COLLE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).
College, the home of the Queen’s Scholars and the oldest house at Westminster, was effectively founded in 1560 when the school’s charter stipulated that there should be 40 Queen’s Scholars. Special weight in their selection was to be given to ability, good character and poverty. To become Scholars, boys had to pass an oral examination known as ‘The Challenge’, which shifted to paper in 1856.
Scholars had special privileges not accorded to other boys, such as the right to enter the Palace of Westminster.
The Scholars include John Dryden, the first Poet Laureate (1631-1700); John Locke (1632-1704), the empiricist philosopher; A. A. Milne (1882-1956), creator of Winnie-the-Pooh; and Kim Philby (1912-1988), of the Cambridge spy ring. The first female scholars were admitted to College in 2017.
COLLER, FRANK HERBERT, fourth son of Richard Coller, Birchanger Lodge, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts., landowner, and Annie, dau. of William Langford, The Priory, King’s Lynn, Norfolk; b. 26 Dec 1866; adm. (G) 28 Sep 1876; exhibitioner 1880; QS 1881; Capt. of the School 1884; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1885, matr. 16 Oct 1885; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1887, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1889; BA 1889; Librarian, Oxford Union, 1889, Pres. 1890; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Nov 1890, called to bar 14 Jun 1893; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; South-Eastern circuit; Chief Justice of St. Lucia 1912; Prize Court Judge, 1914; CB 1 Jan 1919; Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1919-21, Food Dept., Board of Trade, 1921-5; member, Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, 1922, Royal Commission on Food Reform 1924; author, A State Trading Adventure, 1925; d. 8 Oct 1938.
COLLET, ROBERT STRATFORD, son of Robert Stratford Collet, Wendover, Bucks.; b.; adm. 6 Jun 1787; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 6 Jun 1789, aged 17, matr. Mich. 1790; BA 1794. [Probably Robert Collett, ordained deacon 11 Dec 1803, priest 23 Jun 1805 (both Peterborough); Curate, Weston, Northants] [will of Robert Stratford Collet, Wendover, Bucks., proved PCC 7 May 1824]
COLLETON, SIR JAMES ROUPELL, BART., eldest son of Sir James Nassau Colleton, Bart., Clerk, Home Office, and Susannah, dau. of William Nixon, Lincoln; grandson of Robert Colleton (qv); b. 22 Dec 1783; at school 1793; in school lists 1795, 1797; Ensign, Royal Staff Corps, 18 Nov 1802; Lieut., 21 Dec 1803; Capt., 25 Jun 1806; Brevet Maj., 22 Nov 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 21 Jun 1817; Assistant QMG, 4 Sep 1817; Maj., Royal Staff Corps, 9 Aug 1821-31; Lieut. -Col., 31st Foot, and sold out, 1831; served at battle of Maida 1806 and in Perninsular War 1808-14; succ. father as 7th baronet, 16 Jan 1815; m. at The Hague 12 Dec 1819 (and in Westminster 19 Feb 1820) Septima Sexta Colleton, sixth dau. of Adm. Richard Graves RN, Henbury Fort, Devon; d. 28 Jul 1848.
COLLETON, PETER, second son of Sir John Colleton, Bart., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Snell MP, Exeter; b.; adm. (aged 7) Oct 1716; in under school list 1723; of Devil’s Elbow and Epsom Plantations, South Carolina; d. unm. c. 1748.
COLLETON, ROBERT, brother of Peter Colleton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1721; Min. Can. 1728; 1st Lieut., Jeffreys’ Marines 30 Jan 1740-1; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 29 Nov 1745; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1749; inherited Devil’s Elbow Plantation, South Carolina, under brother’s will; m. 24 Sep 1748 his cousin Anne, only dau. of James Colleton, South Carolina; d. 27 Jan 1755.