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

CONANT, WILLIAM, second son of Sir Nathaniel Conant, Kt, Chief Magistrate, Bow Street, London, and Sarah, dau. of John Whiston, London; b. 13 Sep 1783; in school lists 1795,1797; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Dec 1800, scholar 1802, matr. 1801; BA 1806; MA 1809; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Apr 1806, called to bar 1811; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1814-31, when post abolished); d. 16 Jun 1835.

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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.

CONIERS, ---; b.; at school c. 1660 (Busby’s Account Book).

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.

CONNER, ---; adm. 11 Jun 1766.

CONNOR, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1743; left 1747.