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Colvile, Arthur Montague, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. April 12, 1876; adm. April 24, 1890 (A); left July 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Dec. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. March 21, 1896; Lieut. March 21, 1899; Capt. Aug. 24, 1901; Adjutant May 4, 1903 - Jan. 21, 1906; Off. Co. of Gent. Cadets R. M.C. Jan. 22, 1906 - Jan. 14, 1907; Major Oct. 30, 1914; acting Lieut.-Col. July 5 - Nov. 4, 1918, and Dec. 14, 1918 - May 10, 1919; Lieut. - Col. May 1, 1921; retired; served in East Africa Oct. 1914 - Sept. 1915, and in Palestine in Great War I; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 14, 1918; m. Aug. 7, 1914, Phyllis Margaret, youngest daughter of James Innes, of Roffey Park, Sussex; d. Feb. 1, 1952.

Colvile, Augustus Gilbert, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Frederick Colvile, of South Kensington, by Mary Eliza, daughter of Charles Rowe, of Liverpool; b. Feb. 10 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (A); left July 1891; London Univ.; LL.B.; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1899; practised in London; a member of the L.C.C. for South Kensington 1913-9; a member of the Kensington Vestry, 1899-1900; of the Kensington Borough Council 1903-29; and an alderman 1929-38; served in the South African War 1899-1901 as a private in the C.I.V., M.I., and in Great War I; Capt. 22nd (Serv.) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 28, 1914; Staff Capt. 24th Training Res. Brigade Feb. 13, 1917 - Jan. 31, 1918; d. Dec. 12, 1939.

Colvile, Ernest Frederick, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. May 20, 1879; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left July 1898; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; asst. collector British Central African Protectorate 1905; A.D.C. to the Governor of Nyasaland Protectorate 1914-5; Political Officer in occupied territory German East Africa 1916-7; Provincial Commissioner Nyasaland Protectorate since 1921; District Commissioner, Northern Palestine, 1928; retired 1931; vice-chairman, West Suffolk County Council, 1950-7; J. P. (Suffolk); C.M.G. 1927; m. July 13, 1922, Amy Evelyn, fifth daughter of Henry Blunt Howard, of Orpington, Kent.

Colvile, Kenneth Newton, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. May 27, 1884; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 30, 1897 (A); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; Indian Educational Service; Professor of English, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay, 1908-10 and 1914-5; Asst. Professor of English, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario. 1911-2; joined R.G.A. as 2nd Lieut. Spec. Reserve Oct. 1915; served in France May 1916 - May 1917; was severely wounded at Feuchy Chapel, Arras, May 2, 1917; demob. as temp. Capt. May 1919; Major Army Educational Corps Nov. 25, 1920; Inspector of Educational Training, Southern Command, India, 1922-6; Command Education Officer, Scottish Command, 1926; Brevet Lieut.-Col. July 1, 1934; Lieut.-Col. May 8, 1942; retired with the rank of Col. Aug. 30, 1943; a Professor at the Farouk I University, Alexandria; general editor of the Scholars' Library, P. Allan and Co.; author of Fame's Twilight (1922), and other works; m. Sept. 18, 1911, Kathleen Irene, daughter of Frederick Arthur Sells, of Chailey, Sussex; d. Sept. 10, 1956.

Colvile, Robert Asgill, son of Arthur Montague Colvile (qv); b. 4 July 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1934; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938; Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry (TA) May 1939, Lieut. Nov. 1940, Maj. Jan. 1944; Lieut. (perm. commn) Nov. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. July 1952, retd 1955; Maj. Oxf. & Bucks LI (TA) 1955-60; TD; dir. Merton Park Invest. Trust till 1972; m. 18 Apr. 1974 Rosemary Edith, d. of Campbell Raleigh, farmer, of Eketahuna, NZ; d. 2008.

Colville, Hubert Leonard, son of Hubert Noel Colville, of North Kensington, by Annie, daughter of James Reynolds; b. Aug. 13, 1871; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (G); left Dec. 1888; an architect; m. 1905, Muriel, daughter of W. M. Anderson, of London; d. Feb. 13, 1954.

Colvin, Sir George Lethbridge, eldest son of Clement Sneyd Colvin, of South Kensington, sometime secretary of the Public Works Dept. India Office, by Alice, daughter of Col. Christopher Lethbridge, of Torquay, Devon; b. March 27, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left July 1894; went out to India to take up appointment on the East India Railway 1898, and became traffic manager; asst. director, Railway Transport, with the B. E. F. to France 1915; deputy Director-General of Transportation in Italy 1918; Hon. Brig. - Gen. March 25, 1918; mentioned in despatches five times; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; C.M.G. Jan. 3, 1918; C. B. June 3, 1919; Commendatore of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy); Director of Development, Ministry of Transport, 1919-21; general manager, East Indian Railway, 1921-33; A.D.C. to H. M. the King 1928; knighted 1933; m. June 27, 1911, Katherine Isabella, daughter of William Roberts Mylne, of Edinburgh; d. March 5, 1962.

Colvin, Mark Ragnar Manifold, son of John Horace Ragnar Colvin CMG, HM Diplomatic Service, and his first wife Elizabeth Anne, d. of Edward Walford Manifold of Mortlake, Victoria, Australia; b. 13 Mar. 1952; adm. Sept. 1965 (L); left Dec. 1969; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1970, BA; resident Australia from 1974; with ABC as radio and TV journalist 1975-; presenter, The World Today and PM on ABC Radio; m. 1st; 2nd, Michele McKenzie, community activist; d. 11 May 2017.

Colyer, Charles Ernest, son of Ernest Henry Colyer of Shortlands, Kent, and Lucy Ethel, d. of Arthur Howe Walter, of Greenhithe, Kent; b. 6 Nov. 1901; adm. May 1916 (A); left Apr. 1919; RE 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Nov. 1945; surveyor's dept BR (E. Region); FRICS 1960; m. 17 July 1928 Iris Helen Mabel, d. of John Henry Marler of Shortlands, Kent; d. June 1993.

COMBE, EDMOND, brother of Matthew Combe (qv); b.; adm. May 1723; left 1728; adm. a solicitor Nov 1733; adm. New Inn 23 Nov 1733, Bencher 1775; practised as an attorney in London; of Craven Street, London; lic. to m. 26 Dec 1752 Mary Edwards, Thame, Oxfordshire; d. 1793, aged 81.