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Crook, David Geoffrey, son of Herbert Langerman Crook, physicist, of Blackheath, and Molly, d. of Charles Waller of Bickley, Kent; b. 7 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1953; BA 1958, MA 1962; Glacier Metal Co. 1960-8; dir. Export Packing Services Ltd. 1968-77; dir. Delta Plc 1977-95; m. 18 Mar. 1961 Susan Mary, d. of Henry Allan Astbury, chartered accountant, of Farnborough, Kent; d. 2 July 2010.

CREWS, CHARLES BUNFORD WASHINGTON, eldest son of Charles Thomas Daniell Crews DL FSA, Billingbear Park, Wokingham, Berks., stockbroker, and Mary Ann Gill, dau. of Charles Washington; b. 13 Aug 1864; adm. (R) 26 Jan 1877; left Aug 1882; d. 12 May 1900.

Cremer, Richard John, son of Herbert William Cremer CBE, dir. Chemical Engineering Studies, KCL, and Dorothy, d. of John Garment Nunns of Faversham, Kent; b. 4 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; King’s Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1950; gen. med. practitioner, Bromley, Kent; m. Mary Patricia Hegarty MB BCh DA, gen. med. practitioner; d. 25 Jan. 2014.

Craies, Constantine, son of William Feilden Craies, of Kensington. barrister-at-law, by Euterpe, daughter of Constantine A. Ionides, of Hove, Sussex; b. March 25, 1882; adm. from Winchester College April 23, 1896 (R); left April 1899; founded in 1907 the gramophone business of Craies and Stavridi, Bunhill Row, London; served during Great War I as Officer Interpreter at Salonica; was Capt. when demob.; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 11, 1918; author of The United States of the World : m. 1st Oct. 26, 1907, Barbara, daughter of Octavius Valieri, of London; 2nd May 5, 1945, Hester Rosamond, younger daughter of James Parsons, barrister-at-law, of London.

Cozens-Brooke, John Gilbert Somerset, only son of Ernest Brooke Cozens-Brooke, of Earl's Court, London, by Mabel Emily Florence, daughter of Capt. John William Clayton, of Marylebone; b. Nov. 26, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1910; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Spec. Res.) Royal Scots Fusiliers April 1, 1912; Lieut. Aug. 15, 1914, attached 1st Batt. on taking out draft from depot to the western front in Sept. 1914; killed whilst scouting near Lille Oct. 18, 1914.

Cowie, Anson Gordon, only son of William Clarke Cowie, of Brockley, chairman and managing director of the British North Borneo Company, by Amy Constance, daughter of Charles Durdant Pead, of Margate, Kent; b. July 19, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left July 1909; served in Great War I; Capt. 20th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; m. May 23, 1916, Kathleen Frances, eldest daughter of Hubert Schmitz, of Niton, Isle of Wight.

Cowell, John Richard, son of Frank Richard Cowell CMG PhD, author, and Lilian Margaret, d. of Rev. Alfred Edward Palin, Rector of Nether Denton, Cumberland; b. 30 Apr. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1951; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1959; secretariat Lond. Chamber of Commerce 1957-8, Roy. Horticultural Soc. 1958, dep. sec. 1970, sec. 1975, retd. 1988; m. 8 Apr. 1972 Josephine Suzanne Elizabeth, d. of Ian Craig of Burneston, Yorks; d. 9 Nov. 1998.

COWELL, JOHN JERMYN, son of John Welsford Cowell, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, a clerk in Bank of England, and Frances Maberly (IGI); b. 30 Jan 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1856, adm. pens. 5 May 1856, scholar 1857, matr. Mich. 1856; BA 1860; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1860, called to bar 30 Apr 1864; Secretary, The Alpine Club; Cowell seems to have developed his fondness for climbing while at school, for he “climbed with another Westminster boy to the top of the Victoria Tower, which was then building, walked out to the end of a beam, projecting over London, and looked down” (Oscar Browning, Memoirs of Sixty Years, 39, 57, 58-61); d. 16 Dec 1867.