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CORBETT, THOMAS GEORGE, eldest son of William Thompson Corbett, Darnhall, Cheshire, and Jane Eleanor, eldest dau. of Gen. George Ainslie; b. 29 Jul 1796; adm.; left 1808; readm. 1811; left 1813; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1815; BA 1819; MA 1834; MP Lincolnshire North (Cons) 1835-7; of Elmshall Hall, Brigg, Lincs.; DL JP Lincolnshire; m. 15 Dec 1836 Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk, youngest dau. of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St. Albans; d. 25 Jul 1868.

COTTON, SIR JOHN HYNDE, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1727; in school list 1735; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Jan 1735/6, matr. 1736; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40, travelling with Henry Vernon (qv); MP St Germans 1741-7, Marlborough 18 Feb 1752 - 61, Cambridgeshire 22 Mar 1764-80; succ. father as 4th baronet 4 Feb 1752; DCL Oxford Univ. 7 Jul 1763; member Society of Dilettanti 1741; m. 1 Jul 1745 his cousin Anne, second dau. of Humphrey Parsons MP, Reigate, Surrey, Lord Mayor of London, brewer; d. 23 Jan 1795.

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, brother of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay (qv); b. 8 Jun 1714; adm. Feb 1724/5; in school list 1729; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 May 1731; MP Honiton 1741-7, and from 1754; m. 14 Apr 1737 Lady Catherine Bathurst, dau. of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst; d. 30 Apr 1763.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT COURTENAY, third son of Sir William Courtenay, Bart., MP, and Lady Anne Bertie, second dau. of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon; b. 11 Feb 1709/10; adm. Oct 1722; in under school list 1725; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1729; MA 28 Jan 1730/1; DCL 16 May 1739; MP Honiton 1734-41, Devonshire 1741 - 6 May 1762; succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Oct 1735; cr. Viscount Courtenay 6 May 1762; a print after a drawing by him of School and College from Little Dean’s Yard is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum; m. 2 Apr 1741 Lady Frances Finch, youngest dau. of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 16 May 1762.

COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 8TH EARL OF COVENTRY, eldest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Oct 1784; in school list 1801; played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802; styled Viscount Deerhurst 1809-31; MP Worcester 23 Dec 1816-26; succ. father as 8th Earl of Coventry 26 Mar 1831; DL Worcs. 1803, Vice-Lieut. 1826; m. 1st, 16 Jan 1808 Hon. Emma Susanna Lygon, sister of William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1811 (in Scotland) and 6 Nov 1811 (in England) Lady Mary Beauclerk, only dau. of Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St. Albans, and his first wife; d. 15 May 1843.

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.

CREWE, JOHN, 1ST BARON CREWE, eldest son of John Crewe MP, Crewe Hall, Cheshire, and Anne, dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b. 27 Sep 1742; adm. Manchester GS 1754; at school under Markham (Steward Anniversary Dinners 1766, 1785); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Feb 1760; Grand Tour (Italy) 1761-2; High Sheriff, Cheshire 1764; MP Stafford 4 Mar 1765-8, Cheshire 1768-1802; Lieut. -Col., Cheshire Militia 25 Mar 1778; a personal friend and political supporter of Charles James Fox; created Baron Crewe 25 Feb 1806; member, Society of Dilettanti, from 1764; m. 4 Apr 1766 Frances Anne, Whig political hostess and the “Amoret” of Fox’s well-known poem, sister of Henry Francis Greville (qv); d. 28 Apr 1829. DNB.

CROSSE, SIR JOHN, BART., second but only surviving son of Sir Thomas Crosse, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) 10 Jan 1714/5; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1716/7, aged 16; MP Wotton Basset 1727-34, Lostwithiel 19 May 1735-47, Westminster 1754-61; succ. father as 2nd baronet 27 May 1738; m. 15 Jul 1746 Mary Godfrey, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; d. 12 Mar 1762.

CROSSE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Thomas Crosse, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Mary, sister of John Lockwood; b. 29 Nov 1663; at school under Busby (memorial tablet in St. Margaret’s, Westminster); MP Westminster 1701, 1702-5, 1710-22; created baronet 11 Jul 1713; dir., South Sea Co. 1721-4; gave £50 towards building of College Dormitory; m. Jane, dau. of Patrick Lambe, Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 27 May 1738.