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Cobbold, Reynold Chevallier, son of Christian Chevallier Cobbold, by Olive Haygarth, daughter of P. Southwell Preeston, of Braintree, Essex; b. Jan. 1, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left April 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Dec. 23, 1920; Lieut. Dec. 23, 1922; Capt. Dec. 23, 1933; Major Aug. 1, 1938; Temp. Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1941; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 8, 1946; temp. Col. Nov. 11, 1947; retired with honorary rank of Col. Sept. 30, 1950; served in Great War II in China and India; O. C. 498 Heavy A. A. Regt., R. A. (T. A.), 1949; m. Aug. 31, 1929, Betty Joyce, daughter of F. M. Lindner, of The Manor House, Upper Wick, Wares.

Cobbold, Temple Chevallier, brother of Reynold Chevallier Cobbold (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (A); left July 1921; d. 30 Dec. 1983.

COBBY, FREDERICK EDWARD, son of Edward John Cobby, Wandsworth, Surrey, Chancery Registrars’ Office, and Catherine --- (IGI); b. 16 Jan 1861; adm. 22 Jan 1874 (James'); QS Jan 1876; left Christmas 1878; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1879; BA 1883; MA 1886; “solicitors’ managing clerk “, Wakefield, Yorkshire (1901 Census); d. Feb 1924.

COCK, ROBERT, only son of Francis Cock, Norwich, and ---, dau. of Ralph Blennerhasset, Pockthorpe, Norwich; b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1685, matr. 17 Dec 1685, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1685 - void 1707, expiry year of grace as V. Chippenham from 1 Sep 1705; BA 1689; MA 1692; Master of the Grammar School at Christ Church, Oxford; ordained; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., 1705-16, when he resigned as a non-juror; subsequently a schoolmaster in Chippenham; m.; d. 4 Oct 1724, aged 57 (M. I. Chippenham, Wilts. ).

Cock, Roland Henry Leibreich, eldest son of Alfred Cock, Q. C., of Kensington, by Eva Laura, only child of Richard Friedrich Leibriech, M. D., M.R.C.S.; b. July 1, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left July 1901; at Tonbridge School 1901-4; an architect; m.

COCKBURN, THOMAS, son of James Cockburn MD, Kingston, Jamaica, and Sarah ---; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1722; Min. Can. 1723; KS 1724; left 1727; a physician at York; subsequently Physician, Greenwich Hospital (Chamberlayne 1748); a friend of Charles Wesley (qv); m. 1st, 1737 Prudence Lewis; m. 2nd, 1740 Rachel Moore, widow; m. 3rd, 23 Oct 1747 (IGI), at Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Sarah Drinkwater; d. 1763. [Thomas Cockburn, “late Doctor of Physic now Lodger”, St. James, Westminster, will proved PCC 6 Nov 1769 (sic)]

COCKER, GEORGE THOMAS, son of Barnard Cranston Cocker, Nassau Street, Soho, solicitor, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 25 (or 18) Sep 1808; adm. (G) 9 Oct 1817; left 1823. [presumably m. Hannah --- (IGI)]

COCKER, SAXON JAMES NICHOLAS; b. 22 Aug 1806; adm. (G) 9 Oct 1817; left 1823; d. 25 Jan 1831. Buried Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy. [Presumably an elder brother of George Thomas Cocker (qv)]

COCKERELL, SAMUEL PEPYS, seventh son of Charles Robert Cockerell (qv); b. 19 Dec 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; an artist; edited his father’s Journal of Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant 1810-1817, 1903; m. 13 Aug 1878 his cousin Anne Frances, dau. of Capt. Henry Craufurd RN; d. 12 Mar 1921.

COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT, second son of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Westbourne Lodge, Paddington, architect and Surveyor to East India Co., and Anna, dau. of John Whettam, St. Ives, Hunts.; b. 28 Apr 1788; adm. 29 Apr 1802 (Clapham); Min. Can. 1802; in school list Oct 1803; entered his father’s office at age of 16; in office of Sir Robert Smirke 1809-10; on architectural study tour in Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy 1810-7; participated in discovery of Aeginetan and Phigaleian Marbles; commenced architectural practice on return to England; Surveyor, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1819-54; ARA 1829, RA 1836, Professor of Architecture at Royal Academy 1839-57; architect to Bank of England, 1833; “at once the most fastidious and the least pedantic of English neo-classical architects” (Colvin); his principal architectural works included the University Library, Cambridge, 1837-40, the Ashmolean Museum and Taylorian Institution, Oxford, 1841-2, and a series of provincial branch buildings for the Bank of England; DCL Oxford 20 Jun 1844; completed the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1845-7, and the interior of St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 1851-4; Hon FRIBA 9 May 1836, FRIBA 3 Dec 1849, President 1860-1, Gold Medallist 1848; FSA by 1831; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1858; designed the scenery for the Westminster Latin Play, painted under his superintendence by Fenton and used for the first time in 1857; retired from practice 1859; author, The Temples of Jupiter Panhellenius at Aegina, and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, 1860, and other works; m. 4 Jun 1828 Anna Maria, dau. of John Rennie FRS, civil engineer; d. 17 Sep 1863 and buried St. Paul’s Cathedral. DNB.