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Coleman, Robert William Alfred, son of Robert Baxendell Coleman MB of Bromley, Kent, and Enid Louisa, d. of William Robinson Evans MD of Dublin; b. 30 July 1916; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1934; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, played lacrosse against Oxford 1938-9, BA 1939, MA 1943; ordained deacon 1941, priest 1942 (Chichester); Curate Broadwater, Sussex, 1941-2; Chaplain to the Forces 1943-6; Vicar of St George Tiverton 1946-50, St John's W. Ealing 1950-9; Chaplain Seaford Coll. Petworth 1960; retd July 1981; m. 1945 Lucy Grace Wycliffe, d. of Eugene Wycliffe Bartholomew, civil engineer; d. 8 Apr. 2005.

COLES, WILLIAM; b. 10 May 1807; adm. 6 Jun 1817, chorister; left 1823.

COLLCUTT, ARTHUR MAURICE, son of Thomas Edward Collcutt FRIBA, Bloomsbury Square, London, architect, and Emily, dau. of Samuel Tagg, Elsfield, Oxfordshire; b. 30 Mar 1869; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1882; left Whitsun 1884; London Univ., matr. Mar 1886; Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 1 Oct 1887, scholar 1889-90, matr. Mich. 1887; BA 1890; MA, MB, BCh 1894; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS, LRCP 1894; in practice at Brighton; Capt., RAMC, 27 Apr 1908; served in 1914-18 war at 2nd Eastern General Hospital; m. 13 Dec 1899 Ada Jane, dau. of Samuel Eli Harris, Hove, Sussex; d. 1 Mar 1933.

COLLE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

College, the home of the Queen’s Scholars and the oldest house at Westminster, was effectively founded in 1560 when the school’s charter stipulated that there should be 40 Queen’s Scholars. Special weight in their selection was to be given to ability, good character and poverty. To become Scholars, boys had to pass an oral examination known as ‘The Challenge’, which shifted to paper in 1856.
Scholars had special privileges not accorded to other boys, such as the right to enter the Palace of Westminster.
The Scholars include John Dryden, the first Poet Laureate (1631-1700); John Locke (1632-1704), the empiricist philosopher; A. A. Milne (1882-1956), creator of Winnie-the-Pooh; and Kim Philby (1912-1988), of the Cambridge spy ring. The first female scholars were admitted to College in 2017.