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CANN, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1724; in under school list 1726. [Perhaps Robert Cann, son of William Cann, Bristol, who was adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1734, and if so probably Sir Robert Cann, Bart., son of Sir William Cann, Bart., Town Clerk of Bristol; b.; m.; d. 27 Jul 1765]

CANNEY, WILLIAM; b. 27 Dec 1845; adm. 12 Jun 1857 (James'); left 1859.

CANNING, ERNEST, son of Sir Samuel Canning, Kt, Inverness Gardens, London, civil engineer, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William H. Gale, Grateley, Hampshire; b. 11 Oct 1865; adm. (H) 23 Sep 1879; left Dec 1883; with Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co.; d. Cannes, France, 15 Mar 1892.

Canning, Miles Howell, son of William Canning, of Kilburn, by Catherine Annie, daughter of Horace Sydney Howell, of St. John's Wood, b. Aug. 8, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left July 1913; temp. 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers Sept. 17, 1914; Lieut. June 21, 1916; Capt. Sept. 23, 1918; served in France and Belgium with the 58th (London) Div. R.E.; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 7, 1919; M.C. June 3, 1919; A. R. S. M. 1921; B.Sc. (London) 1921; a metallurgical engineer.

CANNING, RICHARD, son of Capt. Richard Canning, Royal Navy, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. (at Plymouth, Devon) 30 Sep 1708; adm. Feb 1718/9; Min. Can. 1722; KS 1723; left 1723; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Aug 1724, matr. 1725; BA 1728/9; MA (from Peterhouse) 1735; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Lawrence’s, Ipswich, 1734; Rector of Harkstead, Suffolk, 1738-69; Vicar of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, 1755-6; Rector of Freston, Suffolk, from 1755; Rector of Thornham Magna, Suffolk, 1766-8; edited Kirby’s Suffolk Traveller, 1764, and author, several tracts and pamphlets; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1739 (IGI) Cordelia Westhorp (IGI); m. 2nd, 1765 Jenny, dau. of Edmund Tyrell, Stowmarket, Suffolk; d. 8 Jan 1775. DNB.

Cannon, George Anthony, son of Lieut. -Col. Douglas Rabbitts Cannon RE, of Alton, Hants, and Olivia Lumley, d. of George Henry Robinson of Atherstone, Warks; b. 9 Feb. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1943; Capt. RA Dec. 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1949, MA 1954; chief exec. Fitch Lovell Ltd. 1972; chmn. Esk Frozen Foods Ltd. 1985-; m. 9 Sept. 1950 Jacqueline Helene Edmee Charlotte, d. of Dr Werner Hoedemakers of Brussels, Belgium; d. 24 Apr. 2009.

CANTILLON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1733/4; left 1736.

Cantrell, Roger James, son of Edward Norris Charles Cantrell, of Stanmore, Middlesex, and Rachael Doris, d. of Ernest William Laker of Swanbourne, Bucks; b. 25 May 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1949; a quantity surveyor 1954-66; man. dir. Penates Developments 1966-77; contracts man. Taylor Woodrow Internat. 1977-92; d. 21 Jan. 2013.

CAPEL, WILLIAM ANNE HOLLES, 4TH EARL OF ESSEX, only son of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex KG, and his second wife Lady Elizabeth Russell, dau. of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG; b. 7 Oct 1732; adm. Apr 1742 (Morel's); succ. as 4th Earl of Essex 8 Jan 1742/3; left 1749; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-4; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Mar 1755- Oct 1760; Master of the Staghounds 5 Jul 1770- 11 Jul 1782, when office abolished; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 23 May 1782; Lord Lieut., Hertfordshire 12 Nov 1764 - 13 Mar 1771, JP Herts from 1765; m. 1st, 1 Aug 1754 Frances, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams KB MP, diplomat; m. 2nd, 2 Mar 1767 Harriet, dau. of Thomas Bladen (qv); d. 5 Mar 1799.