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CORRY, THOMAS CHARLES STEWART, son of Thomas Corry, Fairfield, co. Monaghan, and Rebecca, dau. of William Stewart MP (I), Bailieborough House, co. Cavan; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1799 (Clapham); left Oct 1801; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Dec 1801, aged 16; Cornet, 13th Dragoons 6 Aug 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 5 Oct 1804; retd. 1808; of Rockcorry Castle, co. Monaghan; High Sheriff, co. Monaghan 1807; MP co. Monaghan 18 Nov 1807-12, 10 Apr 1813-8; m. Sep 1804 Anne Grace, dau. of Sir John Dillon, Bart., MP (I), Lismullen, co. Meath; d. 17 Jan 1844.

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.

COTTON, SIR ROBERT SALUSBURY, BART. , eldest son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth Abigail, younger sister of William Cotton (adm. 1733/4, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1749/50 (as Robert Cotton) (Morel's); in school list 1754; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1756; succ. father as 5th baronet 14 Aug 1775; MP Cheshire 1 Mar 1780-96; Maj. , Cheshire Militia 15 Apr 1771; FRS 24 Nov 1774; m. 1767 Frances, dau. of Col. James Russell Stapleton, Bodrhyddan, Flintshire; d. 24 Aug 1809, aged 70.

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, 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, WILLIAM REGINALD, 11TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 14 Apr 1807; adm. (G) 16 Sep 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; President, Oxford Union 1827; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; BCL 1831; DCL 1838; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1828-30; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; MP (Cons) South Devon 1841 - Feb 1849; a Poor Law Inspector 1849-50; Secretary, Poor Law Board 1850-9; succ. father as 11th Earl of Devon 19 Mar 1859; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; member, Public Schools Commission, 1862; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Jul 1866 - May 1867; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1866; President, Poor Law Board, May 1867 - Dec 1868; known in Devon as “the good earl”; Chairman, Devon QS, for fifty-two years; DL JP Devon, JP co. Limerick; Busby Trustee 11 May 1861; member governing body, Westminster School, from 1869; edited with others vol. 6 of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1832-3; m. 27 Dec 1830 Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, seventh dau. of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue; d. 18 Nov 1888. DNB.

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.

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.

CROWLE, CHARLES JOHN, only [eldest ?] son of Richard Crowle MP, Hull, Yorks., barrister and Bencher Inner Temple, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Pearman, London, timber merchant; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1748/9 (Burges'); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jul 1757, matr. Lent 1758; adm. Inner Temple 13 Jun 1755; Grand Tour (in Italy 1761-2); MP Richmond 26 May 1769-74; member Society of Dilettanti 1764, Secretary 1774-8; d. 7 Mar 1811.

CURTEIS, EDWARD BARRETT, second son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 25 Jul 1804; adm. 3 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); shot snipe in osier beds close to the Willow Walk, in the Long Meadow, and in the osiers of the Chelsea Waterworks at Battersea; master of a pack of beagles, kept in the kitchen of 1 Vincent Square, which hunted in Battersea Fields (Elizabethan ii, 130); left 1821; Ensign, 33rd Foot 5 Dec 1822; Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 4 Aug 1825; Capt., 7th Dragoon Guards 12 Apr 1827; Maj., 17 Oct 1834; sold out 8 Jul 1836; MP Rye 1832-7; author, Exposure of the corrupt system of elections at Rye, 1853; m. 1st, 9 Mar 1837 Charlotte Lydia, youngest dau. of Thomas Law Hodges MP, Hempstead Park, Kent; m. 2nd, 15 Sep 1841 Frances, eldest dau. of William Kenrick MP, Broome Park, Surrey; d. 14 Dec 1879.