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Corbett, George Holmes Uvedale, brother of John Corbett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (G); left April 1897; King's Coll. Camb. (adm. Sept. 30, 1898); B.A. 1901; M.B. and B. Ch. 1906; St. Mary's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1905; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Nov. 4, 1914, Capt.; served in France 1915 and 1917; in practice at Steyning, Sussex and later at Kingswear, Devon; m. March 9, 1907, Maud, daughter of William Spencer, of Erie, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., and niece of Sir George Darwin; d. May 1954.

Corbett, John, son of Admiral Sir John Corbett, K.C. B., of Norwich, by Georgina Grace, eldest daughter of George Holmes, of Brooke Hall, Norfolk; b. May 19, 1872; adm. April 29, 1886 (G); left July 1890; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Feb. 15, 1917; m.; d. March 18, 1943.

Corbett, Richard Edmund d'Alton, son of Sidney d' Alton Corbett MRCS; b. 24 Nov. 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left Apr. 1927.

CORBETT, THOMAS GEORGE, eldest son of William Thompson Corbett, Darnhall, Cheshire, and Jane Eleanor, eldest dau. of Gen. George Ainslie; b. 29 Jul 1796; adm.; left 1808; readm. 1811; left 1813; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1815; BA 1819; MA 1834; MP Lincolnshire North (Cons) 1835-7; of Elmshall Hall, Brigg, Lincs.; DL JP Lincolnshire; m. 15 Dec 1836 Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk, youngest dau. of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St. Albans; d. 25 Jul 1868.

CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.

Corbin, John Charles Neal, son of Charles Frederick Hinds Corbin of Northwood, Middlesex, and Annette, d. of William Neal, merchant; b. 14 Sept. 1948; adm. May 1962 (L); left July 1967; d. 26 Feb. 1984.

Corbould, Anthony Kenneth, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 27 May 1918; adm. May 1932 (A); left July 1935; RASC 1940-5 (Capt.); runs a business agency in Sussex; m. 1st 5 Jan. 1957 Jean Phylis, d. of Maj. Sidney Melville Boddy of Carshalton; 2nd 22 July 1961 Dorothy Madeline, d. of Capt. William John Canton OBE DL, solicitor, of Merthyr Tydfil; d. Aug. 1990.

Corbould, Francis Wilfred Paul, son of William Henry Corbould, manager BAT Co., and Laura Tryphena, d. of Edward Augustus Green, brewery owner, of Bath; b. 25 Jan. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left Dec. 1927; Coldstream Guards 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (Italy) Nov. 1945, wounded; an advertising manager, FIAM 1950; dir. Vick International Ltd; m. 12 Oct. 1935 Brenda Irene, d. of Edward Henry Murphy of Wallington, Surrey; d. 10 Mar. 1970.

Corbould, Peter Marion, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 15 Aug. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Dec. 1931; Coldstream Guards 1940-5 (Maj.); FRSA 1947; a textile execu­tive, later a school registrar; m. 4 May 1940 Diana Marjorie, d. of Gilbert Carsey Chittock, solic itor, of Dilham, Norfolk; d. 24 Apr. 1994.

Corbould, William Robert, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 7 June 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (A); left Dec. 1939; RMC Sandhurst 1941, 2nd Lieut. Coldsteam Guards Sept. 1941, twice wounded; transf. Seaforth Highlanders Apr. 1947; attached Parachute Regt, Maj. June 1956; transf. Parachute Regt Oct. 1958, Lieut.-Col. June 1968; retd June 1977; m. 1st 4 May 1943 Cordelia, d. of T. S. Stephens of Eccles, Lancs; 2nd 24 July 1948 Edna, d. of Henry Milligan LDS of Cliftonville, Kent; 3rd 21 June 1980 Hadi, d. of Francis Skinner Moore of Brit. Columbia.