COWELL, SIBERT FORREST ANTROBUS, brother of Wilfrid Hammerton Antrobus Cowell (qv); b. 24 Sep 1863; adm. (H) 15 Jun 1876; QS Jan 1879; left 1882; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1882; BA 1886; MA 1911; Assistant Secretary, Royal College of Surgeons, 1888-1901, Secretary 1901-34; d. unm. 13 Jan 1949.

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.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, 10TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 19 Jun 1777; adm. ; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - 15 Dec 1804, void by marriage; BA 1798; MA 1801; DCL 1837; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery 1784-1852, when office abolished; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Dec 1793, Tancred Law Scholar, called to bar 11 Jun 1799; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (appears in annual lists 1801-17); Recorder of Exeter 1814; a Master in Chancery 30 Jul 1817 - 23 Mar 1826; MP Exeter 1812 - Jan 1826; Clerk Assistant, House of Lords 8 Feb 1826 - 26 May 1835; succ. cousin as 10th Earl of Devon 26 May 1835; High Steward, University of Oxford, from 1838; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 21 Jan 1842 - Aug 1850; Busby Trustee 26 May 1826; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1804 Lady Harriet Leslie, dau. of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. , MD FRS FRCP, by the Countess of Rothes; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1849 Elizabeth Ruth, dau. of Rev. John Middleton Scott, Ballygrannon, co. Wicklow; d. 19 Mar 1859.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1724/5, qv); b. 9 Sep 1738; adm. Jun 1748 (Porten's); KS 1752; Capt. of the School 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - 8 Nov 1760, void on election to Fellowship All Souls; BA 1761; MA 1774; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1760; adm. Middle Temple 30 Dec 1761; ordained deacon 29 May 1774, priest 24 Jun 1774 (both Winchester); Rector of Kenn, Devon, 29 Jun 1774; Rector of Little Hempston, Devon, 1777; patentee of the Subpoena Office in Court of Chancery from 26 May 1778; m. 31 Dec 1764 Anne, dau. of John Downes, Otterbury, Hampshire; d. 27 Nov 1783.

COURTENAY, REGINALD, second son of Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Feb 1813; adm. 12 May 1824; KS 1826; at Tonbridge Sch 1827-30; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; migrated to Magdalen Hall; BA 1835; MA 1838; BD and DD 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jun 1835, called to bar 22 Nov 1838; ordained 1841; Curate, Donnybrook, co. Dublin, and afterwards of St. Stephen’s, Dublin; Rector of Thornton Watlass, Yorks., 1842-52; Archdeacon of Middlesex, Jamaica, 1853-6; consecrated Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, 24 Mar 1856; Coadjutor to Bishop of Jamaica 1856-72; Bishop of Jamaica 1872-9; Chaplain at L’Ermitage, France, 1881-6; author, The Future State, 1843; m. 23 Jul 1842 Georgiana, second dau. of Admiral Sir John Poo Beresford, Bart. KCB MP; d. 13 Apr 1906.

COURTENAY, HON. THOMAS PEREGRINE, younger son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (adm. 1751, qv); b. 31 May 1782; adm. ; KS 1796; a Junior Clerk, Treasury, 23 May 1799-1802; Cashier of the Stationery Office, 13 Jul 1802; Principal Registrar under Land Tax Redemption Acts 1806-13; Deputy Paymaster-General of the Forces 1807-11; MP Totnes 22 Oct 1811-32; Secretary to Board of Control 20 Aug 1812-28; Vice-President, Board of Trade, 30 May 1828 -Nov 1830; Privy Councillor 30 May 1828; member, Board of Control, 31 Jul 1828 - Nov 1830; author, Memoir of the Life and Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. , 1836, and other works; m. 5 Apr 1805 Anne, dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; drowned while bathing in sea near Torquay, Devon, 8 Jul 1841. DNB.

COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, second son of Henry Reginald Courtenay (qv); b. 27 Nov 1741; adm. Apr 1751 (Porten's); Min. Can. 1754; KS 1755; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1759, matr. 19 Jun 1759, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1760 - void 26 Jan 1769 (expiry year of grace as R. Sapperton), Tutor 1763-7; BA 1763; MA 1766; DCL 1774; Rector of Sapperton, Gloucs., 1768-73; Prebendary of Exeter 1772-94; Prebendary of Rochester Sep 1773 - Jun 1774, Sep 1783 - Mar 1797; Rector of Lee, Kent, from 1773; Chaplain to King George III (occurs -1773-93-); Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, from 6 Jun 1774; consecrated Bishop of Bristol, 11 May 1794; translated to Exeter 10 Mar 1797; m. 20 Jan 1774 Lady Elizabeth Howard, dau. of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham; d. 9 Jun 1803. DNB.

COURTENAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, son of Thomas Lefroy Courtenay, Dublin, and Jane, dau. of Martin Morris, Spiddal, co. Galway, and sister of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and member Judicial Committee, Privy Council; b. 28 Jan 1859; adm. as exhibitioner 30 May 1872 (James'); QS 1873; left May 1876; Trinity Coll. Dublin; d. 16 Apr 1879.

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.

COTTON, WILLIAM, son of Philip Cotton, Drayton, Shropshire, and his first wife Beatrice --- (IGI); bapt. Mucklestone, Staffs. 17 Aug 1689; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, aged 18, scholar 14 Apr 1711; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; of Salter’s Hall, Shropshire; m. 26 Oct 1719 (IGI) Catherine Holbrooke; d. 1734.