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.

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.

Conolly, Arthur Egbert Hugh, son of William Wellington Conolly, of Ealham, Surrey, a civil servant; b. Oct. 7, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1902; adm. to the Middle Temple May 17, 1911; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1929; at one time employed in the secretary's office, Univ. of London; d. Aug. 23, 1962.

Cooke, Gervase Spencer, son of Herbert Methold Cooke of Purley, Surrey, and Sibyl Courtenay, d. of Henry William Courtenay Reynell of East Sheen; b. 6 Feb. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (A); left Dec. 1925; Bank of England 1926-8; Agric. Mortgage Corpn 1929; RAF and RAF Regt 1942-6; m. 29 Aug. 1943 Doris Marian Rigby, d. of Montague Charles Gray of Bedford; d. Feb. 1987.

Cooksey, Sir David James Scott, son of Frank Sebastian Cooksey CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician, and Muriel Mary Scott, d. of James Scott, mining engineer; b. 14 May 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left Dec. 1958; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1982; man. dir. Formica International, 1966-71; man. dir. Intercobra Ltd. 1971-80; chief exec., chmn., Advent Venture Partners LLP 1981-2006; chmn. British Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 1983-4, Audit Commission for England & Wales 1986-95, Local Govt. Commission 1995-6, Mary Rose Trust 1996-2001, Diamond Light Source 2002-8, European Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 2005-06, London & Continental Railways Ltd. 2006-11, Bechtel Ltd. 2008-, The Francis Crick Inst. 2009-, UK Financial Investments Ltd. 2009-12, Aegate Ltd. 2010-; governor Wellcome Trust 1995-2005; non-exec. dir. Bank of England 1994-2005; non-exec. chmn. of the directors, Bank of England 2001-5; chmn. State Honours Committee 2005-10; Hon. Life Pres., British Venture Capital and Private Equity Assn. 2012; Kt. June 1993; GBE June 2007; Hon. Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1996; Hon. DBA Kingston Univ. 1996; Hon. DSc Southampton 2008, UCL 2011; Hon. Fellow Univ. of Wales, Cardiff 1998, Imp. Coll. Lond. 2007, KCL 2012; Hon. FMedSci 2004, BAAS 2004; Pro Chancellor, Univ. of Southampton 2008-13; Bioscience 2015 report on proposals for UK Life Sciences Industry 2003; Cooksey Review of Healthcare Research Funding 2006; m. 1st, 30 May 1973 (div. 2003) Janet Clouston Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh Cooksey OBE PhD, charity fund raiser, art historian and picture restorer, widow of Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh, and d. of Ian Aysgarth Bewley Cathie MD MRCP, med. practitioner; 2nd, 14 Jan. 2011 Mary Ann Phyllis Julie Drabble, chief exec., hospitality industry; d. 28 Jan. 2024.

Cooper, William Alwin, son of Lance Harries Cooper MBE, chairman Mond Nickel Co., and Mary, d. of Nathaniel Kinch of Harrow; b. 2 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left July 1941; Cor­pus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1948; Capt. REME 1943, invalided 1946; asst master Cheltenham Coll. Jun. Sch. 1948-52, Sherborne Sch. 1952-81, housemaster 1966- 81, Governor 1983-; an artist 1983- (elected Roy. West of England Academy 1973), with numerous one-man exhibitions in London and provinces; m. 18 Aug. 1956 Dorothy, d. of Colin Maurice Tustain, chartered accountant, of Leicester.

Cooper-Key, Astley Langrishe, son of Major Sir Aston McNeill Cooper-Key, C. B., of Fulham, H. M. Chief Inspector of Explosives, by Edith, daughter of William Henry Mare, of St. John's, Newfoundland; b. Sept. 26, 1886; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left Dec. 1902; 2nd Lieut. (from Militia) Middlesex Regt. May 27, 1908; Lieut. March 24, 1911; Capt. Dec. 11, 1914; served on the western front and at Gallipoli, and was twice wounded; Deputy Asst. Provost-Marshal British Troops in France and Flanders April 7 - Nov. 26, 1919, Asst. Prov. ­ Marshal Southern Command Dec. 23, 1919 - March 31, 1921, and Rhine army May 14, 1921 - Feb. 18, 1923; D. A. D. of Transportation Inter-Allied Navigation Commission from Feb. 19, 1923; m. 1st Oct. 10, 1917, Kathleen, daughter of Maurice Ansell; 2nd 1946, Anne Moran; d. Nov. 24, 1946.

Corbett, Richard Edmund d'Alton, son of Sidney d' Alton Corbett MRCS; b. 24 Nov. 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left Apr. 1927.

Corbould, Anthony Kenneth, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 27 May 1918; adm. May 1932 (A); left July 1935; RASC 1940-5 (Capt.); runs a business agency in Sussex; m. 1st 5 Jan. 1957 Jean Phylis, d. of Maj. Sidney Melville Boddy of Carshalton; 2nd 22 July 1961 Dorothy Madeline, d. of Capt. William John Canton OBE DL, solicitor, of Merthyr Tydfil; d. Aug. 1990.