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, CHARLES, son of John Cooper, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1734; KS 1740; Capt. of the School 1744; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1745, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1745, scholar 25 Apr 1746; 7th in Maths Tripos 1748/9; BA 1748/9; MA 1752; DD 1769; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1751, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1752; ordained deacon (Ely) 28 Dec 1756, priest 19 May 1757; Westminster School Usher Jun 1748 – Jun 1762 (Senior Usher May 1756), House Usher, 1 Little Dean’s Yard (described as “usher of my house” in the will of Mrs Frances Watts, Dame (qv)); Prebendary of York 11 Aug 1768 - Sep 1779; Prebendary of Salisbury, 17 Mar 1773- res 1779; Rector of Kirkby Overblow, Yorks., from 1774; Rector of Trowbridge, Wilts.; Prebendary of Durham from 29 Aug 1779; Archdeacon of York 2 Aug 1786- res 28 Jun 1794; d. 10 Oct 1804. [Perhaps Charles Cooper, son of John Cooper, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 7 Oct 1725]

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.

COOKES, DEAN, son of Edward Cookes, Westminster, and Catherine --- (IGI); bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 13 Feb 1724/5; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1738 (Durand's); KS 1740.

COOKE, ANTHONY, eldest son of Sir Anthony Cooke KB, Gidea Hall, Essex, tutor to King Edward VI, and Anne, dau. of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Kt, Milton, Northants. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter); d. before 1576.

COOKE (or COCKE), THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS in 1564; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1566, Westminster Student 10 Jan 1566/7 - 1577; BA 26 Jan 1569/70; MA 1573; ordained; Vicar of Budworth, Cheshire, 1601.

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].

CONYBEARE, WILLIAM, son of Right Rev. John Conybeare DD, Bishop of Bristol and Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and Jemima, dau. of William Juckes, Hoxton Square, London; b. 23 Sep 1739; adm. Jan 1752 (Porten's); KS 1752; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1757, matr. 8 Jun 1757, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1758 - void 21 Aug 1778, Tutor 1767-74, Junior Censor 1765-6, Senior Censor 1769-70, Librarian 1776; BA 1761; MA 1764; BD and DD 1775; Proctor 1770; ordained deacon 10 Oct 1762, priest 17 Jun 1764 (both Oxford); Prebendary of York 2 Oct 1769 – res 13 Jul 1803; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire, 1774, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1774; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, from 1 Aug 1776; m. 19 Aug 1778 Margaret Esther, dau. of Daniel Josias Olivier (qv); d. 5 Apr 1815.

CONYBEARE, JOHN JOSIAS, elder son of William Conybeare (qv); b. 10 Jun 1779; adm.; Min. Can. 1792; KS (Capt) 1793; Capt. of the School 1796; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1797 - void 17 Dec 1813 (expiry year of grace as V. Batheaston); Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; Select Preacher 1808-9; Bampton Lecturer 1824; ordained priest (Winchester, lit. dim. from St Asaph) 3 Jul 1803; an Usher at the School 1803-4; Prebendary of York from 13 Jul 1803; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1805, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1806; Professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford University, 1808-12, of Poetry 1812-21; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 11 Dec 1812; author, On the Geology of Devon and Cornwall, 1823, and of other geological, chemical, and theological tracts; his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry were edited by William Daniel Conybeare (qv) in 1826; m. 21 Feb 1814 Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 11 Jun 1824. DNB.

CONWAY, BENJAMIN, son of Robert Conway, Southwark, Surrey, dyer; b. ; at school under Busby seven years; KS 1676; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1679, aged 18; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; BD 1694; Fellow of St. John’s Coll. 1691; ordained; Rector of Bigrave, Herts. , from 10 Dec 1696; d. Jan 1700.