COMYN, EDWARD, son of Stephen Comyn, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, Clerk to Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and Elizabeth, only child of Edward Tay, All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, and Frierning, Essex, citizen and draper; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Nov 1755. scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; adm. Inner Temple 1 Dec 1752, called to bar 25 Nov 1757; d. 3 Jan 1760.

COMYN, FREDERICK FITZWILLIAM, brother of Edward Comyn (adm. 1854 (qv) ); b. 18 Jan 1839; adm. (G) Jun 1854; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1859; Ensign, 30th Bombay Native Infantry, 27 Feb 1859; Lieut., 26 Sep 1860; Quartermaster and Wing Officer, 4th Native Infantry, 3 Oct 1864; Capt., 14 Nov 1868; Maj., 27 Feb 1879; Wing Commander, 8 Apr 1881; Lieut. -Col., 27 Feb 1885; retd. 23 Nov 1888; served in Afghan War 1879; m. 1869 Henrietta Frances Barrow (IGI); d. 15 Jul 1915.

COMYN, HENRY, brother of Stephen George Comyn (IGI); bapt. 5 Jun 1775 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1795; BA 1799; MA 1806; ordained; Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, 14 Nov 1821; Vicar of Sancreed, Cornwall, 13 Oct 1837; m. Jun 1814 Philadelphia, dau. of John Heylyn (IGI); d. 30 Jul 1851.

CONAN, AMBROSIUS, son of Cornelius Conan, London; b.; adm. 15 Jun 1767; KS (aged 15) 1769; left 1769.

CONDUITT, JOHN, son of Leonard Conduitt, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Mar 1687/8; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; Judge Advocate with British Forces in Portugal, 1711; Capt., Brigadier Hunt Withers’ Regiment of Dragoons, 23 Mar 1712, half-pay 1713; Commissary of Stores and Provisions, Gibraltar, 6 Apr 1713, still Deputy Paymaster at Gibraltar in 1717-8; his marriage to Sir Isaac Newton’s stepniece in 1717 brought him into Newton’s circle of intimates; FRS 1 Dec 1718; purchased Cranbury Park estate, Hampshire, 1720; MP Whitchurch 26 Jun 1721- 3 Apr 1735, Southampton from 3 Apr 1735; assisting Sir Isaac Newton with his duties as Master of the Mint by Jun 1726; Master of the Mint from Apr 1727; author, Observations on the present state of our gold and silver coins, 1774 (compiled 1730); m. 26 Aug 1717 Catherine, second dau. of Robert Barton, Brigstock, Northants.; d. 23 May 1737. Buried in Nave, Westminster Abbey (monument at west end of nave). DNB.

CONGREVE, RICHARD JONES, brother of William Walter Congreve (qv); b. 8 Feb 1806; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; KS 1820; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1824; Ensign, 43rd Foot, 1 Jul 1828; retd. 15 May 1829; of Carlingwark, Kirkcudbrightshire; m. 20 Jun 1843 Louisa Margaret, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. [George ? or William ?] Miller CB, Royal Artillery; d. 9 Jan 1879.

CONGREVE, WILLIAM WALTER, eldest son of Richard Congreve, Burton Hall, Cheshire, and Mary Anne, dau. of George Birch, Hampstead Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Apr 1804; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 May 1822; Cornet, 3rd Light Dragoons, 5 May 1825; Lieut., 29 Mar 1827; Capt., 3 May 1833; retd. 1836; DL JP Cheshire; m. 29 Apr 1830 Anne Selina, second dau. of Rev. Henry Lambart Bayly, Ballyarthur, co. Wicklow; d. 15 Nov 1864.

CONNELL, THOMAS JOHN BARLOW, son of James Connell, London, and Maria --- (IGI); b. 21 Mar 1833; adm. 11 Oct 1841; QS 1846; left 1850; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 1852; Lieut., 24 Mar 1854; exchanged to 46th Foot, 8 Sep 1854; Capt., 31 Aug 1858; served in Crimean War; d. at Mooltan 5 Jun 1859.

Connor, Lionel James, son of . James Henthorn Todd Connor, M.R.C.S., of Wandsworth, Surrey, by Esther Geraldine Compton-Smith, a sister of William Compton-Smith (q.v.); b. Nov. 11, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. H. A. C. Sept. 26, 1917; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1911; m. June 10, 1913, Doris Emmeline Berkeley, daughter of Frederick Robert Hird, of Wimbledon. Surrey.

Conolly, Arthur Egbert Hugh, son of William Wellington Conolly, of Ealham, Surrey, a civil servant; b. Oct. 7, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1902; adm. to the Middle Temple May 17, 1911; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1929; at one time employed in the secretary's office, Univ. of London; d. Aug. 23, 1962.