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COLSTON, ALEXANDER READY, brother of Edward Francis Colston (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (as Alexander Ready); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1759, aged 17; BA 1763 (incorp. Camb. 1769, MA Clare Coll. Camb. 1769); ordained deacon (Gloucester) 7 Jan 1764, priest (Oxford) 2 Jan 1765; Rector of Bradwell, Oxfordshire, from 1765; Rector of Henbury, Gloucs., from 1786; assumed additional surname of Colston; m. 1st, 20 Nov 1763 (IGI) Louisa Mynshul, dau. of Paul George Elers, Bourton Place, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, Susannah, dau. of Rev. --- Hook, Oxfordshire; d. 1792 (will proved PCC 9 Jul 1792).

COLSTON, EDWARD FRANCIS, son of Alexander Colston (formerly Ready), Filkins, Oxfordshire, barrister, Middle Temple, and Sophia, dau. of Thomas Edwards MP, Filkins, Oxfordshire, barrister; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1749/50; perhaps “Ready” in school list 1750; in school list 1754; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1757; d. unm.

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COLT, EDWARD WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. David Williams, Rector of Nannerch, Flints., Hon. Canon St Asaph, and Martha Elizabeth Flora, elder dau. of Sir Edward Vaughan Colt, Bart.; b. 17 May 1846; adm. 23 Jun 1859; BB 6 Oct 1860; QS 1861; rowed against Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1891; an Inspector of Schools from 1871; assumed surname of Colt in lieu of Williams, 1892; m. 28 Sep 1871 Caroline, second dau. of T. Timberlake, Pembroke Street, Oxford; d. 29 Dec 1904.

COLT, EDWARD, son of John Colt, Wales; b.; adm. 1656 (School List 1656, last quarter); Min. Can. (aged 14) 1658.

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.

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.

Colt-Williams, Edward Walter David, only son of David Archer Vaughan Colt-Williams (q.v.); b. Oct. 27, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); Q.S. 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1909; South-Eastern Circuit; Lieut. A. S. C. Oct. 1, 1915; served in France in Great War I; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; play-writer; m. Dec. 14, 1909, Natalie Beatrice, only daughter of Charles Grant, of Stapleford, Cambs.; d. Jan. 1947.

Colt-Williams, Ronald George Archer, son of Edward Walter David Colt-Williams (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left Dec. 1928; RHA 1940-5 (Capt.), MC (Middle East) July 1941, wounded; Lond. Stock Exchange 1946; m. Christine Hayes, d. of Maj. William Henman; d. 27 Feb. 1975.