR BLOXHAM (_2 son of Richard Corner of Southwark,
London, solicitor, who d. 1820_). _b._ parish of St. Olave’s,
Southwark 29 Jany. 1803; clerk in the Crown office, Temple 1822,
assistant master, May 1847; Queen’s coroner and attorney 26 April
1859 to death; published with his brother Richard James Corner
_The practice of the Crown side of the Court of Queen’s Bench_
1844. _d._ Laurel cottage, Lee road, Blackheath 17 Jany. 1861.

CORNER, GEORGE RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ parish of
Ch. Ch. Blackfriar’s road, London 1801; admitted an attorney 1824;
vestry clerk of parish of St. Olave, Southwark about 1835; F.S.A.
28 Nov. 1833, contributed papers to the _Archæologia_ 1834–60; an
original member of Numismatic Society of London 1836 and of
British Archæol. Assoc. 1843; author of _A concise account of the
local government of the borough of Southwark_ 1836; _The rental of
St. Olave and St. John, Southwark_ 1838, _2 ed._ 1851. _d._
Queen’s Row, Camberwell 31 Oct. 1863. _C. R. Smith’s Collectanea
Antiqua vi_, 324–26 (1868); _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc.
xx_, 181–6 (1864).

CORNER, JULIA (_dau. of John Corner of London, engraver_). _b._
1798; author of _Historical Library 14 vols._ 1840–48; _Pictorial
history of China and India_ 1846; _Children’s own Sunday book_
1850; _History of the United Kingdom_ 1852; _Little plays for
little actors 2 vols._ 1855, _new ed._ 1870; _Calverley Rise, a
tale 3 vols._ 1861; _No Relations 3 vols._ 1864, and about 50
other books. _d._ 92 Clarendon road, Notting hill, London 16 Aug.
1875.

CORNER, RICHARD JAMES (_brother of George Richard Corner 1801–63_).
_b._ Lambeth 1805; barrister I.T. 1840; chief justice of the Gold
Coast 13 March 1858; chief justice of British Honduras 3 July 1862
to 1872 when he resigned; one of the authors of _Reports of cases
in all the superior courts of common law_ 1853–55, _3 vols. in 5_,
1853–55. _d._ East Moulsey, Surrey 27 Feb. 1876.

CORNEWALL, SIR VELTERS, 4 Baronet. _b._ Moccas court, Weobly, co.
Hereford 20 Feb. 1824; succeeded 27 Dec. 1835; sheriff of co.
Hereford 1847; joint master of the Herefordshire hunt; a breeder
of hunters. _d._ 14 Oct. 1868.

CORNEY, BOLTON. _b._ Greenwich 28 April 1784; ensign 28 foot 1803;
first clerk in Steward’s department at Greenwich hospital 16 April
1834 to Dec. 1844; lived at Barnes, Surrey 1848 to death; a member
of council of Shakespeare Soc. and of Camden Soc.; had a long
controversy with Isaac D’Israeli respecting statements in his
writings; author of _Researches and conjectures on the Bayeux
tapestry_ 1836; _Curiosities of literature by I. D’Israeli
illustrated_ 1837, _2 ed. to which are added Ideas on controversy,
deduced from the practice of a Veteran_ 1838; _The sonnets of
William Shakspere, a critical disquisition_ 1862 _privately
printed_, and many other works; his library was sold at Sotheby’s
in June 1871 for £3539 9s. 6d. _d._ 29 The Terrace, Barnes 30 Aug.
1870. F. _Hitchman’s Eighteenth century studies_ (1881), 254–71;
_Notes and Queries 4 series vi_, 206 (1870), _6 series ii_, 123
(1880), _iv_, 291 (1881).

CORNISH, REV. HENRY HUBERT (_2 son of Charles Cornish of Gatcombe
house, Totnes_). Matric. from Magd. hall, Ox. 19 Feb. 1835 aged
23, B.A. 1841, M.A. 1842, B.D. and D.D. 1866; chaplain of C.C.
coll. 1845–50; tutor of New Inn hall 1858, principal 1866 to
death, when the hall ceased to possess an independent existence
having been made over to Balliol college by the University
Commission. _d._ Oxford 9 June 1887.

CORNWALLIS, JAMES MANN, 5 Earl. _b._ 20 Sep. 1778; ed. at St. John’s
coll. Cam., M.A. 1798; M.P. for Eye, Suffolk 30 Oct. 1799 to 29
April 1807; succeeded 20 Jany. 1824. _d._ Linton place near
Maidstone 21 May 1852.

CORNWALLIS, CAROLINE FRANCES (_younger dau. of Rev. Wm. Cornwallis
1751–1827, R. of Elham, Kent_). _b._ 12 July 1786; learnt Latin,
Greek, Hebrew and German; shared with Micaiah Hill prize of £200
given by Lady Byron for best essay on ‘Juvenile Delinquency’ 1853;
chief projector of a series of 22 vols. entitled _Small books on
great subjects edited by some well-wishers to knowledge_ 1841,
author of many of the vols. including the first which was entitled
_Philosophical theories and philosophical experience by a Pariah_
1841; published _Pericles, a tale of Athens in the 83rd Olympiad 2
vols._ 1846, _anon._; _An exposition of the vulgar and common
errors adapted to the year of grace, MDCCCXLV, by Thomas Brown
redivivus_ 1846. _d._ Lidwells near Goudhurst, Kent 8 Jany. 1858.
_Selections from the letters of C. F. Cornwallis_ (1864).

CORRI, HAYDN (_son of Domenico Corri, Italian musical composer
1746–1825_). _b._ Edinburgh 1785; teacher of music at Dublin;
composed a few glees and songs, one of which his vocal arrangement
of _The harmonious blacksmith_ used to be much sung; organist to
the cathedral, Great Marlborough st. Dublin; arranged for the
organ under Cherubini’s instruction that composer’s famous mass in
D (written for coronation of Charles X) and added an additional
voice part; wrote the music to _There grows a bonny briar bush_
1815, _Can you love me, lady fair_ 1820, _Music can guide the
soul_ 1821, _O fly to the woods_ 1821; his wife was chief singer
at all the great concerts in Dublin many years, and _d._ Leeds 10
April 1867 in 68 year, he _d._ Dublin 19 Feb. 1860. _Era 26 Feb.
1860 p. 11, col. 2._

CORRI, PATRICK ANTHONY (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 1820;
chorister in churches in Dublin; first appeared in London at
Princess’s theatre about 1845 as a baritone singer; sang at
Manchester; sang in operas at Grecian theatre, London 1849;
musical director at Weston’s music hall, Holborn, London 1857 to
death, the name was changed from Weston’s to The Royal 1868;
composed some vocal music. _d._ Bradford 1 June 1876. _bur._
Scholemore cemetery 3 June. _Entr’acte 10 June 1876 p. 8, 17 June
p. 7_, _portrait_; _Era 11 June 1876, p. 6_.

CORRIE, ARCHIBALD. _b._ Perthshire 1777; held a horticultural post
near Edinburgh about 1797–1807; manager of the estate of Annat
near Errol in Perthshire 1807–57; contributed agricultural reports
to Scottish papers; contributed many papers on agriculture and
horticulture to Loudon’s and other magazines. _d._ Annat cottage
near Errol 1857 in 80 year.

CORRIE, REV. GEORGE ELWES (_son of Rev. John Corrie, C. of
Colsterworth, co. Lincoln_). _b._ Colsterworth 28 April 1793;
entered Catharine hall, Cam., Oct. 1813, 18 wrangler 1817, B.A.
1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1831, D.D. 1853; fellow of his college 1818,
assistant tutor, dean and steward 1820, tutor 1821–49; Norrisian
professor of divinity in Univ. of Cam. 1838–54; exam. chaplain to
bishop of Ely 1845–64; master of Jesus coll. Cam. Dec. 1849 to
death; vice chancellor 1850; R. of Newton, Isle of Ely 1851 to
death; rural dean of Wisbech 1851–78; a founder of Cambridge
Antiquarian Soc. 1840; leader of Conservative party in Univ. of
Cam.; published _Catalogue of the original library of St.
Catharine’s hall_ 1840; _The sermons and remains of Hugh Latimer 2
vols._ 1844; _History of the Reformation by G. Burnet_ 1847;
edited _A concise history of the church and state of England
during the reign of Henry VIII_ 1874; edited for the University
Press _An Historical Vindication of the Church of England by Sir
R. Twysden_ 1847; _The Homilies_ 1850; and _A rational
illustration of the book of Common Prayer, by C. Wheatley_ 1858.
_d._ The lodge, Jesus college, Cambridge 20 Sep. 1885.

CORRIE, WILLIAM. _b._ Wellingborough 1806; practised as solicitor;
barrister I.T. 10 June 1836; magistrate at Clerkenwell police
court, London 1851–60, at Bow st. 1860–64; remembrancer of city of
London 1864 to June 1878; author of _An analysis of the Municipal
Boroughs bill_ 1870. _d._ 26 Cleveland sq. London 24 March 1881.

CORRIGAN, SIR DOMINIC JOHN, 1 Baronet (_2 son of John Corrigan of
Dublin, merchant, who d. 1838_). _b._ 91 Thomas st. Dublin 1 Dec.
1802; M.D. Edin. 1825, M.D. Dublin 1849; lecturer on medicine in
Carmichael school, Dublin 1833; phys. to the House of Industry
hospitals 1840–66; M.R.C.S. London 1843; phys. in ord. to Queen in
Ireland 23 Nov. 1847; medical comr. under Medical Charities Act
1851; fellow of King and Queen’s college of phys. in Ireland 27
Oct. 1856, pres. 1859–64; created baronet 5 Feb. 1866; M.P. for
city of Dublin 1870 to 1874; vice chancellor of Queen’s univ.
Dublin, June 1871; author of _On famine and fever in Ireland_
1846; _Lectures on the nature and treatment of fever_ 1853; _Ten
days in Athens with notes by the way_ 1862. _d._ Merrion sq.
Dublin 1 Feb. 1880. _Irish Monthly viii_, 160–71 (1880); _I.L.N.
xlviii_, 252 (1866), _portrait_.

CORRY, ARMAR LOWRY. Entered navy 1 Aug. 1805, captain 23 July 1821;
admiralty superintendent of packet service at Southampton 1850–52;
R.A. 8 March 1852; commanded western squadron on the Home and
Lisbon stations 1852–54; second in command of English fleet in the
Baltic, March to July 1854; named a K.C.B. in London Gazette 10
July 1855. _d._ Paris 2 May 1855 aged 62.

CORRY, HENRY THOMAS LOWRY (_younger son of 2 Earl of Belmore
1774–1841_). _b._ Dublin 9 March 1803; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch.
Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1829; M.P. for co. Tyrone 20 June 1826 to
death; comptroller of the household 29 Dec. 1834 to 1835; P.C. 23
Feb. 1835; a lord of the Admiralty 8 Sep. 1841 to 12 Feb. 1845,
sec. to the Admiralty 13 Feb. 1845 to 13 July 1846, and March 1858
to June 1859; vice pres. of committee of privy council for
education 12 July 1866 to March 1867, fourth charity comr. 18 July
1866; first lord of the Admiralty, March 1867 to Dec. 1868; author
of _Naval promotion and retirement_ 1863; _The Navy, Speeches in
House of Commons_ 1872. _d._ Bournemouth 6 March 1873. _I.L.N.
lxii_, 259, 280, 282 (1873), _portrait_.

CORSER, REV. THOMAS (_3 son of George Corser of Whitchurch, Salop,
banker_). _b._ Whitchurch 1793; ed. at Manchester gr. sch. and
Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; C. of Prestwich, Lancs.
1823–6; R. of Stand near Manchester 8 Sep. 1826 to death; V. of
Norton by Daventry, Northamptonshire 1828 to death; rural dean of
Prestwich 1852–68; F.S.A. 1850; one of projectors of Chetham
Society 1843; edited for the Society _Chester’s Triumph_ 1844,
_Iter Lancastrense by R. James_ 1845, _Robinson’s Golden Mirror_
1850, and _Collectanea Anglopoetica 5 parts_ 1860–80 being a
description of the rare books in his own library which realised
upwards of £20,000 when sold in London in 7 portions 1868–74. _d._
Stand rectory 24 Aug. 1876. _Manchester school register iii_,
32–36 (1874).

CORYTON, JOHN RAWLINS. Second lieut. R.M. 6 July 1803; col.
commandant of Plymouth division 23 Dec. 1851 to 20 June 1855;
granted good service pension 5 Sep. 1858; general 8 Sep. 1858.
_d._ Woolwich 12 Sep. 1867 aged 77.

COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (_son of Cavaliere Pasquale Costa,
who d. 1845_). _b._ Naples 4 Feb. 1810; accompanist at San Carlo
theatre, Naples 1828; sang at Birmingham musical festival, Oct.
1829; director of music at King’s theatre, London 1832–46; the
first person in England to conduct with a baton instead of a
violin bow 1832; naturalised in England 28 July 1845; director of
music at Covent Garden 1846–66; conductor of the Philharmonic
concerts 1846–54; conductor of Sacred harmonic society 22 Sep.
1848; directed triennial musical festivals at Birmingham 1849–79
and at Leeds 1874–80; directed Handel festivals at Crystal palace
1857–77; knighted at Windsor castle 14 April 1869; director of Her
Majesty’s opera 1871–79; the first master of the art of conducting
in England; composed oratorios of _Eli_ and _Naaman_ produced at
Birmingham musical festivals 29 Aug. 1855 and 7 Sep. 1864, opera
of _Malek Adhel_ produced in Paris 1837 and in London 1838, and
opera of _Don Carlos_ produced at Her Majesty’s opera 1844; wrote
many songs and other music. _d._ 13 Seafield, West Brighton 29
April 1884. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 6 May. _Illust. Review
i_, 385–6 (1874), _portrait_; _Touchstone 15 Feb. 1879, p._ 3,
_portrait_; _Illust. news of the world iii_, 385 (1859),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. i_, 124 (1842), _portrait, iv_, 404 (1844),
_portrait_, _xxx_, 13 (1857), _portrait_, _lxxxiv_, 440 (1884),
_portrait_.

COSTELLO, DUDLEY (_only son of James Francis Costello, captain 14
foot_). _b._ Sussex 1803; ensign 34 foot 1821–23 when placed on
h.p.; ensign 96 foot 1824–28 when placed on h.p.; served on the
staff in North America and West Indies; contributed to many
periodicals 1835 to death; foreign correspondent of _Morning
Herald_ 1838, of _Daily News_ 1846; connected with the _Examiner_
1845 to death; granted civil list pension of £75 a year 19 April
1861; author of _A tour through the valley of the Meuse_ 1845;
_Stories from a screen_ 1855; _The joint-stock bank_ 1856; _The
millionaire of Mincing lane_ 1858; _Faint heart never won fair
lady_ 1859; _Piedmont and Italy from the Alps to the Tiber 2
vols._ 1859–61; _Holidays with Hobgoblins_ 1861. _d._ 54 Acacia
road, St. John’s Wood, London 30 Sep. 1865. _Bentley’s Miscellany
lviii_, 543–50 (1865); _The Examiner 7 Oct. 1865 p. 637_.

COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART (_only sister of the preceding_). _b._ 1799;
a miniature painter in Paris and London; copied many curious
illuminated MSS. in Paris and London; granted civil list pension
of £75, 9 Aug. 1852; lived at Boulogne 1865 to death; author of
_The maid of the Cyprus Isle and other poems_ 1815; _Songs of a
stranger_ 1825; _A summer among the Bocages and the vines_ 1840;
_Memoirs of eminent Englishwomen_ 1844; _The falls, lakes and
mountains of North Wales_ 1845; _The lay of the stork, a poem_
1856 and 12 other books. _d._ of cancer in the mouth, at Boulogne
24 April 1870.

COSTELLO, WILLIAM BIRMINGHAM. _b._ Dublin 1800; a surgeon in London
about 1832; proprietor of Wyke house asylum, Sion hill, Brentford;
edited _Cyclopædia of practical surgery_ 12 _parts_ 1841–3. _d._
Paris 15 Aug. 1867.

COTES, JOHN. _b._ 17 July 1799; sheriff of Shropshire 1826; M.P. for
North Shropshire 21 Dec. 1832 to 29 Dec. 1834. _d._ Woodcote hall,
Newport, Shropshire 10 Jany. 1874.

COTHER, CHARLES. Ensign 71 foot, Feb. 1800, lieut. col. 13 Oct.
1814; lieut. col. 83 foot 24 Oct. 1816 to 25 Dec. 1818 when placed
on h.p.; retired 3 Dec. 1829; C.B. 8 Dec. 1815. _d._ York
buildings, Gloucester 24 Jany. 1855.

COTMAN, JOSEPH JOHN (_2 son of John Sell Cotman, landscape painter
1782–1842_). _b._ 1814; a drawing master at Norwich 1836; an
artist of much original power; produced a large number of good
drawings; underwent an operation for cancer of the tongue, Feb.
1878. _d._ Norfolk and Norwich hospital, Norwich 15 March 1878.

COTMAN, MILES EDMUND (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 5 Jany.
1810; drawing master at Norwich to 1836; assistant drawing master
at King’s college, London 1836, drawing master 1843; painted and
taught at North Walsham latterly; exhibited 4 landscapes at R.A.,
10 at B.I. and 19 at Society of British Artists 1835–56; published
_Eleven original etchings, Norwich_ 1846. _d._ Norfolk and Norwich
hospital, Norwich 23 Jany. 1858.

COTON, WILLIAM. Pyrotechnic artist at 4 Elizabeth place, Westminster
bridge, London; supplied the fireworks for Vauxhall gardens;
killed by an explosion of fireworks at his factory 6 March 1854,
his widow was killed by an explosion at same place 12 July 1858.
_Annual Register_ (1854) 40, (1858) 120–2.

COTTENHAM, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER PEPYS, 1 Earl of (_2 son of Sir Wm.
Weller Pepys, 1 baronet 1740–1825, master in chancery_). _b._
Wimpole st. London 29 April 1781; ed. at Harrow and Trin. coll.
Cam., LL.B. 1803; barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1804; practised in court
of chancery; K.C. 24 Aug. 1826; solicitor general to Queen
Adelaide, Nov. 1830; M.P. for Higham Ferrers 14 July 1831 to Sep.
1831, for Malton 30 Sep. 1831 to Jany. 1836; solicitor general 22
Feb. 1834; knighted at St. James’s Palace 26 Feb. 1834; Master of
the Rolls 29 Sep. 1834; P.C. 1 Oct. 1834; first comr. of the Great
Seal 23 April 1835; lord chancellor 16 Jany. 1836 to 3 Sep. 1841
and 6 July 1846 to 19 June 1850 when he resigned; created Baron
Cottenham of Cottenham, co. Cambridge 20 Jany. 1836; succeeded his
brother as 3 baronet 5 Oct. 1845 and his cousin Rev. Sir H. L.
Pepys as 4 baronet 9 Dec. 1849; created Viscount Crowhurst and
Earl of Cottenham 11 June 1850; the act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 96
whereby trustees are authorised to pay trust moneys into court is
known as Lord Cottenham’s act. _d._ Pietra Santa, Duchy of Lucca
29 April 1851. _bur._ Totteridge, Herts. _Doyle’s Official
baronage i_, 464 (1886), _portrait_; _Law Mag. xlvi_, 280–8
(1851); _Law Review xiv_, 353–9 (1851); _Law mag. and law review
xxvii_, 264–72 (1869); _Lord Cottenham’s Earldom_, _2 ed._ 1850.

COTTER, GEORGE SACKVILLE. Second lieut. Madras artillery 15 June
1827, lieut. col. 1 Sep. 1860 to 15 Nov. 1861 when he retired;
commanded at siege and capture of Lucknow, July 1857 to March
1858; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ 25 June 1878.

COTTER, SIR LUDLOW (_eld. son of Sir James Laurence Cotter, 4
baronet of Rockforest, Mallow, Cork, b. 1828_). _b._ Dublin 11
June 1853; knighted by the Queen at Windsor castle 12 Dec. 1874 in
accordance with a special privilege contained in the patent as the
eldest son of a baronet. _d._ Rockforest 24 Nov. 1882.

COTTERILL, RIGHT REV. HENRY (_son of Rev. Joseph Cotterill, R. of
Blakeney, Norfolk, who d. 14 Feb. 1858 aged 78_). _b._ Ampton,
Suffolk 1812; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., Bell’s scholar, fellow
1835; senior wrangler and first Smith’s prizeman 1835, B.A. 1835,
M.A. 1836, D.D. 1857; chaplain at Madras 1836–47; vice principal
of Brighton college 1847–51, principal 1851–56; bishop of
Grahamstown 4 Nov. 1856 to 26 April 1871 when he was elected
co-adjutor bishop of Edinburgh; bishop of Edin. April 1872 to
death; author of _The Seven ages of the Church_ 1849; _The Genesis
of the Church_ 1872; _Does science aid faith in regard to
creation_ 1883 and many other works. _d._ Manor place, Edin. 16
April 1886.

COTTINGHAM, NOCKALLS JOHNSON (_elder son of Lewis Nockalls
Cottingham, architect 1787–1847_). _b._ 1823; an architect;
assisted his father, especially in restoration of Hereford
cathedral where he designed the reredos 1847; a designer for
stained glass. Lost in the steamship Arctic which foundered about
50 miles from Cape Race on her way from Liverpool to New York 27
Sep. 1854.

COTTLE, JOSEPH. _b._ 1770; bookseller at Bristol 1791–99; published
several of the works of the Lake poets Coleridge, Southey and
Wordsworth; author of _Malvern Hills_ 1798, _4 ed._ 1829; _Alfred,
an epic poem_ 1800, _2 ed. 2 vols._ 1804; _John the Baptist, a
poem_ 1801; _The fall of Cambria, a poem 2 vols._ 1808, _2 ed._
1811; _Early recollections chiefly relating to Samuel Taylor
Coleridge 2 vols._ 1837–39, _2 ed._ 1847. _d._ Fairfield house,
Knowle near Bristol 7 June 1853. _Pen and ink sketches_, _2 ed._
(1847) 165–74; _J. Cottle’s Early recollections_ (1837),
_portrait_.

COTTON, CORBET. _b._ 10 Aug. 1808; ensign 19 foot 9 April 1825;
assistant adjutant general of cavalry at head quarters 21 Aug.
1854 to 4 Oct. 1859; colonel 101 foot 29 Dec. 1873 to death;
general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 65 Warwick sq. Belgravia, London 30
April 1885.

COTTON, FRANCIS VERE (_son of Henry Calveley Cotton of Woodcote,
Oxfordshire, who d. 15 May 1831 aged 81_). _b._ 16 June 1799;
entered navy, May 1814; captain 23 Nov. 1841; placed on retired
list 4 June 1855; retired admiral 30 July 1875. _d._ Alport house,
Whitchurch, Salop 30 Jany. 1884.

COTTON, RIGHT REV. GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (_only son of Thomas
D’Avenant Cotton, captain 7 fusiliers, who was killed at Nivelle
near Bayonne 13 Nov. 1813_). _b._ Chester 29 Oct. 1813; ed. at
Westminster and Trin. coll. Cam., fellow 1838, B.A. 1836, M.A.
1839, D.D. 1858; assistant master at Rugby 1837–52, ‘the young
master’ of _Tom Brown’s School Days_; master of Marlborough
1852–58 which he completely reorganised; bishop of Calcutta 29
March 1858 to death; consecrated in Westminster abbey 13 May 1858,
installed 14 Nov. 1858; established schools in Bengal for
educating the middle classes; author of numerous sermons, charges
and other works; drowned at Kushtiâ on the Gorai river 6 Oct.
1866, body never found. _Memoir of G. E. L. Cotton edited by Mrs.
Cotton_, _new ed._ (1872); _Macmillan’s Mag. xv_, 102–111 (1866);
_I.L.N. xxxii_, 525 (1858), _portrait_.

COTTON, VERY REV. HENRY. _b._ Bucks 1790; ed. at Westminster and Ch.
Ch, Ox., reader in Greek 1810, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1813; sub-librarian
at the Bodleian library 1814–22; a student of Ch. Ch.; domestic
chaplain to archbishop of Cashel 1823; preb. of Killardriffe,
Cashel 1 Oct. 1823 to 19 June 1824; archdeacon of Cashel 19 June
1824; treasurer of Ch. Ch. cathedral, Dublin 12 June 1832; dean of
Lismore 16 Dec. 1834 to 1850; author of _A list of editions of the
Bible in English from 1505 to 1820, with specimens of
translations_ 1821, _2 ed._ 1852; _A typographical gazetteer
attempted_ 1824, _2 ed._ 1831, _second series_ 1866; _The five
books of Maccabees in English_ 1833; _Fasti ecclesiæ Hibernicæ 5
vols._ 1845–78; _The four gospels and the acts of the apostles
with short notes_ 1857, and many other works. _d._ Lismore 3 Dec.
1879.

COTTON, VERY REV. JAMES HENRY (_2 son of Very Rev. George Cotton
1742–1805, dean of Chester_). _b._ the deanery, Chester 8 Feb.
1781; ed. at Chester and St. John’s coll. Cam., LL.B. 1804; V. of
Bangor 1819–38; precentor of Bangor 31 March 1810 to 31 March
1838; R. of Llanllechyd, Carnarvonshire 1821 to death; dean of
Bangor 31 March 1838 to death; author of sermons, pamphlets and
addresses. _d._ the deanery, Bangor 28 May 1862.

COTTON, JOHN. Writer Madras civil service 1801; principal magistrate
of Tangore 1821–27; annuitant on the fund 1 May 1830; a director
of East India Co. 30 April 1833, deputy chairman of Court of
directors 1842, chairman 1843–45. _d._ Westbourne terrace, Hyde
Park, London 16 July 1860 aged 76.

COTTON, REV. RICHARD LYNCH (_brother of Francis Vere Cotton
1799–1884_). _b._ Woodcote 14 Aug. 1794; ed. at Charterhouse and
Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818, B.D. and D.D. 1839;
scholar of Worcester coll. 8 May 1815, fellow 7 May 1816, tutor,
dean and bursar, provost Feb. 1839 to death, resided continuously
in Worcester coll. 1815 to 1880; V. of Denchworth near Wantage
1823–39; vice chancellor of Univ. of Ox. 1852–57; promoted
building of Shippon, Dry Sandford and Headington Quarry churches;
author of _Scriptural view of the Lord’s Supper_ 1837; _The way of
salvation plainly and practically traced_ 1837; _Lectures on the
holy sacrament of the Lord’s Supper_ 1849. _d._ Oxford 8 Dec.
1880. _bur._ Holywell cemetery 14 Dec. _Guardian 29 Dec. 1880 p._
1, 819.

COTTON, SIR SAINT VINCENT, 6 Baronet (_eld. son of admiral Sir
Charles Cotton, 5 baronet 1753–1812_). _b._ Madingley hall, Cambs.
6 Oct. 1801; succeeded 24 Feb. 1812; ed. at Westminster and Ch.
Ch. Ox.; cornet 10 light dragoons 13 May 1827, lieut. 13 Dec. 1827
to 19 Nov. 1830 when placed on h.p.; distinguished himself in the
hunting, shooting, racing and pugilistic world; played in
Marylebone cricket matches 1830–35; a great player at hazard;
dissipated all his property; drove the ‘Age’ coach from Brighton
to London and back for some years from 1836. _d._ 5 Hyde park
terrace, Kensington road, London 25 Jany. 1863. _New sporting mag.
xii_, 81, 421 (1837), _portrait_.

COTTON, SIR SYDNEY JOHN (_brother of Rev. Richard Lynch Cotton
1794–1880_). _b._ 2 Dec. 1792; cornet 22 dragoons 19 April 1810;
lieut. col. 28 foot 8 Jany. 1843; lieut. col. 22 foot 2 Dec. 1847;
lieut. col. 10 foot 14 Dec. 1854 to 26 Oct. 1858; commanded the
troops on north west frontier of India during Indian mutiny
1857–58; col. 10 foot 5 Feb. 1863 to death; L.G. 20 April 1866;
governor of Chelsea hospital 10 May 1872 to death; K.C.B. 24 March
1858, G.C.B. 24 May 1873; author of _Remarks on drill_ 1857; _Nine
years on the north west frontier of India_ 1868; _The Central
Asian question, a prophecy fulfilled_ 1869, reprinted 1878. _d._
Chelsea hospital 20 Feb. 1874. _F. Brodigan’s Historical record of
28 Foot_ (1884) 94–9; _Kaye’s Sepoy Mutiny ii_, 453, _et seq._;
_I.L.N. xxxii_, 489 (1858), _portrait_; _Graphic ix_, 314, 328
(1874), _portrait_.

COTTON, WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Cotton of the Customs, who d. Balham
hill near London 27 Oct. 1816 aged 58_). _b._ 1794; made a special
study of Sir Joshua Reynolds’s works; F.S.A.; author of _A graphic
and historical sketch of the antiquities of Totnes_ 1850; _Sir
Joshua Reynolds’ Gleanings from his diary_ 1856; _Some account of
the ancient borough town of Plympton St. Maurice or Plympton Earl_
1859; gave a fine collection of books, prints and drawings to the
Plymouth public library which erected a building for their
reception and opened it to the public 1 June 1853. _d._ 8 West Hoe
terrace, Plymouth 22 Jany. 1863. _G.M. xiv_, 520–22 (1863).

COTTON, WILLIAM (_3 son of Joseph Cotton of Leyton, Essex 1745–1825,
deputy master of the Trinity house_). _b._ Leyton 12 Sep. 1786;
partner in firm of Huddart and Co. manufacturers of registered
cables at Limehouse, London 1807; one of founders of National
Society 1811; a director of Bank of England 1821–66, governor
1843–45, invented automatic weighing machine for gold 1844, still
in use and called after him ‘the governor’; member of S.P.C.K. 50
years, treasurer; F.R.S. 21 May 1821; sheriff of Essex 1837; built
and endowed St. Thomas’s church, Bethnal Green 1844 and St. Paul’s
church, Bow Common 1847. _d._ Walwood house, Leytonstone, Essex 1
Dec. 1866, a painted memorial window to his memory was placed by
public subscription in St. Paul’s cathedral. _G.M. iii_, 111–13
(1867); _I.L.N. v_, 20 (1844), _portrait_.

COTTON, SIR WILLOUGHBY (_only son of Rowland Cotton, admiral R.N.,
who d. 3 Nov. 1794_). _b._ Upper Grosvenor st. London 1783; ed. at
Rugby where he was leader of a rebellion Nov. 1797; ensign 3 foot
guards 31 Oct. 1798; lieut. col. 47 foot 17 May 1821, lieut. col.
14 foot 13 Oct. 1828 to 22 July 1830; commanded forces in Jamaica
1829–34 where he put down an insurrection of the slaves 1831;
commanded first division of Bengal army in Afghan war 1838–39;
commander in chief at Bombay 8 April 1847 to 30 Dec. 1850; colonel
of 98 foot 1 Aug. 1839 to 17 April 1854, and of 32 foot 17 April
1854 to death; general 20 June 1854; C.B. 26 Dec. 1826, K.C.B. 19
July 1838, G.C.B. 21 Jany. 1840; K.C.H. 1830; knighted at St.
James’s palace 17 July 1830. _d._ 15 Lowndes sq. London 4 May
1860.

COUCH, JONATHAN (_only child of Richard Couch of Polperro, Cornwall
1739–1823_). _b._ Polperro 15 March 1789; surgeon at Polperro 1810
to death; F.L.S. 6 April 1824; contributed to T. Bewick’s _British
Quadrupeds_ and W. Yarrell’s _British Fishes_; author of _Cornish
Fauna 3 parts_ 1838–44; _Illustrations of instinct deduced from
the habits of British animals_ 1847; _A history of the fishes of
the British islands 4 vols._ 1860–65; translated _Pliny’s Natural
history 3 vols._ 1847–50, published by the Wernerian Club. _d._
Polperro 13 April 1870. _The history of Polperro by the late
Jonathan Couch, with a short account of his life by T. Q. Couch_
1871; _Life of a Scotch naturalist Thomas Edward_ (1877) 292, 296,
333–49.

COUCH, RICHARD QUILLER (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Polperro
14 March 1816; ed. at Guy’s hospital, London; M.R.C.S. 1838,
L.S.A. 1839; surgeon at Polperro; practised at Penzance 1843 to
death; a sec. and curator of Penzance Natural history and
antiquarian soc. 1845 to death; curator of Royal Geol. Soc. of
Cornwall 1848 to death; contributed the third part (on the
Zoophytes) to his father’s _Cornish Fauna_ 1844, and an account of
natural history of West Cornwall to J. S. Courtney’s _Guide to
Penzance_ 1845. _d._ Penzance 8 May 1863. _G.M. xv_, 106–8 (1863).

COUCH, THOMAS QUILLER (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Polperro 28
May 1826; L.S.A. and M.R.C.S. 1852; surgeon at Bodmin 1855 to
death; F.S.A. 26 March 1870; a constant contributor to _Notes and
Queries_, from which two series of his articles _The folklore of a
Cornish village_ 1855 and 1857 have been incorporated in his
father’s _History of Polperro_ 1871; published in the _Journal of
the Royal instit. of Cornwall_ 1864 and 1870 lists of local words
afterwards included in a _Glossary of words in use in Cornwall_
issued by the English Dialect Society 1880. _d._ Bodmin 23 Oct.
1884.

COULSON, WALTER (_2 son of Thomas Coulson, master painter in
Devonport dockyard, who d. 1845_). _b._ Torpoint, Cornwall 1794;
amanuensis to Jeremy Bentham; parliamentary reporter on the
_Morning Chronicle_; editor of the _Traveller_ 1822, of the _Globe
and Traveller_ 1823; barrister G.I. 26 Nov. 1828, bencher, Nov.
1851; recorder of Penzance 18 July 1836 to Jany. 1838; Q.C. July
1851; parliamentary draughtsman for the home office; member of
Political Economy club, June 1821; a registration and conveyancing
comr. 1847; member of royal commission for Great Exhibition 1851.
_d._ North bank, St. John’s Wood, London 21 Nov. 1860. _Leigh
Hunt’s Correspondence i_, 98, 120, 126–34.

COULSON, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Torpoint,
Cornwall 15 Sep. 1801; studied in Berlin 1824–26; M.R.C.S. 1826,
F.R.C.S. 1843, member of council 1851, Hunterian orator 1861; a
founder of Aldersgate st. school of medicine 1826; surgeon to
Aldersgate st. dispensary 1828–32; consulting surgeon to City of
London Lying-in hospital 1830; senior surgeon to St. Mary’s
hospital, Paddington 1843; sheriff of Cornwall 1863; F.S.A. 19
June 1856; accumulated £200,000, one of the largest fortunes ever
made in practice; author of _On deformities of the chest_ 1836, _2
ed._ 1837; _On diseases of the hip joint_ 1837, _2 ed._ 1841; _On
diseases of the bladder and prostate gland_ 1838, _6 ed._ 1865;
_On lithotrity and lithotomy_ 1853; _Lectures on diseases of the
joints_ 1854. _d._ 1 Chester terrace, Regent’s park, London 5 May
1877. _Medical Circular ii_, 329–32, 349–51 (1853), _portrait_;
_Beattie’s Life of T. Campbell ii_, 448–52 (1849).

COULTON, DAVID TREVENA. _b._ Devizes 1810; contributed to _Quarterly
Review_; founded the _Britannia_, a weekly journal of news,
politics and literature 13 April 1839 which he sold 1850; edited
the _Press and St. James’s Chronicle_, weekly paper 1854 to death;
invented a plan for an atmospheric railway; author of _Fortune, a
romance of life 3 vols._ 1853; and of _An inquiry into the
authorship of the letters of Junius_. _d._ Brighton 8 May 1857.

COUPER, SIR GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_elder son of Robert Couper, M.D. of
Fochabers, Morayshire_). _b._ 21 June 1788; ensign 69 foot 2 Nov.
1797; major 92 foot 30 Dec. 1819 to 20 March 1823 when placed on
h.p.; principal equerry and comptroller of the household to
Duchess of Kent 1839 to death; K.H. 1831, C.B. 19 July 1838;
created baronet 23 June 1841. _d._ Frogmore near Windsor 28 Feb.
1861.

COURTAULD, SAMUEL (_eld. son of George Courtauld the first to
introduce silk throwing into Essex_). _b._ Albany in the State of
New York 1 June 1793; brought to England in his infancy; developed
the business of a silk throwster into that of a manufacturer of
crape; head of firm of Courtauld & Co. crape manufacturers,
Bocking, Essex; in the Consistory court 8 Nov. 1837 raised
question of legality of a church rate in Braintree, case settled
in house of lords in his favor 12 Aug. 1853; presented with a
testimonial worth 700 guineas at Braintree 25 Sept. 1855; F.R.A.S.
8 Nov. 1867. _d._ Gosfield hall, Essex 21 March 1881, personalty
sworn under £700,000, 7 May 1881. _I.L.N. 13 Oct. 1855 pp. 445–46
with view of testimonial_; _Monthly Notices of R.A.S. xlii_, 144
(1882); _The Braintree church rate case, Gosling v. Veley, by W.
W. Attree_ 1853.