COLE, WILLIAM FAIRFAX, son of Stephen Thomas Cole, Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire, and Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley, second dau. of Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC; b. 15 Sep 1809; adm. 25 Sep 1822 (Stikeman's); buried at Twickenham 8 May 1826.

COLEBRON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1683; left 1685; Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. servitor 3 Mar 1685, matr. 26 Mar 1686; BA 1689; ordained priest (Winchester) 22 Dec 1690; Vicar of Brighton, Sussex, 1705-44; Rector of West Blatchington, Sussex, 16 Mar 1712/3 - 22; Rector of Pett, Sussex, from 29 Jul 1745; m. Jane ---; buried Brighton 22 Jul 1750.

Coleby, Arthur Tindall, elder son of the Rev. Frank Coleby, Rector of Annan, Dumfriesshire; b. July 10, 1884; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1898 (R); Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1903; matric. Michaelmas 1903; played football (Assoc.) against Cambridge 1906; B.A. 1908; Master at King's College, Bangkok, Siam, 1912; m. Sept. 5, 1912, Hilda Marie Kathleen, youngest daughter of Dr. Hutchinson, of Eastbourne, Sussex; d. May 1951.

Coleby, Eric, brother of Arthur Tindall Coleby (q.v.); b. May 12, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (R); left July 1905; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1911; asst. solicitor, Cheshire Lines Committee, 1928-35; asst. solicitor, London and North-Eastern Railway, 1935-45; chief asst. solicitor 1945-8; regional solicitor, British Railways, 1948-50; asst. chief solicitor, British Transport Commission, 1950-1; legal adviser to the Railway Executive 1951; retired 1953; served in Great War I in the Motor Machine Gun Service and R. F. A., and afterwards as a Railway Transport Officer; Lieut. Oct. 28, 1916; m. Aug. 23, 1922, Doris, widow of Charles Dale, and only child of John Mansell Stuart-Edwards (q.v.).

Coleman, Bryan Burdett, son of Lieut.-Col. George Burdett Coleman DSO of Broadwater, Sussex, and Clair, d. of E. Donajowski of Hampstead; b. 29 Jan. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left Apr. 1929; an actor; Ambulance Car Co. BEF 1940; RASC 1940-5 (Maj.), despatches (Italy) July 1945; m. 1st 22 July 1949 Judith Little, d. of R. L. Swan of Sydney, Australia; 2nd Sheila, d. of E. Norman of New Zealand; d. July 2005.

Coleman, John Wycliffe, brother of Robert William Alfred Coleman (qv); b. 10 May 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1939; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1948; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1946; FRCS 1969; MO CMS Hosp. Shiraz; superintendent Bethnal Green med. mission 1964-77; MO Yazd Clinic, Iran, 1977-81, held hostage in Iran for several months in 1980-1 after the revolution; ord. deacon 1977, priest 1978; Church Missionary Soc. Egypt, 1984-91; hon. Canon, Cairo; m. 12 Oct. 1946 Audrey Doreen, sister of Arthur Russell Ponsford (qv); d. 16 Aug. 2003.

Coleman, Robert William Alfred, son of Robert Baxendell Coleman MB of Bromley, Kent, and Enid Louisa, d. of William Robinson Evans MD of Dublin; b. 30 July 1916; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1934; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, played lacrosse against Oxford 1938-9, BA 1939, MA 1943; ordained deacon 1941, priest 1942 (Chichester); Curate Broadwater, Sussex, 1941-2; Chaplain to the Forces 1943-6; Vicar of St George Tiverton 1946-50, St John's W. Ealing 1950-9; Chaplain Seaford Coll. Petworth 1960; retd July 1981; m. 1945 Lucy Grace Wycliffe, d. of Eugene Wycliffe Bartholomew, civil engineer; d. 8 Apr. 2005.

COLLCUTT, ARTHUR MAURICE, son of Thomas Edward Collcutt FRIBA, Bloomsbury Square, London, architect, and Emily, dau. of Samuel Tagg, Elsfield, Oxfordshire; b. 30 Mar 1869; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1882; left Whitsun 1884; London Univ., matr. Mar 1886; Gonville and Caius Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 1 Oct 1887, scholar 1889-90, matr. Mich. 1887; BA 1890; MA, MB, BCh 1894; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS, LRCP 1894; in practice at Brighton; Capt., RAMC, 27 Apr 1908; served in 1914-18 war at 2nd Eastern General Hospital; m. 13 Dec 1899 Ada Jane, dau. of Samuel Eli Harris, Hove, Sussex; d. 1 Mar 1933.

COLLE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

College, the home of the Queen’s Scholars and the oldest house at Westminster, was effectively founded in 1560 when the school’s charter stipulated that there should be 40 Queen’s Scholars. Special weight in their selection was to be given to ability, good character and poverty. To become Scholars, boys had to pass an oral examination known as ‘The Challenge’, which shifted to paper in 1856.
Scholars had special privileges not accorded to other boys, such as the right to enter the Palace of Westminster.
The Scholars include John Dryden, the first Poet Laureate (1631-1700); John Locke (1632-1704), the empiricist philosopher; A. A. Milne (1882-1956), creator of Winnie-the-Pooh; and Kim Philby (1912-1988), of the Cambridge spy ring. The first female scholars were admitted to College in 2017.