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COKE, EDWARD, VISCOUNT COKE, only son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Lady Margaret Tufton, third dau. of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet; b. 20 Jun 1719; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1728/9; recited an epigram at the Annual Meeting of 28 Jan 1730/1, and spoke his verses in College Hall at the Westminster Feast of 1734/5 “extremely well” (HMC 9th Report, Appendix ii, 465); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1735; Grand Tour (Italy) c. 1738-40; MP Norfolk 1741-7, Harwich from 1747; member, Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; m. 1 Apr 1747 Lady Mary Campbell, fifth dau. of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (S) and 1st Duke of Greenwich KG KT PC, Field Marshal in the Army; d. 31 Aug 1753.

Colborne, Nicholas William Ridley, Baron Colborne, brother of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 14 Apr 1779; in sixth form list 1796; probably the Ridley who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1796; BA 1800; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Dec 1795, withdrew from Inn 26 Apr 1809 without having been called to bar; assumed additional surname and arms of Colborne 21 Jun 1803; MP Bletchingley 8 May 1805-6, Malmesbury 1806-7, Appleby 20 Jul 1807 – 1812, Thetford 1818-26, Horsham 8 Feb 1827-32, Wells 5 May 1834-7; created Baron Colborne 15 May 1839; a loyal supporter of the Whig party in House of Commons and House of Lords; member, Fine Arts Commission 1841, Metropolitan Improvements Commission 1842; Busby Trustee 13 May 1851; m. 14 Jun 1808 Charlotte, eldest dau. of Thomas Steele (qv); d. 3 May 1854.

COLLEY, HENRY, eldest son of Dudley Colley, Castle Carbery, co. Kildare, Ireland, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Henry Warren, Grangebegg, co. Kildare, Ireland; b. ; at school under Busby (Alum. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 13 Jan 1662/3, aged 15; MP (I) Co. Kildare 1698-9; m. 1st, 1674 Mary, only dau. of Sir William Usher, Kt. , Dublin; m. 2nd, Aug 1694, Sarah, dau. of John Boswell, Kilcorey, co. Wicklow, Ireland; d. Jun 1719.

COMPTON, CHARLES, 1ST MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, only son of Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (qv), and his first wife; bap 21 Mar 1760; adm. 4 Mar 1768; left Dec 1770; went to Ealing Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 9 Nov 1776; MA 1779; Capt., Northants Militia 24 Mar 1777, Maj. 9 Jan 1780; MP Northampton 1784 - 7 Apr 1796; succ. father as 9th Earl of Northampton 7 Apr 1796; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 11 Jun 1796; created Marquis of Northampton 7 Sep 1812; m. 18 Aug 1787 Mary, eldest dau. of Joshua Smith MP, Erlestoke Park, Wilts.; d. 24 May 1828.

COMPTON, SPENCER, 8TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, brother of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (qv); b. 5 Aug 1738; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1756; Capt., 31st (afterwards 70th) Foot, 2 Sep 1757; 50th Foot, 4 Sep 1760, sold out 1761; Groom of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - 18 Oct 1763; MP Northampton 1761 - 18 Oct 1763; succ. brother as 8th Earl of Northampton 18 Oct 1763; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 6 Jul 1771; went to live in Switzerland in 1770s; m. 1st, 1758 Jane, dau. of Henry Lawton, Northampton; m. 2nd, 16 May 1769 Anne Hougham; d. at Bern, Switzerland, 7 Apr 1796.

CONDUITT, JOHN, son of Leonard Conduitt, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Mar 1687/8; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; Judge Advocate with British Forces in Portugal, 1711; Capt., Brigadier Hunt Withers’ Regiment of Dragoons, 23 Mar 1712, half-pay 1713; Commissary of Stores and Provisions, Gibraltar, 6 Apr 1713, still Deputy Paymaster at Gibraltar in 1717-8; his marriage to Sir Isaac Newton’s stepniece in 1717 brought him into Newton’s circle of intimates; FRS 1 Dec 1718; purchased Cranbury Park estate, Hampshire, 1720; MP Whitchurch 26 Jun 1721- 3 Apr 1735, Southampton from 3 Apr 1735; assisting Sir Isaac Newton with his duties as Master of the Mint by Jun 1726; Master of the Mint from Apr 1727; author, Observations on the present state of our gold and silver coins, 1774 (compiled 1730); m. 26 Aug 1717 Catherine, second dau. of Robert Barton, Brigstock, Northants.; d. 23 May 1737. Buried in Nave, Westminster Abbey (monument at west end of nave). DNB.

CONOLLY, THOMAS, only son of Right Hon. William Conolly PC (I) MP MP (I), Castletown, Ireland, and Stretton Hall, Staffs., and Lady Anne Wentworth, eldest dau. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758; MP Malmesbury 21 Mar 1759-68, Chichester 1768-80; MP (I) Co. Londonderry 1761-1800; Privy Councillor (I) Jul 1761; a leader of the revolt in the Irish House of Commons against the ministry in 1788, but a warm supporter of the Union; m. 30 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Augusta Lennox, sister of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (qv); d. 27 Apr 1803. DNB.

CONYNGHAM, HENRY JOSEPH, EARL OF MOUNTCHARLES, eldest son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquis Conyngham KP, Lord Steward of the Household, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Joseph Denison, Denbies, Surrey, banker; b. 6 Apr 1795; at school 1804; left 1807; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 3 Nov 1813, matr. 1814; MA 1816; MP Donegal from 1818; d. at Nice 26 Dec 1824.

COPE, SIR JOHN, only son of Lieut. -Col. Henry Cope, Icomb, Gloucs., and Dorothy Waller, “widow of an exciseman”; b. 1690; at school c. 1700 (History of Parliament, House of Commons 1715-54, I, 576, apparently relying on EHR lxxviii, 655-68 which in turn references British Library, Additional Manuscripts 22231, 31134 and 31135); page to Lord Raby, Ambassador at Berlin 1706; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 1707; served in War of Spanish Succession; ADC to Gen. James Stanhope 1708-9; Capt., 33rd Foot 1709; Peterborough’s Dragoons 1709; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 1710; Lieut. -Col., Macartney’s Foot 1712; Wynne’s Foot 1712; Brevet Col. . 1713, with seniority as from 15 Nov 1711; half-pay 1713; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 22 Jul 1715; 1st Horse Grenadier Guards 27 Apr 1720; Col., 39th Foot 10 Nov 1730 – Dec 1732, 5th Foot 15 Dec 1732 – Jun 1737; Brig. -Gen., 1735; Col., 9th Dragoons 27 Jun 1737 – Aug 1741; Maj. -Gen., 2 Jul 1739; Col., 7th Dragoons, from 12 Aug 1741; Lieut. -Gen. 7 Feb 1742/3; Commander in Chief, Scotland 1745; in command at battle of Prestonpans, when defeated by Jacobite rebels; acquitted at subsequent court martial, but not again employed; MP Queenborough 1722-7, Liskeard 1727-34, Orford 1 Feb 1738-41; KB 12 Jul 1743; m. 1st, 16 Dec 1712 (IGI) Jane, sister of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (qv); m. 2nd, Elizabeth ---; d. 28 Jul 1760.

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.