CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.
CORBET, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Edward Corbet, Leighton, Shropshire, and Hon. Anne Newport, dau. of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport; bapt. 2 Sep 1640; adm. 9 May 1656 (school list, 1656); a boarder in the Head Master’s house; succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet [check date]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1658; FRS 3 May 1665; MP Shrewsbury Mar 1677 - Mar 1681; chairman, Committee of Elections, House of Commons; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1661/2 Victoria, eldest dau. of Sir William Uvedale, Kt, Wickham, Hants.; d. 1 Aug 1683.
CORBET, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748; in school list 1752.
CORBET, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1716; in under school list 1720.
CORBET, VINCENT, only son of Richard Corbet (d. 1635, qv); b. 16 Nov 1627; at school under Busby; some charming lines addressed to him when only three years old are printed among his father’s poems; Aubrey says that “he went to Westminster with Ned Bagshawe (qv), a very handsome youth, but he is run out of all, and goes begging up and downe to gentlemen” (Brief Lives, i, 187); living 10 Nov 1648, when he proved the will of his grandmother Ann Hutten.
CORBET, VINCENT; b. ; in school list 1801; left 1806; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Feb 1807, matr. Lent 1807; BA 1812; MA 1815; d. at Chepstow, Mon. , 15 Apr 1858, aged 68.
CORBETT, ANDREW (ROBERT), brother of Thomas George Corbett (qv); b. 16 Mar 1805; adm. 5 Jun 1817 (Packharness'); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Mar 1824, matr. Mich. 1824; BA 1828; MA 1831; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829; Vicar of Sixhills, Lincs. 6 Aug 1829-39; Rector of Great Ludford and Elsham, Lincs., 6 Aug 1829-31; Rector of Benniworth, Lincs., from 6 Jul 1831; Rector of South Willingham, Lincs., from 2 Feb 1838; JP Parts of Lindsey; m. 5 Jan 1839 Marianne, fourth dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); d. 9 May 1864.
CORBETT, EDWARD, son of William Corbett; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1808; left 1809; entered Royal Navy as 1st class volunteer, HMS Blake, 30 Sep 1809; Midshipman Oct 1811; Lieut., 24 Sep 1822; half-pay 27 Nov 1822; served at siege of Cadiz; d. 1849.
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.