Corsellis, John, son of Douglas Henry Corsellis, barrister, and Helen Mary, sister of Philip Manley Bendall (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H), (KS) Sept. 1937; left July 1940; articled clerk Herbert & Gowers Oxf. 1941-9; humanitarian aid worker Friends Ambulance Unit 1942, UNRRA 1945-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1949; gen. sec., Educational Interchange Council 1949-62; OM (1st class) Fed. Rep. of Germany 1963; registrar, Bell Sch. of Languages 1962-92, subsequently bursar and principal; sec., Bell Educ. Trust 1952-92; registrar Camb. Centre for Languages, Sawston Hall 1982-91; retd. 1991; co-author Slovenia 1945: Memories of death and survival after World War II 2005 and co-researcher The Unassuming Sky: The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis 2012; initiated Timothy Corsellis Prize Competition in memory of elder brother, featuring the World War II War Poets; John Corsellis archive accessible at History Dept., Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich; m. 26 May 1966 Ursula Ann Constance Alder OBE MA SRN SCM JP, author, d. of Haswell Alder, mining engineer, of Burnbridge, Yorks.; d. 18 Nov. 2018.
Cory, Alexander George, son of Alexander Turner Cory, of Kensington; b. Feb. 27, 1873; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (G); left July 1890; d. June 2, 1950.
COSTER, MARTIN EDWARD LEONARD, only son of Guillaume Frederick Isidore Coster, Park Crescent, Regent’s Park, London (Belgian citizen), and Fanny --- (1881 Census); b. 4 Oct 1867; adm. (H) 16 Jun 1881; left Dec 1884; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; migrated to Charsley Hall; BA 1890; stockjobber (1901 Census).
COTHER, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cother FRCS, surgeon, Gloucester, and Mary Eliza --- (IGI); b. 8 Nov 1812; adm. 20 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS (Capt. ) 1826; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1830, matr. 28 May 1830, Westminster Student to 1837; BA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1842; Oxford Circuit; practised as a conveyancer in Gloucester; m. 30 Apr 1850 Marion, youngest dau. of John Warburton MD; d. at Dinant, France 20 Mar 1870.
Cotter, Arthur Gerald Purcell, brother of Hilary James Coughtrie Cotter (qv); b. 16 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; St Catherine’s Soc. Oxf., matric. 1942; RE Feb. 1945, attd. Madras Sappers (Capt. ); Trin. Coll. Dublin 1948-52, BA; MB BCh 1954; med. practitioner, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; author The Thousand Years that Lie Ahead 1996; m. 10 Oct. 1959 Isabel Sadie, d. of William Adams, of Gartin, co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; d. 15 June 2004.
COTTER, EDMUND, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1762; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1766; BA 1770; d. unm. Sep 1770, “owing to a wound in a fray”.
COTTER, GEORGE SACKVILLE, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b. ; in school list Jun 1764; KS (Capt. , aged 13) 1765; Capt. of the School 1770; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1771, scholar 15 May 1772, matr. 1774; BA 1775; MA 1779; ordained deacon 12 May 1776, priest 1 Nov 1778 (both Cork); Curate, Cloyne, 21 Jun 1781; Vicar of Kilmichael, co. Cork 18 Feb 1784 - May 1797; Rector of Tullcredan, Garryvoe and Ightermurragh, co. Cork, from 27 May 1797; author, two volumes of poems, 1788, and of translations of comedies of Plautus, 1826, and Terence, 1827; m. 4 Nov 1775 (IGI) Margaret, dau. of Bayley Rogers, Cork city, physician and banker; d. 4 Apr 1831. DNB.
Cotter, Hilary James Coughtrie, son of Gerald de Purcell Cotter DSc, superintendent Geological Survey of India, and Rosalind, d. of James Billington Coughtrie of Hong Kong; b. 20 Mar. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left Dec. 1935; Paymaster Cadet RN June 1936, Sub-Lieut. June 1939, Lieut. Feb. 1941; invalided after sinking of HMS lnglefield at Anzio, Nov. 1944; Pemb. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945, BA 1948, MA 1954; ADC to Gov. of Somaliland 1949-50; a school master; m. 22 Apr. 1957 Patricia Mary Esther, d. of James Doyne of Castlerickard, co. Westmeath; 16 May 1997.
COTTER, SIR JAMES LAURENCE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Cotter, Bart., MP (I), and Arabella, widow of Col. --- Casaubon, MP (I), Carrig, co. Cork, and dau. of Right Hon. John Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1762; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 16 Jan 1773; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; MP (I) Taghmon 1769-76, Mallow 1783-90, Castlemartyr 1790-7, 1798-1800; succ. father as 2nd baronet 9 Jun 1770; partner, Cotter & Kellet, bankers, Cork; m. 1st, c. Jan. 1773, Anne, only dau. of Francis Kearney, Garretstown, nr. Kinsale, co. Cork; m. 2nd, 16 Jul 1785 (IGI) Isabella, widow of George Brereton, Carrigslaney, co. Carlow, and dau. of Rev. James Hingston, Aglish, co. Cork, Prebendary of Cloyne; d. 9 Feb 1829.
COTTER, ROGERSON, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA and 10th Wrangler 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; called to Irish bar (King’s Inns) Trin. 1773; MP (I) Charleville 1783-97, 1798-1800; m. Sep 1794 Jane, widow of William Grady, and dau. of Richard Harrold, Limerick; d. 19 Feb 1830.