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          10546 People & Organisations results for Houses

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          Coventry, Wyndham John, 1886-1916
          Coventry, Wyndham John, 1886-1916
          GB-2014-WSA-05409 · Person · 1886-1916

          Coventry, Wyndham John, younger son of Frank Coventry, of Twickenham, by Louisa Emily, daughter of Sir John Joseph Grinlinton, of Middle Wallop, Hants; b. Dec. 25, 1886; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1906; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) Jan. 19, 1907, 44th Merwara Infantry (Indian Army) March 12, 1908; Squadron Officer 7th Hariana Lancers July 6, 1908; Lieut. Indian Army April 19, 1909; Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; left India with drafts for the 20th Deccan Horse Dec. 7, 1914, and served on the western front as observer in the Royal Flying Corps until. June 1915; was recalled to his regiment in India, and joined the expeditionary force to Mesopotamia July 1915; took part in the battles of Kut and Ctesiphon; mentioned in despatches; d. Jan. 1, 1916, of wounds received in action at Ali Gharh, Mesopotamia, the previous day; unm.
          Cousins, Edmund Richard John Ratcliffe, 1888-1955
          GB-2014-WSA-05402 · Person · 1888-1955

          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.
          Court-Treatt, Chaplin, 1888-1952
          GB-2014-WSA-05401 · Person · 1888-1952

          Court-Treatt, Chaplin, son of Richard Court Treatt, of Kensington, by Florence Blanche, daughter of William Edward Bartlett, of Kensington; b. Sept. 1888; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (A); left July 1908; studied art; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles 1914; joined the R. F. C. in 1915 and, served in France; severely injured in 1916; Flight-Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; afterwards on the staff in Egypt until the Armistice; acting Major May 1, 1919; African survey party; with his wife and four companions crossed Africa in motor cars, left Cape Town Sept. 23, 1924, and after surmounting innumerable obstacles reached Cairo Jan. 24, 1926 (see Cape to Cairo [1926], by Stella Court Treatt, and Elizabethan, vol. xviii, pp. 92-4); assumed the name of Court as an additional surname in lieu of a Christian name; technical director of a cinematograph studio in America 1931-41; served in Great War II as a Technical Officer, R.A.F. Photographic Dept. 1942-6; returned to America on demobilisation and operated his own studio in California; m. Dec. 9, 1913, Cecile Joyce, younger daughter of the Rev. Henry Trevor Williamson, Vicar of Bullinghope, co. Hereford; d. July 11, 1952.
          Courtenay, William, 1777-1859
          GB-2014-WSA-019012 · Person · 1777-1859

          COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.
          Courtenay, William, 1738-1783
          GB-2014-WSA-05397 · Person · 1738-1783

          COURTENAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1724/5, qv); b. 9 Sep 1738; adm. Jun 1748 (Porten's); KS 1752; Capt. of the School 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - 8 Nov 1760, void on election to Fellowship All Souls; BA 1761; MA 1774; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1760; adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1761; ordained deacon 29 May 1774, priest 24 Jun 1774 (both Winchester); Rector of Kenn, Devon, 29 Jun 1774; Rector of Little Hempston, Devon, 1777; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery from 26 May 1778; m. 31 Dec 1764 Anne, dau. of John Downes, Otterbury, Hampshire; d. 27 Nov 1783.
          Courtenay, William Reginald, 1807-1888
          GB-2014-WSA-05395 · Person · 1807-1888

          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.
          Courtenay, Reginald, 1813-1906
          GB-2014-WSA-05393 · Person · 1813-1906

          COURTENAY, REGINALD, second son of Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Feb 1813; adm. 12 May 1824; KS 1826; at Tonbridge Sch 1827-30; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; migrated to Magdalen Hall; BA 1835; MA 1838; BD and DD 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jun 1835, called to bar 22 Nov 1838; ordained 1841; Curate, Donnybrook, co. Dublin, and afterwards of St. Stephen’s, Dublin; Rector of Thornton Watlass, Yorks., 1842-52; Archdeacon of Middlesex, Jamaica, 1853-6; consecrated Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, 24 Mar 1856; Coadjutor to Bishop of Jamaica 1856-72; Bishop of Jamaica 1872-9; Chaplain at L’Ermitage, France, 1881-6; author, The Future State, 1843; m. 23 Jul 1842 Georgiana, second dau. of Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart. KCB MP; d. 13 Apr 1906.
          Courtenay, Hon. Thomas Peregrine, 1782-1841
          GB-2014-WSA-019011 · Person · 1782-1841

          COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.
          Courtenay, Henry Reginald, 1836-1898
          GB-2014-WSA-05392 · Person · 1836-1898

          COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, LORD COURTENAY, eldest son of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 20 Jan 1836; adm. 22 Jun 1848 (Rigaud's); left Jun 1849; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1854; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1859; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; Sub-Inspector, Poor Law Board, 1869-71, Local Government Board 1871-4; General Inspector, Local Government Board, 1874-96; styled Lord Courtenay from 1891; JP Devon; m. 12 Jun 1862 Lady Evelyn Pepys, youngest dau. of Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham PC, Lord Chancellor; d. 27 May 1898.
          Courtenay, Henry Reginald, 1741-1803
          GB-2014-WSA-05391 · Person · 1741-1803

          COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, second son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Nov 1741; adm. Apr 1751 (Porten's); Min. Can. 1754; KS 1755; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - void 26 Jan 1769 (expiry year of grace as R. Sapperton), Tutor 1763-7; BA 1763; MA 1766; DCL 1774; Rector of Sapperton, Gloucs., 1768-73; Prebendary of Exeter 1772-94; Prebendary of Rochester Sep 1773 - Jun 1774, Sep 1783 - Mar 1797; Rector of Lee, Kent, from 1773; Chaplain to King George III (occurs -1773-93-); Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, from 6 Jun 1774; consecrated Bishop of Bristol, 11 May 1794; translated to Exeter 10 Mar 1797; m. 20 Jan 1774 Lady Elizabeth Howard, dau. of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham; d. 9 Jun 1803. DNB.