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 THE KNIGHTAGE. (09 COTTON, Gen. Sir Arthur Thomas, r.e. K.c.s.i. 1866, knighted 1861, col. com. royal Madi-as engineers, retd. list 1877, brother of late Gen. Sir Sydney Cotton. (See Peerage — V. COM- BERMERE). Woodcot, Dorking. COTTON, Right Hon. Sir Henry, p.c. 1877, D.C.L. knighted 1877, on his appointment as lord justice of appeal in chancery 1877, bar.-at-law L.l. 1846, Q.c. 18G6, bencher 1867, counsel to Ox- ford university 1872/7 (son of late William Cotton, of Leytonstone), J. P. d.l. director bank of Eng- land); b. 20 May, 1821; m. 16 Aug. 1853, Clemence, youngest dau. of Rev. Thomas Streatfeild, of Charts Edge, Kent, and has had with other issue, (1) Edward, of LincoLa's Inn; b. 13 Sept. 1855; d. 18 Feb. 1881. 10, Sussex Square, W. and Forest Mere, Liphook, Hants. COUCH, Right Hon. Sir Richard, p.c. knighted 1866, member of the judicial com- mittee of the privy council 1881, bencher m.t. IJ^SI, puisne judge Bombay 1862/66, chief justice 1.S66/70, and at Calcutta 1870/5, bar.-at-law m.t. ISll, recorder of Bedford 1858/62 (son of late R. CV.uch); b. 1817; m. 1 Feb. 1845, Anne, dau. of Richard Thomas Beck, Esq, 25, Linden Gardens, W. COWAN, Sir Edward Porter, of Craig-a-vad, _ Belfast, j.p. and of Clintaugh House, Ana- hilt. CO. Down, J.p. knighted by the l.l. of Ireland 23 Nov. 1881, mayor of Belfast 1881, J.P. co. Antrim (only son of Samuel Cowan, of Cromoe House, co. Antrim, and Elizabeth, dau. of late Edward Porter, of Belfast); b. 1842; m. 1866, his c^ lusin Agnes, dau. of Andrew Cowan, j.p. of Glen- ghana, co. Down. Craig-a-vail, Belfast, and Clintaugh House, Anahilt. co. Down. COWELL, Major-Gen. Sir John Clayton, r.e. K.C.B. 1865, K.L.H.M. gov. to Duke of Edin- burgh 1856/65, to Prince Leopold 1865/6, master of Queen's household since 1866, brevet-col. R.E. retd. served in the Crimea and at Bomarsund (son of late John Clayton Cowell, Esq.) ; b. 14 Jan. 1832; m. 5 Feb. 1868, Georgina, only child of late James Pulleine, of Clifton Castle and Crake Hall, Yorks. and has 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Albert Victor John (sponsor h.m. the Queeu), b. 12 June, 1869. (2) a son, b. 20 Mar. 1879. .,(3) Alice Anne. (4) Marie. Buckingham Palace, S.W. CROFTON, Right Hon. Sir Walter Fred- eric, C.B. p.c (Ii-eland), knighted 1862, chairman board of directors convict prisons Ireland 1854/62, commissioner prisons England and Ireland 1865/9, chairman prisons board Ireland 1877/8 (son of Capt. Walter Crofton, 54th regt.) ; b. 1815; m. 1840, Anna Maria, only dau. of late Rev. Charles Shipley, of Twyford House, Hants, rector of Mapowder, Dorset, and has with other issue a son, (1) Walter Reginald, bar.-at-law L.I. 1876, Inspector prisons Ireland; b. ; m. 29 Dec. 1880. Georgeua Lomsa, dau. of Rev. John Harrison, late vicar of Bishopstow, Sussex. Egmont, Winchester. CROSLEY, Sir Charles Decimus, knighted 1855, sheilff of London and Middx. 1854/5, J.P. D.L. Middx. J.p. Berks and Westminster, a commissioner of inland revenue Middx. chevalier legion of honour (son of late Henry Crosley, of Camberwell, Surrey); b. 21 Feb. 1820; m. 1st— 23 Oct. 1845, Mary, 2nd dau. of late John Ford, E.i.c.s. ; she d. 15 Sept. 1877. He m. 2ndly— 31 Dec. 1878, Helen, youngest dau. of James Wright, of London. By his 1st wife he has a dau. (1) Louisa Mary Georgiana, m. 25 Aug. 1868, to Frederick Nassau Golding, late lieut. 32ud regt. Sunningdale Park, Windsor. CROSS, Right Hon. Sir Richard Assheton, G.C.B. 1880, p.c. LL.D. Camb. D.c.L. Oxon. bar.-at-law i.T. 1849, and a bencher, m.p. Preston 1857/62, S.W. Lane, since 1868, sec. of state home department 1874/80, a governor of Guy's hospital 1881, chairman Lane, quarter sessions 1866/74, j.p. Chesh. J.p. D.L. Lane. (3rd son of William Cross, of Red Scar and Cottam, co. Lane, deputy protho- notary); b. 30 May, 1823; m. 4 May, 1852, Georg- iana, 3rd dau. of Thomas Lyon, Esq. of Appleton Hall, Chesh. and has had 4 sons and 3 daus. (1) Thomas Richard, b. 23 April, 1853; d. 1873. (2) WUliam Henry, b. 22 Aug. 1856 ; m. 19 Aug. 1880, Mary, yniuiger dau. of late William Lewthwaite, Esq. of Broadgate, Cumberland. (3) John Edward, late 2nd lieut. 1st R. Lane, mil.; b. 5 Sept. 1858. (4) Charles Francis, b. 22 Sept. 1860. (5) Georgina Harriet. (6) Mary Dorothea. (7) Ann Margaret. Eccles Riggs, co. Lane, and 12, Warwick Square, S.W. CUNYNGHAME, Gen. Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow, G.C.B. 1878, k.c.b. lieut.-gov. Cape Colony 1877/8, &c. son of Sir D. Cunynghame, 5th Bart. (See that title.) 10, Eaton Terrace, S.W. and Wynberg Lodge, Maidenhead. CURRIE, Sir Donald, k.c.m.g. 1881, c.m.g. 1877, of London, shipo^vner, one of h.m.'s lieutenants for city of London, m.p. Perthshire 1880 (3rd son of late James Currie, of Belfast, by his wife Margaret, dau. of Donald Martin); b. 17 Sept. 1825; m. Feb. 1851, Margaret, dau. of John Miller, of Liverpool. 13, Hyde Park Place, W. and Garth Castle, Aberfeldy, Perth- shire. CURRIE, Sir Edmund Hay, knighted 1876, chairman London hospital, vice-chairman London school-board 1873/6. (See Baronetage.) CUSACK, Sir Ralph Smith, knighted 1873, clerk of crown and hanaper in Ireland 1858/80, chairman Midland Railway Ireland, Irish terrister 1845 (son of late James William Cusack, surgeon in ordinary to the Queen in Ireland); b. 16 Nov. 1821; m. 23 April, 1850, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of late Richard Barker, Esq. of Sterling, co. Meath, and has 4 sons and 3 daus. (1) James WiUiam, b. 6 Dec. 1851. (2) Ralph Smith, b. 4 July, 1856. (3) Richard Charles Massey, b. 29 Oct. 1860. (4) Henry Edward, b. 6 Nov. 1865. (5) Mary Alice. (6) Elizabeth Frances. (7) Mary. Furry Park, Raheny, co. Dublin. CUSTANCE. Sir Hambleton Francis, k.c.b. 1881, hon. col. W. Noi-folk mil. 1881, lieut- col. comdt. 1854/81, entered the army 1829 (eldest son of late Hambleton Francis Custance, Esq. of Weston. Norfolk, by his wife Maiy. onlv child of Miles Bower, Esq.); b. 9 Nov. 1809; m. 29 Oct. 1840, Frances, youngest dau. of late Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart, and widow of Rev. Henry Walpole Nevill, and has a son and dau. (1) Frederic Hambledon, married and has issue. See PEERAGE (B. Htltox). (2) AdeUue Maria, m. 11 April 1867, to Frederick Garnett, Esq. capt. 1st W. Norfolk mil. late 85th L.l. and has 3 sons, Herbert Neville Garxett. b. 5 Aug. 1875.— Cecil Frederick, b. 12 April 1868.— Ernest Edmund, b, 8 May, 1872. Weston House, near Norwich. D ACRES, Gen. Sir Richard James, r.h.a. G.C.B. 1869, k.c.b. 1855, constable of Tower of London 27 Julv, 1881, master cunner or senior 3>12