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Collison, David Michael, son of Robert Lewis Wright Collison, librarian and author, of Hampstead, and Mary Patricia Daws, d. of Capt. Frederic Herbert James Marshall OBE, Rifle Brigade, of Croydon; b. 18 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (KS); left July 1954; Magdalene Coll. Camb., matric. 1956, BA 1959, MA 1963; a computer programmer; d. 12 Mar. 1991 in California, USA.

Collon, Alexandre Oscar Auguste Gabriel Constant, son of Auguste Isidor Collon, of Antwerp, Belgium, by Rachel, daughter of Mathieux Coron, of Kovno, Russia; b. Nov. 11, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; a merchant at Antwerp; m. Petronella Margaret Fitzwilliams-Hyde, daughter of Major John Kenrick Lloyd Fitzwilliams, R. H. A. by Margery Laura, daughter of Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde, of Faringdon, Berks.

COLLYER, FRANCIS SPENCER, [doubtless] brother of George Samuel Collyer (qv) [described as son of George Samuel Collyer, and Mary ---, in baptismal entry (IGI)]; b. 30 Sep 1810; adm. (G) 4 Feb 1822.

COLLYER, GEORGE SAMUEL; b.; adm. 1 Apr 1812; left Christmas 1818. [Perhaps = G. S. Collyer, army agent, Park Place, St. James’s, living 1857; and doubtless son of George Samuel Collyer, South Weald, Essex, army agent, Treasurer, RMC Sandhurst 25 Jun 1807 – still 1829, Ensign, 87th Foot 24 Jan 1783, half-pay 24 Jan 1783 (sic) - still 1829]

COLLYNS, CHARLES BAYLEY, son of George Nelson Collyns MRCS LSA, Moreton Hampstead, Devon; b. 16 May 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873; QS 1874; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1878, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, sizar 1881, matr. Mich. 1878; BA 1882; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (St. Albans); Curate, Leytonstone, Essex, 1883-5, Stoke Damerel, Devon, 1885-95; Vicar of Plymstock, Devon, from 1895; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1887 Agnes Emma, younger dau. of J. W. L. Ashe, Bexley, Kent; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1910 Helena Sarah, widow of Rev. Richard Trezise Tyacke, Rector of Meavy, Devon, and of Rev. C. Scott, Vicar of Seaton, Devon, and dau. of William Henry Rough (qv); d. 8 Jun 1913.

COLMAN, EDMUND CRAVEN, illegitimate son of George Colman (adm. 1772, qv), and Maria Gibbs, actress, dau. of --- Logan; bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 10 Jul 1802 (IGI); adm. 18 Jul 1812; in school list Oct 1814; Third Assistant Clerk, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, 6 Jan 1823, Second Assistant Clerk 4 May 1825, First Assistant Clerk, 10 Oct 1826, Third Assistant Clerk (sic) 11 Oct 1831 - Dec 1832.

COLMAN, GEORGE, son of Francis Colman, British Resident at Court of Tuscany, and Mary, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissioner-Gen. of Musters, and sister-in-law of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 18 Apr 1732; adm. Oct 1741; KS 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void 25 Jun 1764; BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1752, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; Oxford circuit; joint editor with Bonnell Thornton (qv) of The Connoisseur, 1754-6; his first play, Polly Honeycombe, was produced at Drury Lane 5 Dec 1760; his Jealous Wife, the most popular comedy of its day, appeared in the following year, and The Clandestine Marriage, written in collaboration with his friend David Garrick, in 1766; manager, Covent Garden Theatre 1767-74, Haymarket Theatre 1777-89; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1778; edited The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1778; translated The Comedies of Terence, 1765, and Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1783; m. Sarah Ford, actress; d. 14 Aug 1794. DNB.

COLMAN, GEORGE, only son of George Colman (adm. 1741, qv); b. 21 Oct 1762; adm. 30 Jun 1772; saved from drowning, whilst bathing in the Thames opposite Dicky Roberts’s boat house, by his schoolfellow George Cranstoun (qv); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1780; King’s Coll. Aberdeen, 1781-3; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Aug 1784; Manager, Haymarket Theatre, 1789-1813; Lieut., Yeomen of the Guard, 13 May 1820- Sep 1831 (check); Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 19 Jan 1824; author, Broad Grins, 1802, Random Records, 1830, and of the plays The Iron Chest, 1796, The Heir at Law, 1797, and John Bull, 1803; his Random Records contains interesting reminiscences of his schooldays and schoolfellows; m. at Gretna Green 3 Oct 1784 (and at Chelsea Parish Church 10 Nov 1788) Catherine Morris, actress, St. Luke’s, Chelsea; d. 17 Oct 1836. DNB.

COLMAN, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8; in school list 1754.

COLQUHOUN (later DE COLQUHOUN), EWING PYE, brother of Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv); b. 11 Sep 1827; adm. 10 Jun 1839; rowed against Eton 1 Aug 1843; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. pens. 14 Dec 1844, scholar 9 Nov 1847, matr. Mich. 1846; BA 1850; adm. Inner Temple 2 May 1850, called to bar 26 Jan 1869; Consul-General for Oldenburg in London 14 Jan 1859; d. at Naples 13 Feb 1875.