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COLT-WILLIAMS, DAVID ARCHER VAUGHAN, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 21 Jun 1849; adm. as BB 30 May 1861; QS 1864; left 1868; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1868; BA 1871; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1874, called to bar 17 Nov 1877; North Wales Circuit; assumed surname of Colt-Williams in lieu of Williams; Revising Barrister for North Wales, 1893; practised at Chester; m. 25 Nov 1884 Laura Louisa Lilia, only child of Rev. Henry John Vernon, Vicar of Eckington, Worcs.; d. 21 Apr 1914.

Colt-Williams, Edward Walter David, only son of David Archer Vaughan Colt-Williams (q.v.); b. Oct. 27, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); Q.S. 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1909; South-Eastern Circuit; Lieut. A. S. C. Oct. 1, 1915; served in France in Great War I; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; play-writer; m. Dec. 14, 1909, Natalie Beatrice, only daughter of Charles Grant, of Stapleford, Cambs.; d. Jan. 1947.

Colt-Williams, Ronald George Archer, son of Edward Walter David Colt-Williams (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left Dec. 1928; RHA 1940-5 (Capt.), MC (Middle East) July 1941, wounded; Lond. Stock Exchange 1946; m. Christine Hayes, d. of Maj. William Henman; d. 27 Feb. 1975.

Colvile, Arthur Montague, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. April 12, 1876; adm. April 24, 1890 (A); left July 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Dec. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. March 21, 1896; Lieut. March 21, 1899; Capt. Aug. 24, 1901; Adjutant May 4, 1903 - Jan. 21, 1906; Off. Co. of Gent. Cadets R. M.C. Jan. 22, 1906 - Jan. 14, 1907; Major Oct. 30, 1914; acting Lieut.-Col. July 5 - Nov. 4, 1918, and Dec. 14, 1918 - May 10, 1919; Lieut. - Col. May 1, 1921; retired; served in East Africa Oct. 1914 - Sept. 1915, and in Palestine in Great War I; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 14, 1918; m. Aug. 7, 1914, Phyllis Margaret, youngest daughter of James Innes, of Roffey Park, Sussex; d. Feb. 1, 1952.

Colvile, Augustus Gilbert, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Frederick Colvile, of South Kensington, by Mary Eliza, daughter of Charles Rowe, of Liverpool; b. Feb. 10 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (A); left July 1891; London Univ.; LL.B.; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1899; practised in London; a member of the L.C.C. for South Kensington 1913-9; a member of the Kensington Vestry, 1899-1900; of the Kensington Borough Council 1903-29; and an alderman 1929-38; served in the South African War 1899-1901 as a private in the C.I.V., M.I., and in Great War I; Capt. 22nd (Serv.) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 28, 1914; Staff Capt. 24th Training Res. Brigade Feb. 13, 1917 - Jan. 31, 1918; d. Dec. 12, 1939.

Colvile, Ernest Frederick, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. May 20, 1879; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 28, 1893 (A); left July 1898; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; asst. collector British Central African Protectorate 1905; A.D.C. to the Governor of Nyasaland Protectorate 1914-5; Political Officer in occupied territory German East Africa 1916-7; Provincial Commissioner Nyasaland Protectorate since 1921; District Commissioner, Northern Palestine, 1928; retired 1931; vice-chairman, West Suffolk County Council, 1950-7; J. P. (Suffolk); C.M.G. 1927; m. July 13, 1922, Amy Evelyn, fifth daughter of Henry Blunt Howard, of Orpington, Kent.

Colvile, Kenneth Newton, brother of Augustus Gilbert Colvile (q.v.); b. May 27, 1884; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 30, 1897 (A); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; Indian Educational Service; Professor of English, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay, 1908-10 and 1914-5; Asst. Professor of English, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario. 1911-2; joined R.G.A. as 2nd Lieut. Spec. Reserve Oct. 1915; served in France May 1916 - May 1917; was severely wounded at Feuchy Chapel, Arras, May 2, 1917; demob. as temp. Capt. May 1919; Major Army Educational Corps Nov. 25, 1920; Inspector of Educational Training, Southern Command, India, 1922-6; Command Education Officer, Scottish Command, 1926; Brevet Lieut.-Col. July 1, 1934; Lieut.-Col. May 8, 1942; retired with the rank of Col. Aug. 30, 1943; a Professor at the Farouk I University, Alexandria; general editor of the Scholars' Library, P. Allan and Co.; author of Fame's Twilight (1922), and other works; m. Sept. 18, 1911, Kathleen Irene, daughter of Frederick Arthur Sells, of Chailey, Sussex; d. Sept. 10, 1956.

Colvile, Robert Asgill, son of Arthur Montague Colvile (qv); b. 4 July 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1934; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938; Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry (TA) May 1939, Lieut. Nov. 1940, Maj. Jan. 1944; Lieut. (perm. commn) Nov. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. July 1952, retd 1955; Maj. Oxf. & Bucks LI (TA) 1955-60; TD; dir. Merton Park Invest. Trust till 1972; m. 18 Apr. 1974 Rosemary Edith, d. of Campbell Raleigh, farmer, of Eketahuna, NZ; d. 2008.

Colville, Hubert Leonard, son of Hubert Noel Colville, of North Kensington, by Annie, daughter of James Reynolds; b. Aug. 13, 1871; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (G); left Dec. 1888; an architect; m. 1905, Muriel, daughter of W. M. Anderson, of London; d. Feb. 13, 1954.