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Cartwright, William, 1611-1643

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  • 1611-1643

CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM, son of William Cartwright, Leckhampton [check], Gloucs., and Dorothy, dau. of Rowland Coles, Northway, Gloucs.; b. Sep 1611; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1628, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, Westminster Student to death; BA 1632; MA 1635; Junior Proctor 1643; his tragi-comedy, The Royal Slave, was performed before the King and Queen by the Students of Christ Church in their Hall 30 Aug 1636, the songs being set to music by Henry Lawes, and Richard Busby (qv) taking the part of Cratander with great applause; ordained; Prebendary of Chichester from 29 Dec 1638; one of Council of War 1 Sep 1642; imprisoned by Viscount Saye and Sele, but released on bail; Precentor of Salisbury from Oct 1642; was “the most florid and seraphical preacher in the University” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., iii, 69); his plays and poems were collected and published by Humphrey Moseley in 1651; Ben Jonson (qv) said of him that “my son Cartwright writes all like a man”; d. from camp fever at Oxford, 29 Nov 1643. Buried in Christ Church Cathedral. DNB.

Churchill, Charles, 1732-1764

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  • 1732-1764

CHURCHILL, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Churchill (adm. 1717/8, qv); b. Feb 1731/2; adm. (aged 9) May 1741; KS (Capt. ) 1745; left 1748 [or 1747 ?]; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1748; ordained deacon (Wells) 22 Sep 1754, priest (Rochester for London) 19 Dec 1756; Curate, South Cadbury and Sparkford, Somerset, 1754-6, and to his father at Rainham, Essex, 1756-8; Curate and Lecturer, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, 1758-63; became involved in debt, and was in danger of imprisonment until befriended by Pierson Lloyd (qv), who induced the creditors to accept a composition; author of the poems The Rosciad and The Apology, published in 1761; by their sale he is said to have cleared no less than £2000; became an intimate friend of John Wilkes, with whom he worked on The North Briton; his poems satirised Hogarth, Bute, Sandwich, and others; his literary career, although brief, was brilliant; although he led a reckless and extravagant life, his generosity was undoubted and he remained an unwavering friend of Robert Lloyd (qv); William Cowper (qv) held him in high estimation as a poet and called him the “great Churchill” (Works of William Cowper, 1836, vi, 9-10); for an account of Byron’s visit to his grave at Dover, see Lord Broughton’s Recollections of a Long Life, i, 335; his collected works were published in two volumes, 1763-4; m. c. 1749 Martha Scott, Westminster; d. at Boulogne, 4 Nov 1764. DNB.

Cleland, John, 1710-1789

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  • Person
  • 1710-1789

CLELAND, JOHN, son of [Col. ?] William Cleland, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Commissioner of Taxes, and Lucy du Pass; bapt. Kingston upon Thames 24 Sep 1710; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1720/1; KS 1722; left 1723; Consul at Smyrna, “very early in life” [but check : this seems unlikely]; in Bombay as soldier 1728; Writer, EICS Bombay 1731; Secretary to Council, Bombay, 1738; left EICS 1740; left India in a destitute condition, and for many years wandered round Europe; author, Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 1750; summoned before the Privy Council for writing it, but escaped punishment on pleading his poverty as an excuse; subsequently pensioned by Government, and took to writing for newspapers and the stage; d. 23 Jan 1789. DNB.

Clifford, Martin, d. 1677

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  • Person
  • d. 1677

CLIFFORD, MARTIN; b.; KS (Capt. ); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1640, adm. scholar 1641, matr. 1640; a buffoon about the Court, 1660; employed by the Duke of Buckingham in producing The Rehearsal (together with Samuel Butler and Thomas Sprat); attacked John Dryden (qv) in a series of letters; Master of the Charterhouse from 1671; author, A Treatise of Human Reason, 1674; d. 10 Dec 1677. DNB.

Colbatch, John, 1663-1748

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  • Person
  • 1663-1748

COLBATCH, JOHN, son of John Colbatch, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Jane ---; bapt. 27 Dec 1663; adm.; KS 1680; rejected 1682, but elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684; BA 1686/7; MA 1690; BD 1701; DD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1689-90, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1690-1715, Senior Fellow from 1715; ordained priest (London) 20 Dec 1691; Chaplain to British Factory, Lisbon 1688 [check]-96; a protege of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury; tutor, Trinity Coll., 1700, Senior Dean 1705-7; travelling tutor in Italy with Earl of Hertford (later 7th Duke of Somerset) 1706; Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Theology, Cambridge, 1707-44; an opponent of Richard Bentley in internal Trinity College disputes, becoming involved in several resulting lawsuits; Prebendary of Salisbury 7 Aug 1702 - res May 1720; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1720; author, three pamphlets; d. 11 Feb 1747/8. DNB.

Colman, George, 1732-1794

  • GB-2014-WSA-00469
  • Person
  • 1732-1794

COLMAN, GEORGE, son of Francis Colman, British Resident at Court of Tuscany, and Mary, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissioner-Gen. of Musters, and sister-in-law of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 18 Apr 1732; adm. Oct 1741; KS 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 - void 25 Jun 1764; BA 1755; MA 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1752, called to bar 24 Jan 1757; Oxford circuit; joint editor with Bonnell Thornton (qv) of The Connoisseur, 1754-6; his first play, Polly Honeycombe, was produced at Drury Lane 5 Dec 1760; his Jealous Wife, the most popular comedy of its day, appeared in the following year, and The Clandestine Marriage, written in collaboration with his friend David Garrick, in 1766; manager, Covent Garden Theatre 1767-74, Haymarket Theatre 1777-89; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1778; edited The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1778; translated The Comedies of Terence, 1765, and Horace’s Art of Poetry, 1783; m. Sarah Ford, actress; d. 14 Aug 1794. DNB.

Conybeare, John Josias, 1779-1824

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  • Person
  • 1779-1824

CONYBEARE, JOHN JOSIAS, elder son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 10 Jun 1779; adm.; Min. Can. 1792; KS (Capt) 1793; Capt. of the School 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1797 - void 17 Dec 1813 (expiry year of grace as V. Batheaston); Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; Select Preacher 1808-9; Bampton Lecturer 1824; ordained priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from St Asaph) 3 Jul 1803; an Usher at the School 1803-4; Prebendary of York from 13 Jul 1803; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1805, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1806; Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, 1808-12, of Poetry 1812-21; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 11 Dec 1812; author, On the Geology of Devon and Cornwall, 1823, and of other geological, chemical, and theological tracts; his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were edited by William Daniel Conybeare (qv) in 1826; m. 21 Feb 1814 Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 11 Jun 1824. DNB.

Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635

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  • Person
  • 1582-1635

CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.

Corbett, Thomas, d. 1751

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  • Person
  • d. 1751

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.

Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667

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  • Person
  • 1618-1667

COWLEY, ABRAHAM, seventh and posthumous child of Thomas Cowley, St. Michael Le Querne, London, citizen and stationer; b. 1618; adm.; Min. Can. 1630; KS; author, Poetical Blossoms, dedicated to his schoolmaster Lambert Osbaldeston (qv) and published 1633; while in College he also wrote Love’s Riddle, a pastoral comedy, not published until 1638; failed to obtain election to either university 1636; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Apr 1636, scholar (by dispensatory letter from King) 14 Jun 1637; his Latin play, Naufragium Joculare, was played before the University by members of Trinity Coll. 2 Feb 1638; BA 1639/40; MA 1643; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 30 Oct 1640; ejected by Parliamentary Visitors 1644 and went to Oxford, taking up residence in St. John’s Coll.; went abroad 1646; employed in diplomatic services by exiled Royalist court; returned to England as Royalist spy 1656; author, Miscellanies, 1656; MD Oxford 2 Dec 1657 (incorp. Cambridge 11 Jul 1664); withdrew to France, but returned at Restoration; applied for Mastership of Savoy 1661, unsuccessfully; one of original fellows of Royal Society; his works were first published in a collected form in 1668, when Several Discourses by way of Essays in Prose and Verse appeared for the first time; some hitherto unpublished Verses on the Happy Birth of the Duke of York are printed in the Elizabethan, v, 54-5, viii, 281; d. 28 Jul 1667, and buried in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

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