CONYBEARE, JOHN JOSIAS, elder son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 10 Jun 1779; adm.; Min. Can. 1792; KS (Capt) 1793; Capt. of the School 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1797 - void 17 Dec 1813 (expiry year of grace as V. Batheaston); Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; Select Preacher 1808-9; Bampton Lecturer 1824; ordained priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from St Asaph) 3 Jul 1803; an Usher at the School 1803-4; Prebendary of York from 13 Jul 1803; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1805, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1806; Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, 1808-12, of Poetry 1812-21; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 11 Dec 1812; author, On the Geology of Devon and Cornwall, 1823, and of other geological, chemical, and theological tracts; his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were edited by William Daniel Conybeare (qv) in 1826; m. 21 Feb 1814 Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 11 Jun 1824. DNB.
CONWAY, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Conway, Southwark, Surrey, dyer; b. ; at school under Busby seven years; KS 1676; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1679, aged 18; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; BD 1694; Fellow of St. John’s Coll. 1691; ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts. , from 10 Dec 1696; d. Jan 1700.
CONSTABLE, R. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt) c. 1654 (Dormitory Tablet).
CONNELL, THOMAS JOHN BARLOW, son of James Connell, London, and Maria --- (IGI); b. 21 Mar 1833; adm. 11 Oct 1841; QS 1846; left 1850; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 1852; Lieut., 24 Mar 1854; exchanged to 46th Foot, 8 Sep 1854; Capt., 31 Aug 1858; served in Crimean War; d. at Mooltan 5 Jun 1859.
CONGREVE, RICHARD JONES, brother of William Walter Congreve (qv); b. 8 Feb 1806; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; KS 1820; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1824; Ensign, 43rd Foot, 1 Jul 1828; retd. 15 May 1829; of Carlingwark, Kirkcudbrightshire; m. 20 Jun 1843 Louisa Margaret, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. [George ? or William ?] Miller CB, Royal Artillery; d. 9 Jan 1879.
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.
CONAN, AMBROSIUS, son of Cornelius Conan, London; b.; adm. 15 Jun 1767; KS (aged 15) 1769; left 1769.
COMYN, HENRY, brother of Stephen George Comyn (IGI); bapt. 5 Jun 1775 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1795; BA 1799; MA 1806; ordained; Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, 14 Nov 1821; Vicar of Sancreed, Cornwall, 13 Oct 1837; m. Jun 1814 Philadelphia, dau. of John Heylyn (IGI); d. 30 Jul 1851.
COLT-WILLIAMS, DAVID ARCHER VAUGHAN, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 21 Jun 1849; adm. as BB 30 May 1861; QS 1864; left 1868; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1868; BA 1871; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1874, called to bar 17 Nov 1877; North Wales Circuit; assumed surname of Colt-Williams in lieu of Williams; Revising Barrister for North Wales, 1893; practised at Chester; m. 25 Nov 1884 Laura Louisa Lilia, only child of Rev. Henry John Vernon, Vicar of Eckington, Worcs.; d. 21 Apr 1914.
COLTON, WITTING, son of Richard Colton, London; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS (Capt) 1712; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1716, aged 19, scholar 10 May 1717, matr. 1717; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1722, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1723; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 May 1722; Chancellor of Salisbury from 27 Oct 1727; Vicar of West Lavington, Wilts., 1727; Rector of Poulshot, Wilts., 1728 (disp. to hold with West Lavington); Vicar of St. Giles’s, Reading, Berks., from 19 May 1730; Vicar of Odiham, Hants., from 13 Mar 1737/8 (disp. to hold with St. Giles’s, Reading); m. 1st, 1743 [or 30 Sep 1727 (IGI)] Anna Bullard, niece of Right Rev. Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester; m. 2nd, 6 Nov 1746 (IGI) Mary Jones, widow of John Ditches [or Ditcher ?], Bath; d. 21 Dec 1755.