CONOLLY, THOMAS, only son of Right Hon. William Conolly PC (I) MP MP (I), Castletown, Ireland, and Stretton Hall, Staffs., and Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758; MP Malmesbury 21 Mar 1759-68, Chichester 1768-80; MP (I) Co. Londonderry 1761-1800; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; a leader of the revolt in the Irish House of Commons against the ministry in 1788, but a warm supporter of the Union; m. 30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 27 Apr 1803. DNB.

CONSTABLE, R. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt) c. 1654 (Dormitory Tablet).

CONWAY, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Conway, Southwark, Surrey, dyer; b. ; at school under Busby seven years; KS 1676; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1679, aged 18; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; BD 1694; Fellow of St. John’s Coll. 1691; ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts. , from 10 Dec 1696; d. Jan 1700.

CONYBEARE, BRUCE LIDDELL OLIVIER, brother of Henry Crawford Arthur Conybeare (qv); b. 25 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left May 1869; readm. 26 Sep 1872; left May 1876; d. at St. Servan, France, 11 Mar 1880.

CONYBEARE, JOHN JOSIAS, elder son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 10 Jun 1779; adm.; Min. Can. 1792; KS (Capt) 1793; Capt. of the School 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1797 - void 17 Dec 1813 (expiry year of grace as V. Batheaston); Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; Select Preacher 1808-9; Bampton Lecturer 1824; ordained priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from St Asaph) 3 Jul 1803; an Usher at the School 1803-4; Prebendary of York from 13 Jul 1803; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1805, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1806; Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, 1808-12, of Poetry 1812-21; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 11 Dec 1812; author, On the Geology of Devon and Cornwall, 1823, and of other geological, chemical, and theological tracts; his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were edited by William Daniel Conybeare (qv) in 1826; m. 21 Feb 1814 Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 11 Jun 1824. DNB.

CONYBEARE, WILLIAM JOHN, eldest son of William Daniel Conybeare (qv); b. 1 Aug 1815; adm. 12 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Oct 1832, scholar 1835; 35th Wrangler and 3rd Classic 1837; BA 1837; MA 1840; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1839, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1840; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Jul 1840; ordained deacon 4 Apr 1841, priest 19 Dec 1841 (both Lichfield); Principal, Liverpool Collegiate Institution (Liverpool College), 1842-8; Vicar of Axminster, Devon, 1848-54; joint author with Rev. J. S. Howson of The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, 1851; m. 14 Dec 1842 Eliza, youngest dau. of Rev. Joseph Rose, Vicar of Rothley, Leics.; d. 22 Jul 1857. DNB.

CONYBEARE, WILLIAM, son of Right Rev. John Conybeare DD, Bishop of Bristol and Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and Jemima, dau. of William Juckes, Hoxton Square, London; b. 23 Sep 1739; adm. Jan 1752 (Porten's); KS 1752; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - void 21 Aug 1778, Tutor 1767-74, Junior Censor 1765-6, Senior Censor 1769-70, Librarian 1776; BA 1761; MA 1764; BD and DD 1775; Proctor 1770; ordained deacon 10 Oct 1762, priest 17 Jun 1764 (both Oxford); Prebendary of York 2 Oct 1769 – res 13 Jul 1803; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire, 1774, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1774; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, from 1 Aug 1776; m. 19 Aug 1778 Margaret Esther, dau. of Daniel Josias Olivier (qv); d. 5 Apr 1815.

COOK, ALFRED, brother of Robert Allen Cook (qv); b. 25 Nov 1836; at Charterhouse Sch. 1847-9; adm. 24 Jan 1850 (G); Ensign, 40th Foot, 15 Dec 1854; Lieut., 25 Apr 1855; Capt., 15 Feb 1861; Brevet Maj., 28 Mar 1874; retd. with rank Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1878; served in New Zealand War 1860-1, despatches; m. 11 Feb 1873 Jane Clare, eldest dau. of Col. John Richard Blagden Hale, Bradley House, Gloucs.; d. 20 Jun 1885.

Cook, John Arthur, son of John Polson Cook of Sargodha, Punjab, and Bice Elizabeth, d. of C. E. Moses; b. 11 July 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left July 1927; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1927, played football against Oxford 1927-30; a journalist; advt man. Daily Express, Manchester; m. 14 July 1934 Edith Etheldreda Mary, d. of Patrick William Torriano Ross of New York; d. 1993.

COOK, ROBERT ALLEN, son of Robert Cook, Bath, Somerset, solicitor; b. 13 Jun 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Scott's); QS 1846; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1850, adm. pens. 11 May 1850, scholar 1851, matr. Mich. 1850; BA 1854; MA 1857; adm. solicitor Trin. 1857; practised at Bath to 1864, at Cambridge 1864-7. [not in Law List 1880].