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CONYBEARE, CHARLES FREDERICK PRINGLE, brother of Henry Crawford Arthur Conybeare (qv); b. 19 May 1860; adm. 24 Sep 1868; left May 1869; readm. 25 Sep 1873; left Aug 1874; Midshipman, Royal Navy, 1875, retd. 1880; emigrated to Canada; studied law at Winnipeg, Manitoba; called to bar 1885; settled at Lethbridge, Alberta; Crown Prosecutor, South Alberta, 1888-1900; QC 1894; Chancellor, Diocese of Calgary, 1904; DCL Bishop’s Coll., Lennoxville, 1907, Univ. Alberta 1908; President, Alberta Moderation League, 1919, Alberta Law Society 1926; author, Vahnfried, a poetical romance; m. 24 Jun 1890 Letitia Ida, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Peter H. Attwood, Canadian Militia, London, Ontario, Canada; d. 13 Jul 1927.

CONYBEARE, HENRY CRAWFORD ARTHUR, eldest son of Henry Conybeare MICE, Vice-Pres. ICE, and Ann Newport, dau. of Gen. George Moore; grandson of William Daniel Conybeare (qv); b. 16 Jan 1853; adm. 26 Sep 1867; left Dec 1868; King’s Coll. London; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1882; BA 1888; MA 1891; called to bar, Inner Temple, 14 Jun 1899; appointed to Indian Civil Service after exam of 1871; arrived in India 3 Nov 1873; Assist. Magistrate and Collector, N. W. Provinces and Oudh; Joint Magistrate, Jan 1885; Deputy Commissioner, Aug 1890; Magistrate and Collector, Aug 1891; Agent to Governor-Gen. in Benares, Oct 1897; officiating Commissioner, Apr 1900, confirmed Aug 1900, retd. Nov 1908; JP (1909) Devon; author, An Account of Pargana Dudhi in S. Mirzapur; m. 20 Feb 1889 Amy Maxwell, dau. of Maynard Brodhurst, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal), Judge of Supreme Court, North Western Provinces; d. 10 Mar 1916.

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 DANIEL, younger son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 7 Jun 1787; in school list May 1803; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1805; 1st cl. Classics & 2nd cl. Mathematics 1808; BA 1808; MA 1811; Select Preacher 1811; Bampton Lecturer 1839; ordained priest (Peterborough) 21 Sep 1817; Rector of Sully, Glamorgan, 1822-36; Rector of Axminster, Devon, 1836-48; Dean of Llandaff from 29 Sep 1844; a leading geologist; FRS 9 Dec 1819; contributed numerous papers on geology and on palaeontology to Transactions of the Royal and Geological Societies; he and Sir Henry De La Beche founded the Bristol Philosophical and Literary Institute 1812; m. 23 Aug 1814 Sarah Anne, sister of Charles Ranken (qv); d. 12 Aug 1857. 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.

CONYERS, JOHN, son of John Conyers MP, Copt Hall, Epping, Essex, and his second wife Lady Henrietta Fermor, sister of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (qv); b.; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1782); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1767, aged 18; Leyden Univ., adm. 3 Jul 1769; of Copt Hall, Epping, Essex; m. 1773 Julia Catherine, only dau. of William Mathew, Baddow, Essex; d. 2 May 1818.

CONYNGHAM, HENRY JOSEPH, EARL OF MOUNTCHARLES, eldest son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquis Conyngham KP, Lord Steward of the Household, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Joseph Denison, Denbies, Surrey, banker; b. 6 Apr 1795; at school 1804; left 1807; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 3 Nov 1813, matr. 1814; MA 1816; MP Donegal from 1818; d. at Nice 26 Dec 1824.

CONYSBYE, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1565-8 (tutors, the Usher and Prebendary Fre (a)ke) (Chapter Muniments 54008-17).

COOK, ---; b.; adm. 27 Jan 1767; left Dec 1771.