DOLBEN, SIR GILBERT, BART., eldest son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); b. 16 Nov 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 18 Jul 1674, aged 15, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1674 - void 1679; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1680, Bencher 1706, Treasurer 1721; MP Ripon Mar 1684/5 - Jul 1687, Peterborough Jan 1688/9 - Jul 1698, Jan 1700/1 - Sep 1710, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Oct 1710 - Jan 1714/5; Puisne Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Ireland 24 Jun 1701-20; created baronet 1 Apr 1704; in the debate on the Aylesbury case in Jan 1704 Dolben maintained the exclusive jurisdiction of the House of Commons in election questions; mentioned by John Dryden (qv) in the postscript to his translation of the Aeneid; m. Anne, dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 22 Oct 1722. DNB.
DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.
CURTEIS, HERBERT BARRETT, eldest son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 19 Jun 1793; adm. 1805; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student; BA 1815; MA 1820; MP Sussex 1830-2, East Sussex 1832-7, Rye from 1841; m. 29 Jun 1821 his cousin Caroline Sarah, sister of Robert Curteis Mascall (qv); d. 13 Dec 1847.
COXE, RICHARD HIPPISLEY, son of John Hippisley Coxe, Stoneaston, Somerset, and Mary, dau. of Stephen Northleigh MP, Peamore, Devon; b. 22 Sep 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - 2 Jul 1763, res.; BA 1763; MP Somerset 1768-84; Col., Somerset Militia 24 Oct 1778, with rank Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; d. unm. 26 Aug 1786.
COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.
COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.
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.
COTTER, ROGERSON, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA and 10th Wrangler 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; called to Irish bar (King’s Inns) Trin. 1773; MP (I) Charleville 1783-97, 1798-1800; m. Sep 1794 Jane, widow of William Grady, and dau. of Richard Harrold, Limerick; d. 19 Feb 1830.
CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.
CONDUITT, JOHN, son of Leonard Conduitt, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Mar 1687/8; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; Judge Advocate with British Forces in Portugal, 1711; Capt., Brigadier Hunt Withers’ Regiment of Dragoons, 23 Mar 1712, half-pay 1713; Commissary of Stores and Provisions, Gibraltar, 6 Apr 1713, still Deputy Paymaster at Gibraltar in 1717-8; his marriage to Sir Isaac Newton’s stepniece in 1717 brought him into Newton’s circle of intimates; FRS 1 Dec 1718; purchased Cranbury Park estate, Hampshire, 1720; MP Whitchurch 26 Jun 1721- 3 Apr 1735, Southampton from 3 Apr 1735; assisting Sir Isaac Newton with his duties as Master of the Mint by Jun 1726; Master of the Mint from Apr 1727; author, Observations on the present state of our gold and silver coins, 1774 (compiled 1730); m. 26 Aug 1717 Catherine, second dau. of Robert Barton, Brigstock, Northants.; d. 23 May 1737. Buried in Nave, Westminster Abbey (monument at west end of nave). DNB.