COLMAN, GEORGE, son of Francis Colman, British Resident at Court of Tuscany, and Mary, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissioner-Gen. of Musters, and sister-in-law of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 18 Apr 1732; adm. Oct 1741; KS 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void 25 Jun 1764; BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1752, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; Oxford circuit; joint editor with Bonnell Thornton (qv) of The Connoisseur, 1754-6; his first play, Polly Honeycombe, was produced at Drury Lane 5 Dec 1760; his Jealous Wife, the most popular comedy of its day, appeared in the following year, and The Clandestine Marriage, written in collaboration with his friend David Garrick, in 1766; manager, Covent Garden Theatre 1767-74, Haymarket Theatre 1777-89; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1778; edited The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1778; translated The Comedies of Terence, 1765, and Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1783; m. Sarah Ford, actress; d. 14 Aug 1794. DNB.
COLMAN, GEORGE, only son of George Colman (adm. 1741, qv); b. 21 Oct 1762; adm. 30 Jun 1772; saved from drowning, whilst bathing in the Thames opposite Dicky Roberts’s boat house, by his schoolfellow George Cranstoun (qv); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1780; King’s Coll. Aberdeen, 1781-3; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Aug 1784; Manager, Haymarket Theatre, 1789-1813; Lieut., Yeomen of the Guard, 13 May 1820- Sep 1831 (check); Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 19 Jan 1824; author, Broad Grins, 1802, Random Records, 1830, and of the plays The Iron Chest, 1796, The Heir at Law, 1797, and John Bull, 1803; his Random Records contains interesting reminiscences of his schooldays and schoolfellows; m. at Gretna Green 3 Oct 1784 (and at Chelsea Parish Church 10 Nov 1788) Catherine Morris, actress, St. Luke’s, Chelsea; d. 17 Oct 1836. DNB.
COLMAN, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8; in school list 1754.
COLQUHOUN (later DE COLQUHOUN), EWING PYE, brother of Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv); b. 11 Sep 1827; adm. 10 Jun 1839; rowed against Eton 1 Aug 1843; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 14 Dec 1844, scholar 9 Nov 1847, matr. Mich. 1846; BA 1850; adm. Inner Temple 2 May 1850, called to bar 26 Jan 1869; Consul-General for Oldenburg in London 14 Jan 1859; d. at Naples 13 Feb 1875.
COLQUHOUN (later DE COLQUHOUN), JAMES CHARLES HENRY, brother of Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv); b. 1 Feb 1826; adm. 10 Jun 1839; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 12 Dec 1844, matr. Mich. 1845; LLB 1851; adm. Inner Temple 1 May 1847, withdrew name 14 Nov 1871; Consul-General for Saxony in London 16 Oct 1854; a well-known oarsman; resided for many years at Cannes, where he founded the “Cercle Nautique”, and became known as the Chevalier de Colquhoun; m.; d. at Cannes 22 Mar 1891.
COLQUHOUN, ---; b.; at school under Markham; “Mr. Colquhoun” was one of the OWW who played cricket on Molesey Heath v. Old Etonians, Aug 1768 (Hickey, Memoirs, i, 100).
Colquhoun, Edgar Edmund, son of Ernest Arthur Colquhoun, of London; b. Aug. 10, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left Dec. 1910; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt (Terr.) Beds Regt. Feb. 9, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1916; Capt. May 15, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1919; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 4, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 13, 1939; Flight Lieut. Dec. 1, 1940; acting Sqdn. Ldr. June 9, 1941; acting Wing-Cdr. April 21, 1944; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1941; a member of the London Stock Exchange; m. Dec. 17, 1930, Elizabeth, only daughter of Lieut.-Col. Ernest Makins, of West Wellow, Rants.; d. 1953.
Colquhoun, Frank Lloyd, son of Arthur Hugh Colquhoun, of Blackheath, Kent; b. July 17, 1901; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (R); left July 1919; m. Aug. 16, 1933, Kathleen Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Florence Hoblyn, of Halstead, Essex.
COLQUHOUN, SIR PATRICK MACCHOMBAICH, eldest son of Chevalier James Colquhoun, Consul-General for the Hanse Towns in London (but parents were Thomas Colquhoun, and Katharine --- (IGI)); b. 13 Apr 1815; adm. 25 May 1826; left Aug 1832; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Feb 1833, scholar 8 Nov 1836, hon. fellow 5 Mar 1886, matr. Mich. 1833; BA 1837; MA 1844; LLD 1851; adm. Inner Temple 1 May 1834, called to bar 4 May 1838, Bencher 1869, Treasurer 1888; Home Circuit; QC 4 Dec 1868; Plenipotentiary for Hanse Towns in Turkey, Persia and Greece, 1840-4; Aulic Counsellor to King of Saxony, and Standing Counsel to Saxon Legation in London, 1857-66; member, Supreme Court of Justice, Corfu, 1858-61, Chief Justice of Ionian Islands 1861-4; knighted 14 Nov 1861; a well-known oarsman; won Wingfield Sculls and became amateur champion of the Thames, 1837; Secretary, Leander Club, President from 24 Apr 1882; joint donor to the School of the Silver Sculls, with Edmund Charles Burton (qv); Vice-Pres., Elizabethan Club, from 1885; author, A Summary of the Roman Law, 1849-54, and other works; m. 1843 (or 23 Nov 1858, IGI) Katherine, dau. of M. de St. Vitalis; d. 18 May 1891. DNB.
COLQUIT, ---; b.; adm. 14 May 1800; in school list May 1803; left 1803. [Apparently (thus Whitmore) Goodwin Colquitt, son of Cdr. Goodwin Colquitt, Royal Navy; b. 1786; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Sep 1808; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Jul 1814; served in Peninsular War and at Waterloo; retd. 26 Oct 1820; CB; m. Anne Colquhoun, youngest dau. of John Wallace, Kelly, Renfrewshire; will proved PCC 24 Oct 1823] [Doubtless son of Goodwin Colquitt, who m. at St. Philip, Birmingham 2 Nov 1782 Catharine Collins (IGI)]