CORNWALLIS, WILLIAM, of Suffolk; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1597, adm. scholar 1598, matr. c. 1598; training for Roman Catholic priesthood at Douai Coll. 1599-1600 as William Huett, alias Cornwallis.
Corsellis, John, son of Douglas Henry Corsellis, barrister, and Helen Mary, sister of Philip Manley Bendall (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H), (KS) Sept. 1937; left July 1940; articled clerk Herbert & Gowers Oxf. 1941-9; humanitarian aid worker Friends Ambulance Unit 1942, UNRRA 1945-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1949; gen. sec., Educational Interchange Council 1949-62; OM (1st class) Fed. Rep. of Germany 1963; registrar, Bell Sch. of Languages 1962-92, subsequently bursar and principal; sec., Bell Educ. Trust 1952-92; registrar Camb. Centre for Languages, Sawston Hall 1982-91; retd. 1991; co-author Slovenia 1945: Memories of death and survival after World War II 2005 and co-researcher The Unassuming Sky: The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis 2012; initiated Timothy Corsellis Prize Competition in memory of elder brother, featuring the World War II War Poets; John Corsellis archive accessible at History Dept., Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich; m. 26 May 1966 Ursula Ann Constance Alder OBE MA SRN SCM JP, author, d. of Haswell Alder, mining engineer, of Burnbridge, Yorks.; d. 18 Nov. 2018.
COTHER, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Cother FRCS, surgeon, Gloucester, and Mary Eliza --- (IGI); b. 8 Nov 1812; adm. 20 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS (Capt. ) 1826; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1830, matr. 28 May 1830, Westminster Student to 1837; BA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1835, called to bar 19 Nov 1842; Oxford Circuit; practised as a conveyancer in Gloucester; m. 30 Apr 1850 Marion, youngest dau. of John Warburton MD; d. at Dinant, France 20 Mar 1870.
COTTER, EDMUND, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1762; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1766; BA 1770; d. unm. Sep 1770, “owing to a wound in a fray”.
COTTER, GEORGE SACKVILLE, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b. ; in school list Jun 1764; KS (Capt. , aged 13) 1765; Capt. of the School 1770; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1771, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1771, scholar 15 May 1772, matr. 1774; BA 1775; MA 1779; ordained deacon 12 May 1776, priest 1 Nov 1778 (both Cork); Curate, Cloyne, 21 Jun 1781; Vicar of Kilmichael, co. Cork 18 Feb 1784 - May 1797; Rector of Tullcredan, Garryvoe and Ightermurragh, co. Cork, from 27 May 1797; author, two volumes of poems, 1788, and of translations of comedies of Plautus, 1826, and Terence, 1827; m. 4 Nov 1775 (IGI) Margaret, dau. of Bayley Rogers, Cork city, physician and banker; d. 4 Apr 1831. DNB.
COTTER, SIR JAMES LAURENCE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Cotter, Bart., MP (I), and Arabella, widow of Col. --- Casaubon, MP (I), Carrig, co. Cork, and dau. of Right Hon. John Rogerson, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1762; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 16 Jan 1773; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; MP (I) Taghmon 1769-76, Mallow 1783-90, Castlemartyr 1790-7, 1798-1800; succ. father as 2nd baronet 9 Jun 1770; partner, Cotter & Kellet, bankers, Cork; m. 1st, c. Jan. 1773, Anne, only dau. of Francis Kearney, Garretstown, nr. Kinsale, co. Cork; m. 2nd, 16 Jul 1785 (IGI) Isabella, widow of George Brereton, Carrigslaney, co. Carlow, and dau. of Rev. James Hingston, Aglish, co. Cork, Prebendary of Cloyne; d. 9 Feb 1829.
COTTER, ROGERSON, brother of Sir James Laurence Cotter, Bart. (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1762; Capt. of the School 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. Mich. 1767; BA and 10th Wrangler 1771; MA 1774; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Aug 1766; called to Irish bar (King’s Inns) Trin. 1773; MP (I) Charleville 1783-97, 1798-1800; m. Sep 1794 Jane, widow of William Grady, and dau. of Richard Harrold, Limerick; d. 19 Feb 1830.
Cotterill, Edward Emilius, youngest son of the Rev. George Edward Cotterill, of Weybridge, Surrey, by Anna Manuela, daughter of Gregory Seale Walters, Agent-Gen. in London for South Australia; b. June 15, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left Dec. 1898 owing to ill health, and became a lifelong invalid; d. March 13, 1916.
COTTON (alias ROGERS), THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS Oct 1553 (Acts of Chapter); left Nov 1553.
COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH, only son of Capt. Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, 7th Foot, and Mary Headley Burnley, Halifax, Nova Scotia; grandson of George Cotton (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1825; KS 1828; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, scholar 1833, matr. Mich. 1832; 8th Classic and 40th Senior Optime 1836; BA 1836; MA 1839; DD 1858 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jun 1858); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1838, Major Fellow 1839; Assistant Master, Rugby School, 1837-52 (the “young master” of Tom Brown’s Schooldays); Headmaster, Marlborough Coll., 1852-8; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1839, priest 9 Jun 1839 (both Worcester); Bishop of Calcutta from 1858; consecrated in Westminster Abbey 13 May 1858; established schools for the education of poor European and Eurasian children; m. 26 Jun 1845 his cousin Sophia Anne, dau. of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire, Vicar of Acton, Cheshire; accidentally drowned in the Ganges at Kushtia 6 Oct 1866. DNB.