Cory, Alexander George, son of Alexander Turner Cory, of Kensington; b. Feb. 27, 1873; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (G); left July 1890; d. June 2, 1950.

COTTON, MORTEN HENRY, son of Henry Morten Cotton, London, solicitor, and Anne A. --- (1881 Census); b. 2 Mar 1862; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1873; left Dec 1877; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1892; adm. solicitor Jul 1888; practised in Clifford’s Inn; one of the original members of the “Footlights” Dramatic Club; d. 10 Nov 1907.

COURTENAY, CHARLES BARRON; b. 24 Nov 1808; adm. (G) 27 Oct 1823; attorney and parliamentary agent; practised in Lincoln’s Inn Fields; d. 13 Apr 1855. [Presumably son of Charles Barron Courtney (sic), and Anna --- (IGI)]

COURTENAY, WILLIAM REGINALD, 11TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 14 Apr 1807; adm. (G) 16 Sep 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; President, Oxford Union 1827; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; BCL 1831; DCL 1838; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1828-30; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; MP (Cons) South Devon 1841 - Feb 1849; a Poor Law Inspector 1849-50; Secretary, Poor Law Board 1850-9; succ. father as 11th Earl of Devon 19 Mar 1859; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; member, Public Schools Commission, 1862; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Jul 1866 - May 1867; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1866; President, Poor Law Board, May 1867 - Dec 1868; known in Devon as “the good earl”; Chairman, Devon QS, for fifty-two years; DL JP Devon, JP co. Limerick; Busby Trustee 11 May 1861; member governing body, Westminster School, from 1869; edited with others vol. 6 of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1832-3; m. 27 Dec 1830 Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, seventh dau. of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue; d. 18 Nov 1888. DNB.

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.

Covington, William Henry Walter, only son of the Rev. William Covington, Prebendary of St. Paul's and Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, London; b. Aug. 8, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (G); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1890 (adm. pensr. June 17, 1890); B.A. 1893; d. July 10, 1894.

COWDELL, HENRY SEWARD, son of Alfred Burton Cowdell, Croydon, Surrey, solicitor, and Helen --- (1881 Census); b. 5 Jun 1855; adm. (G) 23 Sep 1869, left Whitsun 1872; adm. solicitor May 1878; practised in Budge Row, London, firm Cowdell and Son; m. 1st, 2 Feb 1889 Ethel Bertha, dau. of Thomas Reid, Addiscombe, Surrey; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1903 Georgina Checas, widow of Joseph Westwood MICE, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 14 Aug 1924.

Cracknell, Charles George Raphael, only son of Charles Collins, of Pimlico, by Annie Letitia, daughter of George Turner, of London; b. May 5, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); assumed the surname of Cracknell in lieu of Collins by deed poll June 21, 1915, but was known by the name of Cracknell before leaving school; left Easter 1906; articled to a London firm of accountants; joined the H. A. C. on the outbreak of the war Aug. 4, 1914; went out to the western front with the 1st Batt. Sept. 17, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 24th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. July 3, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 3, 1915; served in France 1914-7; joined the British Expeditionary Force to Palestine in Oct. 1917; d. at Tel-el-Brit. Dec. 29, 1917, of wounds received in the defence of Jerusalem, Dec. 27, 1917; unm.

Craies, William Octavius, son of Constantine Craies (qv); b. 3 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1931-3; family firm of furniture manufacturers 1934-61; Financial Times 1964-7; librarian Min. of Agriculture Central Library 1968-7; d. 1 June 1992.

Craig, John Burgoyne, son of John Craig, Colonial Audit Dept, and Audrey Alma, d. of Alexander Charles Pirie of Dunecfit, Aberdeenshire; b. 21 Nov. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940; Colonial Service Nigeria 1942-58, sen. DO Eastern Region; ABC Sydney, NSW, 1960-7; admin. officer Macquarie Univ. Sydney 1967-79, retd 1979; m. 30 Mar. 1949 Susie, d. of Edward Beattie, accountant, of Sydney, NSW.