Colvile, Arthur Montague, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. April 12, 1876; adm. April 24, 1890 (A); left July 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Dec. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. March 21, 1896; Lieut. March 21, 1899; Capt. Aug. 24, 1901; Adjutant May 4, 1903 - Jan. 21, 1906; Off. Co. of Gent. Cadets R. M.C. Jan. 22, 1906 - Jan. 14, 1907; Major Oct. 30, 1914; acting Lieut.-Col. July 5 - Nov. 4, 1918, and Dec. 14, 1918 - May 10, 1919; Lieut. - Col. May 1, 1921; retired; served in East Africa Oct. 1914 - Sept. 1915, and in Palestine in Great War I; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 14, 1918; m. Aug. 7, 1914, Phyllis Margaret, youngest daughter of James Innes, of Roffey Park, Sussex; d. Feb. 1, 1952.

Colt-Williams, Ronald George Archer, son of Edward Walter David Colt-Williams (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left Dec. 1928; RHA 1940-5 (Capt.), MC (Middle East) July 1941, wounded; Lond. Stock Exchange 1946; m. Christine Hayes, d. of Maj. William Henman; d. 27 Feb. 1975.

Colt-Williams, Edward Walter David, only son of David Archer Vaughan Colt-Williams (q.v.); b. Oct. 27, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); Q.S. 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1909; South-Eastern Circuit; Lieut. A. S. C. Oct. 1, 1915; served in France in Great War I; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; play-writer; m. Dec. 14, 1909, Natalie Beatrice, only daughter of Charles Grant, of Stapleford, Cambs.; d. Jan. 1947.

COLT-WILLIAMS, DAVID ARCHER VAUGHAN, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 21 Jun 1849; adm. as BB 30 May 1861; QS 1864; left 1868; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1868; BA 1871; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1874, called to bar 17 Nov 1877; North Wales Circuit; assumed surname of Colt-Williams in lieu of Williams; Revising Barrister for North Wales, 1893; practised at Chester; m. 25 Nov 1884 Laura Louisa Lilia, only child of Rev. Henry John Vernon, Vicar of Eckington, Worcs.; d. 21 Apr 1914.

COLTON, WITTING, son of Richard Colton, London; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS (Capt) 1712; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1716, aged 19, scholar 10 May 1717, matr. 1717; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1722, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1723; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 May 1722; Chancellor of Salisbury from 27 Oct 1727; Vicar of West Lavington, Wilts., 1727; Rector of Poulshot, Wilts., 1728 (disp. to hold with West Lavington); Vicar of St. Giles’s, Reading, Berks., from 19 May 1730; Vicar of Odiham, Hants., from 13 Mar 1737/8 (disp. to hold with St. Giles’s, Reading); m. 1st, 1743 [or 30 Sep 1727 (IGI)] Anna Bullard, niece of Right Rev. Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester; m. 2nd, 6 Nov 1746 (IGI) Mary Jones, widow of John Ditches [or Ditcher ?], Bath; d. 21 Dec 1755.

COLT, EDWARD WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. David Williams, Rector of Nannerch, Flints., Hon. Canon St Asaph, and Martha Elizabeth Flora, elder dau. of Sir Edward Vaughan Colt, Bart.; b. 17 May 1846; adm. 23 Jun 1859; BB 6 Oct 1860; QS 1861; rowed against Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1891; an Inspector of Schools from 1871; assumed surname of Colt in lieu of Williams, 1892; m. 28 Sep 1871 Caroline, second dau. of T. Timberlake, Pembroke Street, Oxford; d. 29 Dec 1904.

Colquhoun, Frank Lloyd, son of Arthur Hugh Colquhoun, of Blackheath, Kent; b. July 17, 1901; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (R); left July 1919; m. Aug. 16, 1933, Kathleen Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Florence Hoblyn, of Halstead, Essex.

Colquhoun, Edgar Edmund, son of Ernest Arthur Colquhoun, of London; b. Aug. 10, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left Dec. 1910; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt (Terr.) Beds Regt. Feb. 9, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1916; Capt. May 15, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1919; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 4, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 13, 1939; Flight Lieut. Dec. 1, 1940; acting Sqdn. Ldr. June 9, 1941; acting Wing-Cdr. April 21, 1944; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1941; a member of the London Stock Exchange; m. Dec. 17, 1930, Elizabeth, only daughter of Lieut.-Col. Ernest Makins, of West Wellow, Rants.; d. 1953.

COLMAN, GEORGE, son of Francis Colman, British Resident at Court of Tuscany, and Mary, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissioner-Gen. of Musters, and sister-in-law of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 18 Apr 1732; adm. Oct 1741; KS 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void 25 Jun 1764; BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1752, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; Oxford circuit; joint editor with Bonnell Thornton (qv) of The Connoisseur, 1754-6; his first play, Polly Honeycombe, was produced at Drury Lane 5 Dec 1760; his Jealous Wife, the most popular comedy of its day, appeared in the following year, and The Clandestine Marriage, written in collaboration with his friend David Garrick, in 1766; manager, Covent Garden Theatre 1767-74, Haymarket Theatre 1777-89; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1778; edited The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1778; translated The Comedies of Terence, 1765, and Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1783; m. Sarah Ford, actress; d. 14 Aug 1794. DNB.

COLLYNS, CHARLES BAYLEY, son of George Nelson Collyns MRCS LSA, Moreton Hampstead, Devon; b. 16 May 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873; QS 1874; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1878, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, sizar 1881, matr. Mich. 1878; BA 1882; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (St. Albans); Curate, Leytonstone, Essex, 1883-5, Stoke Damerel, Devon, 1885-95; Vicar of Plymstock, Devon, from 1895; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1887 Agnes Emma, younger dau. of J. W. L. Ashe, Bexley, Kent; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1910 Helena Sarah, widow of Rev. Richard Trezise Tyacke, Rector of Meavy, Devon, and of Rev. C. Scott, Vicar of Seaton, Devon, and dau. of William Henry Rough (qv); d. 8 Jun 1913.