COTHER, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cother FRCS, surgeon, Gloucester, and Mary Eliza --- (IGI); b. 8 Nov 1812; adm. 20 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS (Capt. ) 1826; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1830, matr. 28 May 1830, Westminster Student to 1837; BA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1842; Oxford Circuit; practised as a conveyancer in Gloucester; m. 30 Apr 1850 Marion, youngest dau. of John Warburton MD; d. at Dinant, France 20 Mar 1870.
COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH, only son of Capt. Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, 7th Foot, and Mary Headley Burnley, Halifax, Nova Scotia; grandson of George Cotton (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1825; KS 1828; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, scholar 1833, matr. Mich. 1832; 8th Classic and 40th Senior Optime 1836; BA 1836; MA 1839; DD 1858 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jun 1858); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1838, Major Fellow 1839; Assistant Master, Rugby School, 1837-52 (the “young master” of Tom Brown’s Schooldays); Headmaster, Marlborough Coll., 1852-8; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1839, priest 9 Jun 1839 (both Worcester); Bishop of Calcutta from 1858; consecrated in Westminster Abbey 13 May 1858; established schools for the education of poor European and Eurasian children; m. 26 Jun 1845 his cousin Sophia Anne, dau. of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire, Vicar of Acton, Cheshire; accidentally drowned in the Ganges at Kushtia 6 Oct 1866. DNB.
COTTON, RICHARD WILLIAM, second son of Henry Cotton (qv); b. 23 Jun 1829; adm. 10 Feb 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1847, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student to 1861; BA 1851; MA 1854; coxed Oxford Eight against Cambridge Dec 1849, 1852, and at Henley and Thames Regatta 1850; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1849; of Kilbree, Cappoquin, co. Waterford; [m. 1875 Catherine Power ?]; d. 27 May 1919.
COVENTRY, HON. THOMAS HENRY, fourth son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv) and his second wife; b. 18 Sep 1792; adm. 18 Jan 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1811; BA 1815; MA 1827; ordained deacon and priest, 1816; Rector of Pirton with Croome D’Abitot, Worcs., 1 Nov 1816-33; Rector of Hill Croome, Worcs., from 19 Feb 1827; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., from 2 Mar 1833; d. 20 Aug 1869.
COX, THOMAS, son of Rev. James Cox, St. James’s, London, and Eleanor ---; b.; adm.; BB; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1768, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1768 - 26 Mar 1777 (expiry year of grace as Vicar of Badby-cum-Newnham); BA 1772; MA 1775; ordained; Vicar of Badby-cum-Newnham, Northants., from 11 Mar 1776; FSA 1798 [check]; m. 2 Mar 1783 Jane, eldest dau. of Robert Clavering (adm. 1737, qv); d. 3 Feb 1816.
CRAWLEY, RICHARD, second son of Rev. Richard Crawley, Rector of Rotherfield, Sussex, and of St. Mildred Poultry, London, and Mary, dau. of Owen Clutton, Greenwich, Kent; b. 31 May 1791; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1810, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1810, scholar 1811, matr. Mich. 1810; BA 1814; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Dec 1814; MA 1817; Fellow and Tutor, Magdalene Coll.; Proctor 1823-4; ordained deacon 19 Mar 1815, priest 29 Sep 1816 (both Ely); Vicar of Steeple Ashton cum Semington, Wilts., from 12 Jun 1828; Prebendary of Salisbury from 25 Feb 1843; d. unm. 9 Dec 1869.
CROFT, SIR ARCHER DENMAN, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Elmsley Croft, Bart. (qv); b. 7 Dec 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; left 8 Aug 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Aug 1820, called to bar 30 Apr 1839 [check]; succ. his brother as 8th baronet 29 Oct 1835; a Master, Court of Queen’s Bench 1837-64; m. 31 Aug 1837 Julia Barbara, widow of Athelstan Corbet, Ynys-y-Maengwyn, Merionethshire, and youngest dau. of Major-Gen. John Garstin, EICS Bengal, successively Surveyor-Gen. and Chief Engineer, Bengal; d. 10 Jan 1865.
CROFT, SIR THOMAS ELMSLEY, BART., third but eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Croft, Bart., MD, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Denman MD; b. 2 Sep 1798; adm. Lady Day 1811; left 1813; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1814, half-pay 2 Mar 1820, retd. 29 Mar 1831; severely wounded at battle of Quatre Bras 16 Jun 1815; succ. father as 7th baronet 13 Feb 1818; FSA; m. 9 Sep 1824 Sophia Jane, only child of Richard Lateward-Lateward, Grove House, Perivale, Middlesex; d. 29 Oct 1835.
DAY, GEORGE, son of John Day, Norwich, Norfolk, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. George Sandby DD, Chancellor of Norwich and Rector of Denton, Norfolk; b. 15 Jun 1788; adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham); KS 1802; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1806, but went to Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1806; BA 1810; ordained; Rector of Earsham, Norfolk, from 24 Jul 1812; m. 9 Feb 1810 Mary Jones (IGI); d. 10 Jul 1831. [perhaps George Day, MA, Minor Canon, Norwich from 1817 (still 1829)]
DICKSON, SIR JOHN FREDERICK, eldest son of Robert Dickson MD FRCP, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, and Cambridge Lodge, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, and Anna Maria, dau. of John Coope, Cumberland Place, London; b. 17 Sep 1835; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); readm. Mar 1850; QS 1851; Capt. of the School 1854; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857; BA 1859; MA 1873; Writer, Ceylon Civil Service Feb 1859; in Colonial Secretary’s Office, Ceylon 1859-62; Police Magistrate, Dambool 1862, Galle 1865; acting Government Agent, Southern Province 1879, Central Province 1882; CMG 24 May 1883; Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, from Sep 1885; member, Legislative Council; KCMG 24 May 1888; m. 1st, 30 Jun 1859 Annie, dau. of Randle Jackson Waters (qv); m. 2nd, 31 Mar 1875 Emily Ayton, youngest dau. of George Lee, Dickleburgh, Suffolk; d. 21 Dec 1891.