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COMYN, HENRY, brother of Stephen George Comyn (IGI); bapt. 5 Jun 1775 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1795; BA 1799; MA 1806; ordained; Vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, 14 Nov 1821; Vicar of Sancreed, Cornwall, 13 Oct 1837; m. Jun 1814 Philadelphia, dau. of John Heylyn (IGI); d. 30 Jul 1851.

CONAN, AMBROSIUS, son of Cornelius Conan, London; b.; adm. 15 Jun 1767; KS (aged 15) 1769; left 1769.

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.

CONGREVE, RICHARD JONES, brother of William Walter Congreve (qv); b. 8 Feb 1806; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; KS 1820; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1824; Ensign, 43rd Foot, 1 Jul 1828; retd. 15 May 1829; of Carlingwark, Kirkcudbrightshire; m. 20 Jun 1843 Louisa Margaret, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. [George ? or William ?] Miller CB, Royal Artillery; d. 9 Jan 1879.

CONGREVE, WILLIAM WALTER, eldest son of Richard Congreve, Burton Hall, Cheshire, and Mary Anne, dau. of George Birch, Hampstead Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Apr 1804; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 May 1822; Cornet, 3rd Light Dragoons, 5 May 1825; Lieut., 29 Mar 1827; Capt., 3 May 1833; retd. 1836; DL JP Cheshire; m. 29 Apr 1830 Anne Selina, second dau. of Rev. Henry Lambart Bayly, Ballyarthur, co. Wicklow; d. 15 Nov 1864.

CONNELL, THOMAS JOHN BARLOW, son of James Connell, London, and Maria --- (IGI); b. 21 Mar 1833; adm. 11 Oct 1841; QS 1846; left 1850; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 1852; Lieut., 24 Mar 1854; exchanged to 46th Foot, 8 Sep 1854; Capt., 31 Aug 1858; served in Crimean War; d. at Mooltan 5 Jun 1859.

Connor, Lionel James, son of . James Henthorn Todd Connor, M.R.C.S., of Wandsworth, Surrey, by Esther Geraldine Compton-Smith, a sister of William Compton-Smith (q.v.); b. Nov. 11, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1901; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. H. A. C. Sept. 26, 1917; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1911; m. June 10, 1913, Doris Emmeline Berkeley, daughter of Frederick Robert Hird, of Wimbledon. Surrey.

Conolly, Arthur Egbert Hugh, son of William Wellington Conolly, of Ealham, Surrey, a civil servant; b. Oct. 7, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1902; adm. to the Middle Temple May 17, 1911; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1929; at one time employed in the secretary's office, Univ. of London; d. Aug. 23, 1962.

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.

CONSTABLE, R. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt) c. 1654 (Dormitory Tablet).