Cowan, Horatio Alexander, son of Horatio William Alexander Cowan, M. D., of St. Pancras, by Alma Beatrice, daughter of John Whaley, of Bayswater; b. Aug. 4, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (R); left July 1918; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1924; practised in London and at Bournemouth; surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth.

Cowan, Eric William Lindsay, only son of Sir William Henry Cowan, Kt., M. P., of Westminster, by Winifrede, daughter of Daniel Smith, of Edinburgh; b. Nov. 20, 1901; adm. from Rugby School Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left July 1920; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1920; m. April 22, 1925, Hylda Dorothea, elder daughter of J. H. Marlow, of Sedgebrook, Northampton; 31 Oct. 1959.

COURTENAY, HENRY REGINALD, LORD COURTENAY, eldest son of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 20 Jan 1836; adm. 22 Jun 1848 (Rigaud's); left Jun 1849; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1854; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1859; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; Sub-Inspector, Poor Law Board, 1869-71, Local Government Board 1871-4; General Inspector, Local Government Board, 1874-96; styled Lord Courtenay from 1891; JP Devon; m. 12 Jun 1862 Lady Evelyn Pepys, youngest dau. of Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham PC, Lord Chancellor; d. 27 May 1898.

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.

Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn of Letheringsett, Nor­folk, and Kate May, d. of Frederick Wilkinson of Manchester; b. 26 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; LSE, BSc 1935; Lane. Fusiliers 1940, RAC 1942-5 (Maj.), MBE (Med.) June 1945; Prof. of Economics Oglethorpe Univ., Ga, USA 1946-61; a schoolmaster in England 1961; m. 14 July 1956 Anne Stephanie, d. of Harold Bowler of Wimbledon; d. Feb. 1996.

Couchman, Charles John, son of Edwin Couchman, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex; b. Aug. 11, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1902; an electrical engineer and wireless contractor. Coulborn, William Alfred Lindsay, son of Edward Alexander Coulborn, of Letheringsett, Norfolk, by Kate May, daughter of Frederick Wilkinson, of Manchester; b. Oct. 26, 1909; adm. Sept. 20, 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; London School of Economics, London Univ.; B.Sc. (Econ.) 1935; Lecturer, Workers Educational Assn. 1939-40; Professor of Economics, Ogle­ thorpe Univ., Georgia 1946-61; 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fus. Dec. 21, 1940; transferred to R. A. C. May 1, 1942; Major; M.B.E. (Mediterranean) June 21, 1945; m. July 14, 1956, Anne Stephanie, daughter of Harold Bowler, of Wimbledon.

Cotter, Arthur Gerald Purcell, brother of Hilary James Coughtrie Cotter (qv); b. 16 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1942; St Catherine’s Soc. Oxf., matric. 1942; RE Feb. 1945, attd. Madras Sappers (Capt. ); Trin. Coll. Dublin 1948-52, BA; MB BCh 1954; med. practitioner, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; author The Thousand Years that Lie Ahead 1996; m. 10 Oct. 1959 Isabel Sadie, d. of William Adams, of Gartin, co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland; d. 15 June 2004.

CORNISH, KENNETH HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Hubert Cornish DD, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, and Mary, eldest dau. of Capt. Sir William Dick, Bart., EICS Bengal; nephew of Charles James Cornish (qv); b. 17 Jul 1833; adm. (Rigaud's) 1 Oct 1846; QS 1848; left Nov 1849; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1851; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS 1857; a medical practitioner in London; edited various scientific and political journals 1857-67; d. 1912.

COPE, EDMUND WILLIAM, elder son of Rev. Sir William Henry Cope, Bart., Minor Canon and Librarian of Westminster Abbey, and his first wife Mary Anne, dau. of Henry Garnett, Green Park, co. Meath; b. 27 Mar 1838; adm. 3 Apr 1850 (Rigaud's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1857; BA 1861; entered Diplomatic Service; Second Secretary, British Legation, Munich; Secretary, British Legation, Stockholm; m. 16 Sep 1863 Edith Cockburn, only child of James Kerr Ewart, EICS Bengal; d. at Stockholm 28 Oct 1886.

Cooper, Gerald Ashley Peter, brother of Austin Eric Sisson Cooper (q.v.); b. May 5, 1903; adm. Jan. 18, 1916 (R); left July 1921; mercantile asst. to Messrs. Macneill and Co., Calcutta; Cuddesdon Theological College, 1934; ord. (London) deacon 1935, priest 1936; Curate of St. Matthew, Westminster, 1935-9; of St. John, Walham Green, 1940-48; Sqdn. Ldr. (Chap­ lain) R.A.F.V.R. Dec. 1, 1942 - 1946; Rector of Nigel, South Africa, 1948-51, and of Turffontein 1951-3; priest-in-charge of St. Mark's Mission, Mondoro, Mashonaland, 1953-6; and of St. Mary's Mission, Hunyani, since 1956.