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COMPTON, SPENCER, 8TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, brother of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (qv); b. 5 Aug 1738; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1756; Capt., 31st (afterwards 70th) Foot, 2 Sep 1757; 50th Foot, 4 Sep 1760, sold out 1761; Groom of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - 18 Oct 1763; MP Northampton 1761 - 18 Oct 1763; succ. brother as 8th Earl of Northampton 18 Oct 1763; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 6 Jul 1771; went to live in Switzerland in 1770s; m. 1st, 1758 Jane, dau. of Henry Lawton, Northampton; m. 2nd, 16 May 1769 Anne Hougham; d. at Bern, Switzerland, 7 Apr 1796.

COMPTON, CHARLES, 7TH EARL OF NORTHAMPTON, eldest son of Hon. Charles Compton, HBM Consul and Envoy Extraordinary, Lisbon, and Mary, dau. of Sir Berkeley Lucy, Bart.; b. 22 Jul 1737; adm. May 1746 (Butler's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jan 1755; DCL 3 Jul 1759; Grand Tour (Italy) 1757-9; succ. uncle as 7th Earl of Northampton 6 Dec 1758; carried Queen’s ivory rod with dove at Coronation 22 Sep 1761; Ambassador to Venice 26 Aug 1762 - Jun 1763; m. 13 Sep 1759 Lady Anne Somerset, eldest dau. of Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (qv); d. at Lyon, France, 18 Oct 1763.

Comer, David Anthony Claude Marcel (known at school as David Anthony Comer), son of Frederic Comer, estate agent, of Morebath, Devon, and Aline, d. of Rev. Frederick Robinson of St Albans; b. 27 Apr. 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (H); left July 1935; PO RAF Mar. 1944; FO, DFC Sept. 1945; Flt Lieut. Sept. 1947; AFC; retd Oct. 1964; m.; d. 22 Oct. 1973 after a motor car accident at Dar-es-Salaam.

Colyer, Charles Ernest, son of Ernest Henry Colyer of Shortlands, Kent, and Lucy Ethel, d. of Arthur Howe Walter, of Greenhithe, Kent; b. 6 Nov. 1901; adm. May 1916 (A); left Apr. 1919; RE 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Nov. 1945; surveyor's dept BR (E. Region); FRICS 1960; m. 17 July 1928 Iris Helen Mabel, d. of John Henry Marler of Shortlands, Kent; d. June 1993.

Colvin, Sir George Lethbridge, eldest son of Clement Sneyd Colvin, of South Kensington, sometime secretary of the Public Works Dept. India Office, by Alice, daughter of Col. Christopher Lethbridge, of Torquay, Devon; b. March 27, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left July 1894; went out to India to take up appointment on the East India Railway 1898, and became traffic manager; asst. director, Railway Transport, with the B. E. F. to France 1915; deputy Director-General of Transportation in Italy 1918; Hon. Brig. - Gen. March 25, 1918; mentioned in despatches five times; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1917; C.M.G. Jan. 3, 1918; C. B. June 3, 1919; Commendatore of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy); Director of Development, Ministry of Transport, 1919-21; general manager, East Indian Railway, 1921-33; A.D.C. to H. M. the King 1928; knighted 1933; m. June 27, 1911, Katherine Isabella, daughter of William Roberts Mylne, of Edinburgh; d. March 5, 1962.

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.

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.

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, 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, 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.