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COLLET, ROBERT STRATFORD, son of Robert Stratford Collet, Wendover, Bucks.; b.; adm. 6 Jun 1787; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 6 Jun 1789, aged 17, matr. Mich. 1790; BA 1794. [Probably Robert Collett, ordained deacon 11 Dec 1803, priest 23 Jun 1805 (both Peterborough); Curate, Weston, Northants] [will of Robert Stratford Collet, Wendover, Bucks., proved PCC 7 May 1824]

COLLETON, SIR JAMES ROUPELL, BART., eldest son of Sir James Nassau Colleton, Bart., Clerk, Home Office, and Susannah, dau. of William Nixon, Lincoln; grandson of Robert Colleton (qv); b. 22 Dec 1783; at school 1793; in school lists 1795, 1797; Ensign, Royal Staff Corps, 18 Nov 1802; Lieut., 21 Dec 1803; Capt., 25 Jun 1806; Brevet Maj., 22 Nov 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 21 Jun 1817; Assistant QMG, 4 Sep 1817; Maj., Royal Staff Corps, 9 Aug 1821-31; Lieut. -Col., 31st Foot, and sold out, 1831; served at battle of Maida 1806 and in Perninsular War 1808-14; succ. father as 7th baronet, 16 Jan 1815; m. at The Hague 12 Dec 1819 (and in Westminster 19 Feb 1820) Septima Sexta Colleton, sixth dau. of Adm. Richard Graves RN, Henbury Fort, Devon; d. 28 Jul 1848.

COLLETON, PETER, second son of Sir John Colleton, Bart., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Snell MP, Exeter; b.; adm. (aged 7) Oct 1716; in under school list 1723; of Devil’s Elbow and Epsom Plantations, South Carolina; d. unm. c. 1748.

COLLETON, ROBERT, brother of Peter Colleton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1721; Min. Can. 1728; 1st Lieut., Jeffreys’ Marines 30 Jan 1740-1; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 29 Nov 1745; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1749; inherited Devil’s Elbow Plantation, South Carolina, under brother’s will; m. 24 Sep 1748 his cousin Anne, only dau. of James Colleton, South Carolina; d. 27 Jan 1755.

COLLETON, THOMAS WILLIAM, brother of Sir James Roupell Colleton, Bart. (qv); b. Jul 1796; adm.; left 1809; Ensign, 28th Foot, 21 Nov 1811; Lieut., 25 Nov 1813; Royal Staff Corps, 2 Jan 1817, half-pay 25 Dec 1818; restored to active list, 9 Sep 1819; Capt., 19 Apr 1831, half-pay 25 Oct 1831; 23rd Foot, 27 May 1842; retd. 31 Mar 1843; served at battle of Waterloo.

COLLEY, HON. GEORGE FRANCIS, brother of John James Pomeroy, 5th Viscount Harberton (I) (qv); b. 11 Nov 1797; adm. 17 Sep 1808; left 1809; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 2 Mar 1819; retd. pay; Cdr., 1 Jul 1864; assumed surname of Colley in lieu of Pomeroy by royal licence, 20 Jan 1830; m. 22 Jul 1825 Frances, third dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Trench, Dean of Kildare; d. 9 May 1879.

COLLEY, HENRY, eldest son of Dudley Colley, Castle Carbery, co. Kildare, Ireland, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Henry Warren, Grangebegg, co. Kildare, Ireland; b. ; at school under Busby (Alum. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 13 Jan 1662/3, aged 15; MP (I) Co. Kildare 1698-9; m. 1st, 1674 Mary, only dau. of Sir William Usher, Kt. , Dublin; m. 2nd, Aug 1694, Sarah, dau. of John Boswell, Kilcorey, co. Wicklow, Ireland; d. Jun 1719.

COLLEY, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; QS 1705; left 1708.

COLLIER, ---; b.; in school list 1797.

COLLIER, CHARLES; b.; adm. 1805 (fourth quarter); left Bartholomewtide 1806.