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708 THE KNIGHTAGE. K.L.H. com. order of iron crown Austria (son of Capt. H. R, Cole, 82nd regt.) ; b. 15 Julv. 1808; m. 28 Dec. 1833, Marian Fairman, dau. of William Andrew Bond, of Ashford, Kent, and has with other issue a son, (1) Henry Hardy, capt. R.E. b. 10 Mar. 1843. Hampstead, N.w. COLLIER, Rt. Hox. Sir Robert Porrett, p.c. knighted 1863, member of judicial committee of privy council since 1871, judge common pleas 1871, B.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. 1841, bar.-at-law i.t. 1813, Q.c. and bencher 1851, serj.-at-law 1871, late recorder Penzance, judge- advocate of the fleet and counsel to the admiralty 1859/63, solicitor -gen. 1863/6, attomey-gen. 1868/71, m.p. Plymouth 1852/71 (son of John Collier, m.p. Plvmouth 1832/11); b. 21 June, 1817; m. 19 April, isil, Isabella, dau. of William Rose-Rose, Esq. of Woolston Heath, co. Warwick, and has 2 sons and a dau. (1) Robert, b. , 1845 ; m. 21 Aug. 1873, Jlary Josephine, Srd dau. of Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esq. late M.P. (2) John. b. , 1850; m. 30 June, 1879, Marian, 2nd dau. of Prof. Huxley, F.R.s. (3) Margaret IsabeU, m. 19 April, 1873, to Arthur Galletti di Cadilhac, 11th regt. art. 104. Eaton Place, s.W. and Bigods HaU, Dunmow. COLLINS, Sir William, knighted at Holyrood 26 Aug. 1881, of Glasgow, publisher, provost of Glasgow 1877. 80, j.p. d.l. co. Lanark (son of William Collins, of Glasgow, by Jane, dau. of John Barclay, of Paisley); b. 12 Oct. 1817; m. 1st, Anna- bella, dau. of Alexander Glen, of Glasgow, and 2ndly, Helen, dau. of Robert Jamieson, of Glasgow. Park Terrace East, Glasgow. COLLINSON, Adm. Sir Richard, k.c.b. 1875, served in China 1841, com. the "Enter- prise " 1850/5 (retd. list), an elder brother Trinity house, and deputy-master since 1875 (son of Rev. John Collinson, rector of Boldon, and canon of Durham); b. , 1811. The Haven, Ealing. r^OLQUHOUN, Sir Patrick, knighted 1861, V_y LL.D. St. John, Cantab, bar.-at-law i.t. 1838, Q.c. 1868, chief justice Ionian Islands 1861, plenipo- tentiary Hanse Towns in Turkey, Persia, and Greece 1840/4, aulic councillor of the king of Saxony, a ruember of numerous foreign orders (cou.sin of late Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun and son of Chevalier James Colquhoun, ll.d. resident and consul-gen. of Hanse Towns 1817/55, and grandson of P. Col- quhoun, ll.d. lord provost of Glasgow) ; b. 13 April, 1815 ; married, s. p. Shepperton, Midds. COLVIN", Sir Auckland, k.c.m.g. (1881), con- troller-gen. Egypt, entered b.c.s. 1856, lately assist.-com. Rohilkund division, and assist.-magis- trate and collector x.w.p. India, under-sec. to govt, of India, also in home and foreign department, sec. to board of revenue, and sec. to government in N.w.p. (son of Hon. John Rus.sell Colvin, lieut.- governor x.w.p. India). COMMERELL, Vice-Adm. Sir John Edmund, k.c.b. 1874, v.c. a lord of the admiralty 1879/80, sei-ved in Baltic and on China. India. S. American stations, k.l.h.m. naval a.d.c. to the Queen 1871/6, groom-in-waiting 1874/9, command- ing at Cape 1871/3, com. -in-chief special squadron Mediterranean 1878, and a lord of admiralty 1878 (son of John William Commerell, Esq. of Strood Park, Horsham); b. 13 Jan. 1829; m. 13 Oct. 1854, Matilda Maria, 4th dau. of Joseph Bushby, of St. Croix, West Indies, and of London, and has 2 daus. (1) Ella Maude. (2) Alice 6or<lon Ives. 80, Onslow Oarden.5, s.w.-and Alverbank, Anglesea, Gosport. CONNOR, Sir Henry, knighted by letters patent 3 Jan. 1880, C.J. supreme court Natal, a member of executive council and a judge of the court of vice-admiralty since 1874, 1st puisne judge Natal 1858/74, C.J. of Gold Coast 1854/8, B.A. Trin. Coll. Dublin, 1838, ll.b. 1841, ll.d. 1878, Irish barrister 1839 (son of Roderick Connor, Esq.); b. 1817. Natal. CONYNGHAM, Sir William Fitzwilliam Lenox, of Spring Hill, co. Londonderry, J.p. D.L. high sherifi 1859, K.C.B. (ci^dl, 1881), lieut.- col. and hon. col. Londonderry mil. (now 4th batt. R. Inniskilling fusiliers) since 1850, formerly 88th regt. (eldest son of late William Lenox Conyngham, of Spring Hill, by his wife Charlotte Melosina, dau. of Right Hon. John Staples, of Lissan, co. Tyi'one); b. 25 April, 1824; m. 1856, Laura Calvert, dau. of George Aj.-buthnot, Esq. and has with other issue a son, William Arbuthnot, lieut. 29th regt.; b. 8 Sept. 1857. Spring Hill, Monejrmore, co. Londonderry. COODE, Sir John, c.e. knighted 1872, chief engineer Portland breakwater 1856/72 (son of Charles Coode, of Bodmin); b. 1816; m. 1842, Jane, dau. of late William Price, of Weston-super-Mare, and has with other issue a son and dau. (1) John Charles, b. 1844; m. 1872, Clara Louisa, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Col. GrifBths. (2) Fanuy Jane (eldest dau.), m. 30 Oct. 1873, to "WiUiam Shield, C.E. 35, Norfolk Square, W. COOPER, Sir Charles, knighted 1857, first judge South Australia 1839/49, judge and chief justice 1856/61, bar.-at-law i.t. 1827 (son of Thomas Cooper, of Henley-on-Thames); b. 7 Mar. 1795; m. 7 July, 1853, Emily Grace, dau. of Charles Burton Newenham, late sherifi South Australia, s. p. 40, Pulteney Street, Bath. COOPER, Sir Henry, f.r.c.s. f.r.c.p. m.d. (Lond.), knighted 1854, alderman of Hull 1842/60, mayor 1854/5, late chainnan Hull school board, &c. (son of Samuel Cooper, of Hull, mer- chant); b. 1807; m. 1834, Isabella, dau. of W. S. Cooper, of Hull; she d. 12 Dec. 1869, having had with other issue a son, (1) Arthur Henry, rector of Gautby, Line; b. 11 Aug. 1835; m. 6 Oct. 1866, Isabella Jean Reynolds, 4th dau. of Capt. Wil- liam Fury Baker, R.N. and has 3 sons and a dau. Walter Henry, b. 11 Oct. 1870.— George Percival, b. 11 Feb. 1873.— Edmoud Baker b. 18 July, 1875.— Amelia Gertrude. Hull. CORMACK, Sir John Rose, f.r.c.p. knighted 1872, m.d. Edinburgh and Paris, sui-geon to English ambulance during both sieges of Paris, physician to the Hertford British hospital 1870 and 1871, chevalier of the legion of honour (son of Rev. John Cormack, D.D. minister of Stow. co. Edin- burgh); b. 1 Mar. 1815; m. 4 Nov. 1841, Eliza Anne, dau. of William Hine, Esq. of Hampshire, Tre- la-R-ney, Jamaica, and has with other issue a dau. (1) Mary Morris, m. 8 Aug. 1877, to Col. James Dowell Swayne, Bengal s.c. 364, Kue Saint Honore, Paris. COSTA, Sir Michael, knighted 1869, an emi- nent musical composer and conductor, a member of several foreign orders (son of Chevalier Pascal Costa); b. 1810. 59, Eccleston Square, S.W. COTTER, Sir Ludlow, knighted 1874, as eldest son of a Baronet, viz. Sir James Laurence Cotter.