CONDUITT, JOHN, son of Leonard Conduitt, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Mar 1687/8; adm.; KS 1701; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; Judge Advocate with British Forces in Portugal, 1711; Capt., Brigadier Hunt Withers’ Regiment of Dragoons, 23 Mar 1712, half-pay 1713; Commissary of Stores and Provisions, Gibraltar, 6 Apr 1713, still Deputy Paymaster at Gibraltar in 1717-8; his marriage to Sir Isaac Newton’s stepniece in 1717 brought him into Newton’s circle of intimates; FRS 1 Dec 1718; purchased Cranbury Park estate, Hampshire, 1720; MP Whitchurch 26 Jun 1721- 3 Apr 1735, Southampton from 3 Apr 1735; assisting Sir Isaac Newton with his duties as Master of the Mint by Jun 1726; Master of the Mint from Apr 1727; author, Observations on the present state of our gold and silver coins, 1774 (compiled 1730); m. 26 Aug 1717 Catherine, second dau. of Robert Barton, Brigstock, Northants.; d. 23 May 1737. Buried in Nave, Westminster Abbey (monument at west end of nave). DNB.

CONGREVE, RICHARD JONES, brother of William Walter Congreve (qv); b. 8 Feb 1806; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1818; KS 1820; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1824; Ensign, 43rd Foot, 1 Jul 1828; retd. 15 May 1829; of Carlingwark, Kirkcudbrightshire; m. 20 Jun 1843 Louisa Margaret, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. [George ? or William ?] Miller CB, Royal Artillery; d. 9 Jan 1879.

CONNELL, THOMAS JOHN BARLOW, son of James Connell, London, and Maria --- (IGI); b. 21 Mar 1833; adm. 11 Oct 1841; QS 1846; left 1850; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 1852; Lieut., 24 Mar 1854; exchanged to 46th Foot, 8 Sep 1854; Capt., 31 Aug 1858; served in Crimean War; d. at Mooltan 5 Jun 1859.

CONSTABLE, R. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt) c. 1654 (Dormitory Tablet).

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.

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.

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.

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].

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.

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.