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COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, brother of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay (qv); b. 8 Jun 1714; adm. Feb 1724/5; in school list 1729; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 May 1731; MP Honiton 1741-7, and from 1754; m. 14 Apr 1737 Lady Catherine Bathurst, dau. of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst; d. 30 Apr 1763.

COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM REGINALD, 11TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 14 Apr 1807; adm. (G) 16 Sep 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; President, Oxford Union 1827; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; BCL 1831; DCL 1838; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1828-30; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; MP (Cons) South Devon 1841 - Feb 1849; a Poor Law Inspector 1849-50; Secretary, Poor Law Board 1850-9; succ. father as 11th Earl of Devon 19 Mar 1859; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; member, Public Schools Commission, 1862; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Jul 1866 - May 1867; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1866; President, Poor Law Board, May 1867 - Dec 1868; known in Devon as “the good earl”; Chairman, Devon QS, for fifty-two years; DL JP Devon, JP co. Limerick; Busby Trustee 11 May 1861; member governing body, Westminster School, from 1869; edited with others vol. 6 of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1832-3; m. 27 Dec 1830 Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, seventh dau. of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue; d. 18 Nov 1888. DNB.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT COURTENAY, third son of Sir William Courtenay, Bart., MP, and Lady Anne Bertie, second dau. of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon; b. 11 Feb 1709/10; adm. Oct 1722; in under school list 1725; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1729; MA 28 Jan 1730/1; DCL 16 May 1739; MP Honiton 1734-41, Devonshire 1741 - 6 May 1762; succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Oct 1735; cr. Viscount Courtenay 6 May 1762; a print after a drawing by him of School and College from Little Dean’s Yard is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum; m. 2 Apr 1741 Lady Frances Finch, youngest dau. of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 16 May 1762.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.

COURTHOP, SIR GEORGE, eldest son of Sir George Courthop, Kt., Whiligh, Toicehurst, Kent, and his first wife Alice, dau. of Sir George Rivers, Kt., Chafford House, Kent; bapt. 3 Jun 1616; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. in 1630, subsequently at Westminster under Osbaldeston (The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop, Camden Miscellany xi, 103, Camden Society Publications, 3rd Series, vol. xiii); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1632, aged 16; BA 1635; travelled abroad 1636-9; a Commissioner of the Alienation Office; MP Sussex Sep 1656 - Feb 1657/8, East Grinstead Apr 1660 - Jan 1678/9; knighted 24 Apr 1661; a Gentleman Pensioner; m. 12 Jul 1643 Elizabeth, only dau. of Edward Hawes, a London merchant; d. 18 Nov 1685.

COUSSMAKER, GEORGE, only son of Lieut.-Col. George Kien Hayward Coussmaker, 1st Foot Guards, and Hon. Catherine Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell, 21st Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 1797; adm. 20 Apr 1808, left 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1814, aged 17; MP Kinsale from 1818; d. unm. 23 May 1821.

COVENTRY, GEORGE WILLIAM, 8TH EARL OF COVENTRY, eldest son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Oct 1784; in school list 1801; played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802; styled Viscount Deerhurst 1809-31; MP Worcester 23 Dec 1816-26; succ. father as 8th Earl of Coventry 26 Mar 1831; DL Worcs. 1803, Vice-Lieut. 1826; m. 1st, 16 Jan 1808 Hon. Emma Susanna Lygon, sister of William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1811 (in Scotland) and 6 Nov 1811 (in England) Lady Mary Beauclerk, only dau. of Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St. Albans, and his first wife; d. 15 May 1843.

COWPER, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cowper, Clerk of the Parliaments, and Jane, dau. of John Budget, Chelsea, Middlesex; grandson of Spencer Cowper (b. 1669, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1730; left 1737; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Mar 1738/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Apr 1740; of Hertingfordbury, Herts.; MP Hertford from 1768; DL Hertfordshire 1745, JP Hertfordshire; Maj., Hertfordshire Militia; m. 5 Aug 1749 his cousin Maria Frances Cecilia, sister of Martin Madan (qv); d. 27 [or 28 ?] Aug 1769.

COXE, RICHARD HIPPISLEY, son of John Hippisley Coxe, Stoneaston, Somerset, and Mary, dau. of Stephen Northleigh MP, Peamore, Devon; b. 22 Sep 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - 2 Jul 1763, res.; BA 1763; MP Somerset 1768-84; Col., Somerset Militia 24 Oct 1778, with rank Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; d. unm. 26 Aug 1786.