Member of the Board of Revenue, 1882–87 : acting Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Aug. II to Sep. 17, 1885 : C.S.I. : retired 1887.
COCKS, ARTHUR HERBERT (1819–1881)
I.C.S. : son of the Hon. Philip James Cocks : born April 18, 1819 : educated at Haileybury : went to India in 1837 : served in Sind under Sir C. Napier : in the Panjab campaign was Political Officer to Lord Gough at Ramnagar, Chilianwala, Gujarat : after the annexation in 1849 served in the Panjab : in the mutiny was Judge of Mainpuri : served in the volunteers at Agra, and in the Alighar district : C.B., 1860 : retired, 1863 : died Aug. 29, 1881.
CODRINGTON, OLIVER (1837–)
Born May 5, 1837 : son of Rev. T. S. Codrington, Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts : educated at the Royal Free Grammar School, Marlborough, and the London Hospital : M.D. : F.S.A. : in the Army Medical Department, June, 1859–1885 : served in the New Zealand war, 1864–6 : retired with honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon-General : formerly Secretary of the Bombay Asiatic Society, now Hony. Librarian of the Royal Asiatic and Royal Numismatic Societies : has written a Manual of Musulman Numismatics and various papers on Oriental Numismatic and Archaeological subjects.
COFFIN, SIR ISAAC CAMPBELL (1800–1872)
Son of Capt. Coffin, R.N. : born 1800 : reached India in the E. I. Co.'s Army in 1819 : joined at Madras in 1821 : served in the first Burma war, 1824, and at stations held by the Madras Army : commanded, from 1855, the Hyderabad subsidiary force : and a Division of the Madras Army in 1859–64 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : Lt-General, 1869 : died Oct 1, 1872.
COGHILL, KENDAL (1832–)
Colonel : son of Admiral Sir J . Coghill, Bart. : born Oct. 21, 1832 : educated at Cheltenham : joined the Indian Army, 1851 : served in Burma, 1853–5 : Adjutant of his regt. (2nd European Bengal Fusiliers) during the mutiny, 1857–8 : present at Badli-ka-sarai and siege of Delhi, and several subsequent actions : Brig-Major at Cawnpur and Barrackpur : Assistant A.G. at Lucknow and Calcutta : and of the Presidency Division, 1861–1870 : exchanged to 19th Hussars, which he commanded in Egyptian campaign, 1882 : C.B.
COGHLAN, SIR WILLIAM M. (1803–1885)
General : son of Captain J. Coghlan, C.B., R.N. : joined the Artillery in India, 1820 : in the Kolapur Field Force, 1826–7 : Brig- Major of Artillery in Sind and Afghanistan in 1838–40 : at Ghazni Kabul, Kandahar, capture of Kelat : Political Resident and Commandant at Aden, 1854–63 : he carried out, 1856–7, the occupation of Perim (previously taken possession of in 1799) as suggested by Lord Elphinstone (q.v.) : commanded against Arabs, 1858 : stormed the fort of Shekh Othmar : K.C.B., 1864 : died Nov. 25, 1885.
COKE, SIR JOHN (1806–1897)
Maj-General : son of the Rev. F. Coke : born 1806 : entered [E.I. Co.'s Service, 1823 : served in the loth Bengal N.I. : raised the 1st Panjab Infantry at Peshawar, 1849 : commanded it till 1858 : in the Indian mutiny was in 14 engagements, including the siege of Delhi : Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1879 : died Dec. 18, 1897 : K.C.B.
COLE, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1770–1836)
Captain, R.N. : son of Humphrey Cole: born June 10, 1770: entered the Navy, 1780 : went to India, 1789, under Commodore William Cornwallis, and again in 1804 in the Culloden under Sir Edward Pellew : C. in C. in the E. Indies : took Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia, via Bushire, 1808 : relieved the garrison of Amboyna, 1810 : captured Neira, the principal of the Banda islands : thanked by the Governor-General of India : served on the Malabar coast, 1811, and against Java : D.C.L. of Oxford : knighted, 1812 : K.C.B., 1815 : M.P. for Glamorganshire, 1817–30 : died Aug. 24, 1836.
COLEBROOKE, HENRY THOMAS (1765–1837)
Son of Sir George Colebrooke, Bart., Chairman of the E.I. Co.'s Directors in