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COLE, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1723; in school list 1729.

COLE, THOMAS, sixth son of William Cole, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Deards, London, silkman; b. ; adm. ; KS 1642 (“Thomas Coale maior”), still 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of Univ. of Oxford 1647-58, Camden Society, 2nd Series, xxix, 268), matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Camb. 1653); tutor of John Locke (qv); Principal, St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 15 Oct 1656 - ejected June 1660; opened school at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire; licensed as Congregational preacher at Henley on Thames 22 Apr 1672; Minister of Independent Congregation, Silver Street, London, Feb 1674; his congregation subsequently met at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, Dowgate Hill, and at Pinners’ Hall, Old Broad Street, where he preached his last sermon 22 Aug 1697; d. 16 Sep 1697. DNB.

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.