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COLQUHOUN, ---; b.; at school under Markham; “Mr. Colquhoun” was one of the OWW who played cricket on Molesey Heath v. Old Etonians, Aug 1768 (Hickey, Memoirs, i, 100).

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.

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, SIR PATRICK MACCHOMBAICH, eldest son of Chevalier James Colquhoun, Consul-General for the Hanse Towns in London (but parents were Thomas Colquhoun, and Katharine --- (IGI)); b. 13 Apr 1815; adm. 25 May 1826; left Aug 1832; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Feb 1833, scholar 8 Nov 1836, hon. fellow 5 Mar 1886, matr. Mich. 1833; BA 1837; MA 1844; LLD 1851; adm. Inner Temple 1 May 1834, called to bar 4 May 1838, Bencher 1869, Treasurer 1888; Home Circuit; QC 4 Dec 1868; Plenipotentiary for Hanse Towns in Turkey, Persia and Greece, 1840-4; Aulic Counsellor to King of Saxony, and Standing Counsel to Saxon Legation in London, 1857-66; member, Supreme Court of Justice, Corfu, 1858-61, Chief Justice of Ionian Islands 1861-4; knighted 14 Nov 1861; a well-known oarsman; won Wingfield Sculls and became amateur champion of the Thames, 1837; Secretary, Leander Club, President from 24 Apr 1882; joint donor to the School of the Silver Sculls, with Edmund Charles Burton (qv); Vice-Pres., Elizabethan Club, from 1885; author, A Summary of the Roman Law, 1849-54, and other works; m. 1843 (or 23 Nov 1858, IGI) Katherine, dau. of M. de St. Vitalis; d. 18 May 1891. DNB.

COLQUIT, ---; b.; adm. 14 May 1800; in school list May 1803; left 1803. [Apparently (thus Whitmore) Goodwin Colquitt, son of Cdr. Goodwin Colquitt, Royal Navy; b. 1786; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Sep 1808; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Jul 1814; served in Peninsular War and at Waterloo; retd. 26 Oct 1820; CB; m. Anne Colquhoun, youngest dau. of John Wallace, Kelly, Renfrewshire; will proved PCC 24 Oct 1823] [Doubtless son of Goodwin Colquitt, who m. at St. Philip, Birmingham 2 Nov 1782 Catharine Collins (IGI)]

COLSTON, ALEXANDER READY, brother of Edward Francis Colston (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (as Alexander Ready); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1759, aged 17; BA 1763 (incorp. Camb. 1769, MA Clare Coll. Camb. 1769); ordained deacon (Gloucester) 7 Jan 1764, priest (Oxford) 2 Jan 1765; Rector of Bradwell, Oxfordshire, from 1765; Rector of Henbury, Gloucs., from 1786; assumed additional surname of Colston; m. 1st, 20 Nov 1763 (IGI) Louisa Mynshul, dau. of Paul George Elers, Bourton Place, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, Susannah, dau. of Rev. --- Hook, Oxfordshire; d. 1792 (will proved PCC 9 Jul 1792).

COLSTON, EDWARD FRANCIS, son of Alexander Colston (formerly Ready), Filkins, Oxfordshire, barrister, Middle Temple, and Sophia, dau. of Thomas Edwards MP, Filkins, Oxfordshire, barrister; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1749/50; perhaps “Ready” in school list 1750; in school list 1754; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1757; d. unm.

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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.

COLT, EDWARD, son of John Colt, Wales; b.; adm. 1656 (School List 1656, last quarter); Min. Can. (aged 14) 1658.