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CLEAVER, EUSEBY, brother of John Cleaver (qv); b. 8 Sep 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 – void 10 May 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Spofforth from 12 May 1774), Tutor 1767-74; BA 1767; MA 1770; BD and DD 1783; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1788; tutor to Earl of Egremont at Christ Church 1767; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1772; Rector of Spofforth, Yorks., 9 May 1774-83; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, 13 Mar 1783-9; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, 5 Apr 1783-9; Prebendary of Chichester 21 Feb 1787 – res by May 1789; Chaplain to Marquis of Buckingham when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1787-9; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 28 Mar 1789, translated to Ferns and Leighlin 13 Jun 1789; suffered heavy losses during rebellion of 1798, having his palace plundered and his library destroyed; Archbishop of Dublin from 25 Aug 1809; m. 2 May 1788 Catherine, dau. of Right Hon. Owen Wynne PC (I) MP (I), Hazlewood, co. Sligo; d. 10 Dec 1819. DNB.

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.

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.

COURTENAY, EDWIN BALDWIN, 12TH EARL OF DEVON, third son of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 7 May 1836; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1850; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1854; MP (Cons) Exeter Aug 1864-8, East Devon 1868 - Mar 1870; joined Roman Catholic church 1870; DL Devon, JP (1858) Devon; succ. father as 12th Earl of Devon 18 Nov 1888; d. unm. 15 Jan 1891.

COXE, RICHARD HIPPISLEY, son of John Hippisley Coxe, Stoneaston, Somerset, and Mary, dau. of Stephen Northleigh MP, Peamore, Devon; b. 22 Sep 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - 2 Jul 1763, res.; BA 1763; MP Somerset 1768-84; Col., Somerset Militia 24 Oct 1778, with rank Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; d. unm. 26 Aug 1786.

CURTEIS, HERBERT BARRETT, eldest son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 19 Jun 1793; adm. 1805; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student; BA 1815; MA 1820; MP Sussex 1830-2, East Sussex 1832-7, Rye from 1841; m. 29 Jun 1821 his cousin Caroline Sarah, sister of Robert Curteis Mascall (qv); d. 13 Dec 1847.

DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.

DOLBEN, SIR GILBERT, BART., eldest son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); b. 16 Nov 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 18 Jul 1674, aged 15, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1674 - void 1679; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1680, Bencher 1706, Treasurer 1721; MP Ripon Mar 1684/5 - Jul 1687, Peterborough Jan 1688/9 - Jul 1698, Jan 1700/1 - Sep 1710, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Oct 1710 - Jan 1714/5; Puisne Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Ireland 24 Jun 1701-20; created baronet 1 Apr 1704; in the debate on the Aylesbury case in Jan 1704 Dolben maintained the exclusive jurisdiction of the House of Commons in election questions; mentioned by John Dryden (qv) in the postscript to his translation of the Aeneid; m. Anne, dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 22 Oct 1722. DNB.

DUNDAS, SIR DAVID, third son of James Dundas, Ochtertyre, Perthshire, Writer to the Signet, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Graham, Airth, Stirlingshire; b. 24 Jan 1799; adm. 29 Jan 1810; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1816, matr. 25 May 1816, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1822; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 7 Feb 1823, Bencher 1840, Treasurer 1853; QC Apr 1840; MP (Whig/Liberal) Sutherlandshire Apr 1840 - Jul 1852, Mar 1861 - May 1867; Solicitor-General 10 Jul 1846 - Mar 1848, resigning on grounds of health; knighted 4 Feb 1847; Judge Advocate-General 30 May 1849 - Feb 1852; Privy Councillor 29 Jun 1849; inherited Ochtertyre estate 1842; Trustee, British Museum 1861-7; Busby Trustee 5 May 1855-75; Chairman of committee chosen at meeting of OWW held in Jun 1860 to consider the question of the removal of the School into the country; presented a small collection of Greek and Roman coins to the School 1873; d. unm. 30 Mar 1877. DNB.