CODRINGTON, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of Sir William Codrington, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Bethell, Swinton and Ellerton, Yorks.; b. 26 Oct 1719; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1737 (sic); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1736; succ. as 2nd baronet 17 Dec 1738; Grand Tour (in Italy 1742); of Dodington, Gloucs.; Lieut. -Col., South Gloucestershire Militia (occurs as such 1774); [?Gentleman of Privy Chamber to King George II (check)]; MP Beverley 1747-61, Tewkesbury from 1761; m. 22 Feb 1735/6 Anne Acton, Fulham, Middlesex; d. 11 Mar 1792.
COFFIN, ROGER; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments); see Acts of the Privy Council, New Series, vol. iv, 78, for a letter to the Dean and Chapter dated 14 Jun 1552, requesting them “to place Roger Coffin, late one of the childerne of the Chapell, in the rome of one of the Kinges Majesties schollers in the grammer schole there, to be trayned up in learning, being removed from the Chappell for that his brest is chaunged”.
COGAN, WILLIAM; b.; at school under Nowell (Brasenose Coll MSS 31, f. 32a).
COGHLAN, HENRY THOMAS, only surviving son of Lieut. -Gen. Roger Coghlan, and Emma, dau. of Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart.; b. 27 Mar 1813; adm. 26 Apr 1824 (Stikeman's); “fundholder” (1881 Census), i. e. no occupation, living Hyde Park Gardens, London; m. 17 Nov 1840 Augusta Jane, dau. of Col. Edward Bayly; d. 24 Nov 1892.
Cohen (subsequently Clifford), Michael John, son of H. Cohen of Hampstead; b. 8 Apr. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (A); left July 1948; resident in Australia 1949; m.; d. 30 Nov. 1992.
Cohen (subsequently Croft), Ivor John, son of Oswald Hamilton Croft and Augusta Doris, d. of A. Phillips; b. 6 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; readm. May 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941; temp. June admin. officer FO 1942-5; BA 1945, MA 1948; asst. teacher LCC 1949-51; assumed the name of Croft in lieu of Cohen 1959; Children’s Dept. Home Office 1952-66, sen. res. officer 1966-72, head of res. unit 1972-83; Criminological Scientific Council, Council of Europe, 1978-83, chmn. 1981-3; CBE 1982; a painter in oils.
Cohen, Nicholas (abandoned other forenames by Deed Poll), son of Solly Morris Cohen FRCS and Cecile, d. of Max Rieck of Cape Town, South Africa; b. 9 Apr. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (W); left July 1956; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1956, BA 1959 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Tripos), MA 1967; Guy’s Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1962, MD 1974; MRCP 1968, FRCP (Ed) 1985, FRCP 1986; med. superintendent St James’s Hosp. Lesotho 1969-71; lecturer Dept. of Community Health, Univ. of Nottingham, 1972-5; WHO epidemiologist (smallpox eradication) Ethiopia 1975-6; in charge of health care depts Bangladesh 1979-86; WHO Geneva, Switzerland 1987-; resident in Victoria, BC, Canada; m. 1st, 1965 Veronica Susan, d. of Col. Beecher; 2nd, Nancy Jamieson; d. 15 Sept. 2010.
Cohen, Vivian Morris; b. March 22, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left Dec. 1893; Univ. Coll. London.
COKE, ---; John Wall (qv), in a MS autobiography preserved at Holkham, states that he was educated at Westminster with the sons of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice of England.