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CHILD, ROBERT, brother of Francis Child (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1746/7 (Stephens'); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1758, aged 18; member firm Child & Co., bankers, from 1760; MP Wells from 15 Jan 1766; of Osterley Park, Middlesex; FSA 18 Nov 1778; m. 6 Oct 1763 Sarah, dau. of Paul Jodrell, Wraysbury, Middlesex; d. 28 Jul 1782.

CLARKE, SIR THOMAS, younger son of Thomas Clarke, St. Giles’s in the Fields, Holborn, carpenter, “whose wife kept a pawnbroker’s shop”; b.; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; Min. Can. 1716; KS 1717; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1721, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1721, scholar 6 Apr 1722; 2nd in ordo 1724/5; BA 1724/5; MA 1728; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1727, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1728; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Oct 1727, called to bar 21 Jun 1729; KC 1740; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1742, Bencher 17 May 1754; MP St. Michael’s 1747-54, Lostwithiel 1754-61; Master of the Rolls from 25 May 1754; knighted 25 May 1754; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1754; FRS 14 Nov 1754; author, Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani, 1735 (issued anonymously); d. 13 Nov 1764. DNB.

CLEAVER, EUSEBY, brother of John Cleaver (qv); b. 8 Sep 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 – void 10 May 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Spofforth from 12 May 1774), Tutor 1767-74; BA 1767; MA 1770; BD and DD 1783; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1788; tutor to Earl of Egremont at Christ Church 1767; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1772; Rector of Spofforth, Yorks., 9 May 1774-83; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, 13 Mar 1783-9; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, 5 Apr 1783-9; Prebendary of Chichester 21 Feb 1787 – res by May 1789; Chaplain to Marquis of Buckingham when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1787-9; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 28 Mar 1789, translated to Ferns and Leighlin 13 Jun 1789; suffered heavy losses during rebellion of 1798, having his palace plundered and his library destroyed; Archbishop of Dublin from 25 Aug 1809; m. 2 May 1788 Catherine, dau. of Right Hon. Owen Wynne PC (I) MP (I), Hazlewood, co. Sligo; d. 10 Dec 1819. DNB.

CLIVE, HENRY, third son of George Clive MP, Whitfield, Herefs., and Arlington Street, Westminster, and Sydney, dau. of Thomas Bolton, Knock, co. Louth; b.; at school 1791 (Clapham); still at school 1794; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Feb 1795, aged 17; BA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1794, called to bar 29 Jan 1802; Oxford circuit; MP Ludlow 1807-18, Montgomery 1818-32; Under-Secretary of State, Home Office Apr 1818 - Jan 1822; m. 27 Nov 1809 Charlotte Jane, sister of John Buller (qv); d. 16 Mar 1848.

COCKS, THOMAS SOMERS, eldest son of Thomas Somers Cocks (b. 1781, qv); b. 5 Feb 1815; adm. 14 Apr 1828 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1832; MP Reigate 1847-57; banker, firm Cocks Biddulph & Co, Charing Cross, London; DL Lincs., JP (1860) Bucks., JP Middlesex; m. 24 May 1842 Sarah Louisa, dau. of Charles Wynne Griffith-Wynne (qv); d. 30 Aug 1899.

CODRINGTON, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of Sir William Codrington, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Bethell, Swinton and Ellerton, Yorks.; b. 26 Oct 1719; adm. Jan 1735/6 (Hawkins'); left 1737 (sic); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1736; succ. as 2nd baronet 17 Dec 1738; Grand Tour (in Italy 1742); of Dodington, Gloucs.; Lieut. -Col., South Gloucestershire Militia (occurs as such 1774); [?Gentleman of Privy Chamber to King George II (check)]; MP Beverley 1747-61, Tewkesbury from 1761; m. 22 Feb 1735/6 Anne Acton, Fulham, Middlesex; d. 11 Mar 1792.

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.

CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.