COLBURN, ZERAH, sixth child of Abia Colburn, Cabot, Vermont, USA, farmer, and Elizabeth Hills (IGI); b. 1 Sep 1804; adm. 19 Sep 1816 (Du Brieux's); left Whitsun 1819; showed remarkable powers of computation when quite young, which left him on his approach to manhood; exhibited by his father as a mathematical prodigy in America and the United Kingdom prior to his admission to the School; returned to USA 1824; studied at Vermont Univ.; joined Methodist Society at Cabot, Vermont, Dec 1825, and was for nine years an itinerant Methodist preacher; Professor of Languages, Norwich Univ., Vermont, 1835; author, A Memoir of Zerah Colburn written by himself, 1833 (in which he gives some interesting details of his school life, and his strong objections to being fagged); d. at Norwich, Vermont, USA, 2 Mar 1840.

Colclough, John Richard, son of John George Colclough, barrister-at-law, and Maud, d. of John McAllen of Killarney, co. Kerry; b. 17 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1918 (R); left July 1921; King's Coll. Lond. 1923; LSE 1925-8, BSc; sec. External Dept Univ. of Lond. 1930-6; called to the Bar (Middle Temple)Jan. 1936; St Cath. Coll. Camb., BA 1937, MA 1941; Inns of Court Regt 1935- 9; Leics. Yeomanry 1939-45 (Capt.), served at War Office; contested (Lib.) N. Kensington 1945, Hove 1950; m. 21 Aug, 1943 Joyce Evelyn, d. of George Frederick Kingham QC of Wareside, Herts; d. 31 Dec. 1992.

COLE, ELDRED MOWBRAY, brother of William Fairfax Cole (qv); b. 20 Jun 1811; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 54th Foot, 31 Jul 1828; 2nd Lieut., 87th Foot, 14 Aug 1828; Lieut., 27 Sep 1831; retd. 10 Jun 1836; emigrated to Cape of Good Hope; Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate, Somerset division, Cape of Good Hope Feb 1844; Native Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope, 1847; Civil Commissioner, Caledon division 1849; Auditor-General, Cape of Good Hope 1859 (still 1873); m. 31 May 1836 Helen Ling, second dau. of General von Morgel, Stellenbosch, Austria.

COLE, GEORGE, son of George Cole, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1715/6; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1726, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1726, scholar 14 Apr 1727; BA 1729/30. [perhaps son of George Cole, Clerk without Doors, House of Commons]

Cole, James Pasley Parmiter, son of William Parmiter Cole of Worthing, Sussex, and Mabel Beatrice, d. of Benjamin Morris; b. 20 Feb. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left Mar. 1926; ASAA 1931; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.); a co. secretary and chartered accountant; m. 13 Apr. 1948 Aileen Maude, d. of Herbert William Goodered of Monkseaton, Northumberland; d. Jan. 1989.

Cole, John Barry Pierpoint, brother of Kenneth Robert Cole (qv); b. 14 July 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1939; a professional photographer, ARPS 1948; m. 13 June 1953 Catherine Mary, d. of M. O’Sullivan; d. 1 Jan. 1995.

Cole, John Willoughby, son of Sydney Cole, of Southall, Middlesex; b. April 4, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (R); left July 1892.

Cole, Kenneth Robert, son of George Robert Cole, art critic, of Southgate, Middx, and Ethel Grace, d. of Edward James John Pierpoint, silversmith; b. 2 July 1918; adm. May 1932 (H); left Dec. 1935; an industrial photographer, FBIIP, FRPS; m. 19 Aug. 1948 Nickie Goodman; d. 3 Feb. 2006.

Cole, Richard Kennedy, son of Capt. Victor Bogvilo Cole USN and Laura, d. of James Anthony Kennedy of Milton, VT, USA; b. 5 Apr. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left Apr. 1951; d. 1987.

COLE, THOMAS, sixth son of William Cole, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Deards, London, silkman; b. ; adm. ; KS 1642 (“Thomas Coale maior”), still 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of Univ. of Oxford 1647-58, Camden Society, 2nd Series, xxix, 268), matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Camb. 1653); tutor of John Locke (qv); Principal, St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 15 Oct 1656 - ejected June 1660; opened school at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire; licensed as Congregational preacher at Henley on Thames 22 Apr 1672; Minister of Independent Congregation, Silver Street, London, Feb 1674; his congregation subsequently met at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, Dowgate Hill, and at Pinners’ Hall, Old Broad Street, where he preached his last sermon 22 Aug 1697; d. 16 Sep 1697. DNB.