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Cotter, Arthur Gerald Purcell, brother of Hilary James Coughtrie Cotter (qv); b. 16 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; St Catherine’s Soc. Oxf., matric. 1942; RE Feb. 1945, attd. Madras Sappers (Capt. ); Trin. Coll. Dublin 1948-52, BA; MB BCh 1954; med. practitioner, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; author The Thousand Years that Lie Ahead 1996; m. 10 Oct. 1959 Isabel Sadie, d. of William Adams, of Gartin, co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; d. 15 June 2004.

Couchman, Charles John, son of Edwin Couchman, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex; b. Aug. 11, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1902; an electrical engineer and wireless contractor. Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn, of Letheringsett, Norfolk, by Kate May, daughter of Frederick Wilkinson, of Manchester; b. Oct. 26, 1909; adm. Sept. 20, 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; London School of Economics, London Univ.; B.Sc. (Econ.) 1935; Lecturer, Workers Educational Assn. 1939-40; Professor of Economics, Ogle­ thorpe Univ., Georgia 1946-61; 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fus. Dec. 21, 1940; transferred to R. A. C. May 1, 1942; Major; M.B.E. (Mediterranean) June 21, 1945; m. July 14, 1956, Anne Stephanie, daughter of Harold Bowler, of Wimbledon.

Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn of Letheringsett, Nor­folk, and Kate May, d. of Frederick Wilkinson of Manchester; b. 26 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; LSE, BSc 1935; Lane. Fusiliers 1940, RAC 1942-5 (Maj.), MBE (Med.) June 1945; Prof. of Economics Oglethorpe Univ., Ga, USA 1946-61; a schoolmaster in England 1961; m. 14 July 1956 Anne Stephanie, d. of Harold Bowler of Wimbledon; d. Feb. 1996.

COURTENAY, EDWIN BALDWIN, 12TH EARL OF DEVON, third son of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 7 May 1836; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1850; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1854; MP (Cons) Exeter Aug 1864-8, East Devon 1868 - Mar 1870; joined Roman Catholic church 1870; DL Devon, JP (1858) Devon; succ. father as 12th Earl of Devon 18 Nov 1888; d. unm. 15 Jan 1891.

COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, LORD COURTENAY, eldest son of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 20 Jan 1836; adm. 22 Jun 1848 (Rigaud's); left Jun 1849; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1854; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1859; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; Sub-Inspector, Poor Law Board, 1869-71, Local Government Board 1871-4; General Inspector, Local Government Board, 1874-96; styled Lord Courtenay from 1891; JP Devon; m. 12 Jun 1862 Lady Evelyn Pepys, youngest dau. of Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham PC, Lord Chancellor; d. 27 May 1898.

Cowan, Eric William Lindsay, only son of Sir William Henry Cowan, Kt., M. P., of Westminster, by Winifrede, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Edinburgh; b. Nov. 20, 1901; adm. from Rugby School Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left July 1920; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1920; m. April 22, 1925, Hylda Dorothea, elder daughter of J. H. Marlow, of Sedgebrook, Northampton; 31 Oct. 1959.

Cowan, Horatio Alexander, son of Horatio William Alexander Cowan, M. D., of St. Pancras, by Alma Beatrice, daughter of John Whaley, of Bayswater; b. Aug. 4, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (R); left July 1918; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1924; practised in London and at Bournemouth; surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth.

COWELL, JOHN JERMYN, son of John Welsford Cowell, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, a clerk in Bank of England, and Frances Maberly (IGI); b. 30 Jan 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1856, adm. pens. 5 May 1856, scholar 1857, matr. Mich. 1856; BA 1860; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1860, called to bar 30 Apr 1864; Secretary, The Alpine Club; Cowell seems to have developed his fondness for climbing while at school, for he “climbed with another Westminster boy to the top of the Victoria Tower, which was then building, walked out to the end of a beam, projecting over London, and looked down” (Oscar Browning, Memoirs of Sixty Years, 39, 57, 58-61); d. 16 Dec 1867.

Cowell, John Richard, son of Frank Richard Cowell CMG PhD, author, and Lilian Margaret, d. of Rev. Alfred Edward Palin, Rector of Nether Denton, Cumberland; b. 30 Apr. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1951; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1959; secretariat Lond. Chamber of Commerce 1957-8, Roy. Horticultural Soc. 1958, dep. sec. 1970, sec. 1975, retd. 1988; m. 8 Apr. 1972 Josephine Suzanne Elizabeth, d. of Ian Craig of Burneston, Yorks; d. 9 Nov. 1998.

Cowie, Anson Gordon, only son of William Clarke Cowie, of Brockley, chairman and managing director of the British North Borneo Company, by Amy Constance, daughter of Charles Durdant Pead, of Margate, Kent; b. July 19, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left July 1909; served in Great War I; Capt. 20th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; m. May 23, 1916, Kathleen Frances, eldest daughter of Hubert Schmitz, of Niton, Isle of Wight.