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COXE, HOLLED WALLACE HENRY, only son of Rev. Holled Coxe, Bangalore, India, Chaplain EICS Madras, and Mary Anne, dau. of Ven. Josiah Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath; nephew of Philip Smith Coxe (qv); b. 16 Oct 1820; adm. 13 Jan 1834 (Scott's); KS 1835; left 1839; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1839; appointed a clerk in Board of Control 1841, but became Cadet, EICS Bengal 1841; Ensign, 70th Bengal NI 21 Jun 1841; Lieut. 8 Apr 1850; Assist. Commissioner, Punjab 28 Feb 1856; Capt., 21 Jun 1856; Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar 6 Apr 1859; Maj. 21 Jun 1861; Lieut. -Col., 21 Jun 1867; Col. 21 Jun 1872; ret. 31 Dec 1874; Maj. -Gen., 23 Jan 1875; served in Gwalior campaign 1843 and in expedition against Mahsood Waziris 1860; m. 8 May 1855 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of Rev. William Sibthorpe Cole, Rector of Ryther, Yorks.; d. 24 Jan 1898.

COOPER, FREDERICK HENRY, son of Allen Cooper (qv); b. 20 Dec 1826; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1841; left Dec 1844; at Haileybury Coll. 1845-6; Writer, EICS Bengal 1847; Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, during Indian Mutiny; CB 18 May 1860; Superintendent and Commissioner, Delhi, 6 Mar 1865; d. 22 Apr 1869.

COOPER, ALLEN TREVELYAN, son of Allen Cooper (qv) and his first wife; b. 11 Jun 1825; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1839; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1847; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both London); Chaplain to Embassy at Lisbon; Curate, Buckland, Devon, subsequently Swanscombe, Kent; m. 16 Mar 1865 Lucy Evans (IGI); d. 24 Jul 1866.

COOK, ROBERT ALLEN, son of Robert Cook, Bath, Somerset, solicitor; b. 13 Jun 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Scott's); QS 1846; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1850, adm. pens. 11 May 1850, scholar 1851, matr. Mich. 1850; BA 1854; MA 1857; adm. solicitor Trin. 1857; practised at Bath to 1864, at Cambridge 1864-7. [not in Law List 1880].

COLLIS, WILLIAM BLOW, eldest son of William Blow Collis DL, Wollaston Hall, near Stourbridge, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of James Horman, Franche, Kidderminster, Worcs.; b. 7 Feb 1839; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (Scott's); QS Oct 1853; left May 1856; mining engineer and colliery manager; of Swinford House, near Stourbridge, Worcs.; JP (1905) Worcs.; m. 1864 Helen Firmstone, dau. of Henry Cosser, Swinford House, Worcs.; d. 24 Apr 1922.

CLAPCOTT, HENRY, son of George Bunter Clapcott, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, and Eliza, dau. of Rev. James Dowland DD, Whitchurch, Dorset; b. 28 Nov 1830; adm. 12 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 May 1849, scholar 1850, matr. Mich. 1849; BA 1853; emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, where he took up sheep farming; JP New Zealand; m. 8 Dec 1858 Mary Jane, second dau. of Maj. --- Power, 60th Foot.

CHALK, RICHARD GREGORY, eldest son of Rev. William Shove Chalk, Rector of Wilden, Beds., and Eliza, second dau. of Rev. Thomas Gregory, Rector of Henlow, Beds.; b. 8 Aug 1823; adm. 19 Sep 1837 (Scott's); QS 1838; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1842, adm. pens. 12 May 1842, scholar 1843; BA 1846; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both Ely); Curate of Wilden, Beds., 1848-9, Rector from 1849; JP (1852) Bedfordshire; m. 10 Jun 1851 Julia, seventh dau. of Rev. James Landon BD, Vicar of Aberford, Yorks.; d. 12 Jun 1899.

BURTON, REGINALD, brother of Edmund Charles Burton (qv); b. 3 Mar 1830; adm. 27 Jan 1842 (Scott's); QS 1844; coxed eight against Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846, and rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; left 1848; a clerk in the Customs (retired by 1881); m. 17 Jun 1858 Anne, eldest dau. of Henry Merceron, Bethnal Green; d. 26 Apr 1892.

BURTON, EDMUND CHARLES, eldest son of Edmund Singer Burton, Daventry, Northants., solicitor, and Anna Maria, dau. of Clarke Watkins, Daventry, Northants.; b. 4 Sep 1826; adm. 26 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1841; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842, 1 Aug 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1860; won Champion Sculler’s Cup at Thames Regatta 1846, Oxford University Pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1846, University Sculls 1847; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1846, 1849; stroke of Oxford Eight at Henley 1847, 1848, and steered Oxford crew which won the Grand Challenge Cup there 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1847-8; BA 1849; MA 1852; adm. solicitor, Mich. 1852; practised at Daventry, firm Burton and Willoughby; an all-round sportsman, being a fine runner and a prominent rider to hounds; won National Hunt Steeplechase 1860, 1861; joint donor of the Silver Sculls with Sir Patrick MacChombaich Colquhoun (qv), the first annual race for which took place in 1844; m. 1 Oct 1862 Rosamond Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua Verney Lace, Little Woolton, Lancs.; d. 21 Aug 1907.

BURDETT, CHARLES SEDLEY, third son of William Jones Burdett (qv); b. 17 Dec 1819; adm. 30 Sep 1833 (Scott's); left Aug 1835; 2nd Lieut., 60th Rifles, 21 Oct 1836; Lieut., 25 Jun 1841; Ensign and Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1842; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Oct 1849; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 22 Aug 1854; retd. 20 Dec 1859; served Crimean War; of Shrubhurst, Oxted, Surrey; JP Surrey; m. 2 Jun 1846 Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Levi Ames, The Hyde, Herts.; d. 12 Dec 1880.