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COURTHOP, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of Sir George Courthop, Kt., Whiligh, Toicehurst, Kent, and his first wife Alice, dau. of Sir George Rivers, Kt., Chafford House, Kent; bapt. 3 Jun 1616; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. in 1630, subsequently at Westminster under Osbaldeston (The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop, Camden Miscellany xi, 103, Camden Society Publications, 3rd Series, vol. xiii); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1632, aged 16; BA 1635; travelled abroad 1636-9; a Commissioner of the Alienation Office; MP Sussex Sep 1656 - Feb 1657/8, East Grinstead Apr 1660 - Jan 1678/9; knighted 24 Apr 1661; a Gentleman Pensioner; m. 12 Jul 1643 Elizabeth, only dau. of Edward Hawes, a London merchant; d. 18 Nov 1685.

Court-Treatt, Chaplin, son of Richard Court Treatt, of Kensington, by Florence Blanche, daughter of William Edward Bartlett, of Kensington; b. Sept. 1888; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (A); left July 1908; studied art; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles 1914; joined the R. F. C. in 1915 and, served in France; severely injured in 1916; Flight-Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; afterwards on the staff in Egypt until the Armistice; acting Major May 1, 1919; African survey party; with his wife and four companions crossed Africa in motor cars, left Cape Town Sept. 23, 1924, and after surmounting innumerable obstacles reached Cairo Jan. 24, 1926 (see Cape to Cairo [1926], by Stella Court Treatt, and Elizabethan, vol. xviii, pp. 92-4); assumed the name of Court as an additional surname in lieu of a Christian name; technical director of a cinematograph studio in America 1931-41; served in Great War II as a Technical Officer, R.A.F. Photographic Dept. 1942-6; returned to America on demobilisation and operated his own studio in California; m. Dec. 9, 1913, Cecile Joyce, younger daughter of the Rev. Henry Trevor Williamson, Vicar of Bullinghope, co. Hereford; d. July 11, 1952.

Cousins, Edmund Richard John Ratcliffe, son of John Ratcliffe Cousins, of Dulwich, Metropolitan Police Magistrate at Marylebone, by Eleanor Fanny, daughter of the Rev. James Edmund Law, Rector of Little Shelford, Cambs; b. April 22, 1888; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1901 (G); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 24, 1903; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1910; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1910; arrived in India Nov. 25, 1911, and served in Bengal as Assist. Magistrate and Collector; transferred to Bihar and Orissa April 1912; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Dec. 1918; Secretary, Board of Revenue 1920-2; District Magistrate and Collector 1925-7; Commissioner, Chota Nagpur, Bihar, 1937-9; Adviser to Governor of Bihar 1939; Asst. Secretary, Ministry of Aviation 1947; Special Commissioner of Lands, Kenya, 1949; C. I. E. 1938; C. S. I. 1942; m. July 22, 1912, Henrietta Mary Colebrooke, widow of Frank Yewdall, I. C. S., and second daughter of Alexander Chalmers Marshall; d. July 16, 1955.

COUSSMAKER, GEORGE, only son of Lieut.-Col. George Kien Hayward Coussmaker, 1st Foot Guards, and Hon. Catherine Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell, 21st Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 1797; adm. 20 Apr 1808, left 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1814, aged 17; MP Kinsale from 1818; d. unm. 23 May 1821.

COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 7TH EARL OF COVENTRY, only son of George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, Lord Lieut. Worcestershire, and his first wife Maria, sister of John Gunning (qv); b. 28 Apr 1758; styled Viscount Deerhust 1758-1809; adm. 5 Mar 1767; left Whitsun 1775; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Jan 1776; blinded in hunting accident Nov 1780; Lord Lieut., Worcestershire from 23 Nov 1808; succ. father as 7th Earl of Coventry 3 Sep 1809; Recorder of Worcester; High Steward of Tewkesbury; m. 1st, 18 Mar 1777 Lady Catherine Henley, fourth dau. of Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (qv); m. 2nd, 10 Jan 1783 Peggy, second dau. of Sir Abraham Pitches, Kt, Streatham, Surrey; d. 26 Mar 1831.

COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 8TH EARL OF COVENTRY, eldest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Oct 1784; in school list 1801; played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802; styled Viscount Deerhurst 1809-31; MP Worcester 23 Dec 1816-26; succ. father as 8th Earl of Coventry 26 Mar 1831; DL Worcs. 1803, Vice-Lieut. 1826; m. 1st, 16 Jan 1808 Hon. Emma Susanna Lygon, sister of William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1811 (in Scotland) and 6 Nov 1811 (in England) Lady Mary Beauclerk, only dau. of Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St. Albans, and his first wife; d. 15 May 1843.

COVENTRY, HON. JOHN, second son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 30 Jun 1789; at school 1800; in school list 1801; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 14 Dec 1808; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 13 Sep 1821, half-pay; d. 24 May 1852.

COVENTRY, HON. THOMAS HENRY, fourth son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv) and his second wife; b. 18 Sep 1792; adm. 18 Jan 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1811; BA 1815; MA 1827; ordained deacon and priest, 1816; Rector of Pirton with Croome D’Abitot, Worcs., 1 Nov 1816-33; Rector of Hill Croome, Worcs., from 19 Feb 1827; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., from 2 Mar 1833; d. 20 Aug 1869.

COVENTRY, HON. WILLIAM JAMES, youngest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 1 Jan 1797; adm. 15 Jan 1806; left 1810; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1815; DL JP Worcestershire; m. 26 Jul 1821 Mary, dau. of James Laing, Jamaica; d. 11 Mar 1877.