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Copley, Peter Francis Gabain, son of John Copley PRBA, artist, of Hampstead, and Ethel Leontine Gabain RBA, artist, d. of Charles Edward Gabain; b. 20 May 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left Dec. 1932; an actor in theatre, films, TV and radio since 1932; m. 1st 4 Dec. 1941 Pamela Mary, d. of George E. Brown of Kensington; 2nd 18 Apr. 1953 Ninka Dolega, d. of Allan Biggs of Hastings; 3rd 16 Jan. 1967 Margaret Tabor, novelist, d. of David Tabor; d. 17 Oct. 2008.

Corfield, (Edward) Carruthers, son of Joseph Lawrence Garfield, by Charlotte Anne, daughter of Stephen Plumb; b. Sept. 19, 1873; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left Dec. 1889; has abandoned the use of the name Edward; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.); L.R.C.P. (London) L. S. A. 1897; practised at Tooting, Surrey; chairman of the Church of England Children's Society; civil surgeon, S. African War; Capt. (M. O.) Home Guard in Great War II; author of Handbook of Medical Terms (1914); Lost Village oJ Cudlow, Sussex; m. July 5, 1899, Helen Beatrice, daughter of William Barnett Burn, M. D., of Balham.

Corfield, Edwin Theodore, brother of Thomas Henry Corfield (q.v.); b. Nov. 14, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (H); left July 1904; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R. Marine Artillery April 25, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 20, 1915; Capt. Jan. 4, 1919; for many years a railway official in Argentina; d. Oct. 6, 1943.

Corfield, Ernest Markham, brother of Thomas Henry Garfield (q.v.); b. Jan. 27, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left Nov. 1898; a farmer in Paraguay; d. at Santissima Trinidad, Paraguay, Oct. 1, 1929.

Corfield, Frederick John Arthur, brother of Thomas Henry Garfield (q.v.); b. April 19, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1896; m. Feb. 9, 1907, Patty Gertrude, younger daughter of Col. Charles Swinhoe, Indian Army; d. Oct. 9, 1920.

Corfield, Thomas Henry, eldest son of William Henry Garfield, M. D., F.R.C.P., of London, Professor of Hygiene in University College, London, by Emily Madelina, youngest daughter of John Pike, of London; b. Nov. 27, 1876; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left (with Triplett) July 1895; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., scholar (Mathematics) 1895, matric. Oct. 1895; 1st class Mathematics (Mods.) 1896; 2nd class Mathematics 1898; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1904; adm. a solicitor Nov. 1901, practised in London; m. Feb. 24, 1906, Dorothy Mary, elder daughter of Roderic Oliver, of Orlestone, Kent; d. Feb. 21, 1949.

Corfield, Walter Francis, brother of Thomas Henry Corfield (q.v.); b. Nov. 17, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left May 1898; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1904; M.B. and B. S. (Lond.) 1907; M. D. 1911; D. P. H. (Camb.) 1908; Medical Officer of Health, Public Analyst, etc., at Colchester; acting Major R.A.M.C. May 29, 1918, and D. A. D. M. S. 54th (East Anglian) Div.; served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 14, 1918; m. July 15, 1910, Caroline Mary, widow of Frederick Nutcombe Hume, and daughter of Hubert lzaac Walton, of Bombay; d. March 20, 1953.

Corrie, John Alexander Galloway, son of John H. Corrie, flax merchant, of Broughty Ferry, and Katherine, d. of George Alexander McLaren of Broughty Ferry; b. 3 July 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left Apr. 1936; BNC Oxf., matric. 1936, MA 1960; Seaforth Highlanders 1939-45 (Maj.), twice wounded, MC (NW Europe) Dec. 1944; District Administrator Nyasaland, seconded as ADC to the Governor 1955; OBE 1965; m. 15 Mar. 1945 Barbara, d. of E. R. Turner of Walton­ on-Thames; d. 14 Nov. 1986.

Corsellis, John, son of Douglas Henry Corsellis, barrister, and Helen Mary, sister of Philip Manley Bendall (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H), (KS) Sept. 1937; left July 1940; articled clerk Herbert & Gowers Oxf. 1941-9; humanitarian aid worker Friends Ambulance Unit 1942, UNRRA 1945-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1949; gen. sec., Educational Interchange Council 1949-62; OM (1st class) Fed. Rep. of Germany 1963; registrar, Bell Sch. of Languages 1962-92, subsequently bursar and principal; sec., Bell Educ. Trust 1952-92; registrar Camb. Centre for Languages, Sawston Hall 1982-91; retd. 1991; co-author Slovenia 1945: Memories of death and survival after World War II 2005 and co-researcher The Unassuming Sky: The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis 2012; initiated Timothy Corsellis Prize Competition in memory of elder brother, featuring the World War II War Poets; John Corsellis archive accessible at History Dept., Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich; m. 26 May 1966 Ursula Ann Constance Alder OBE MA SRN SCM JP, author, d. of Haswell Alder, mining engineer, of Burnbridge, Yorks.; d. 18 Nov. 2018.

COSTER, MARTIN EDWARD LEONARD, only son of Guillaume Frederick Isidore Coster, Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, London (Belgian citizen), and Fanny --- (1881 Census); b. 4 Oct 1867; adm. (H) 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1884; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; migrated to Charsley Hall; BA 1890; stockjobber (1901 Census).