CONINGTON, John (brother of the preceding). b. Boston 10 Aug. 1825; ed. at Beverley gr. sch., Rugby and Magd. coll. Ox., demy, June 1843; Hertford and Ireland scholar 1844; scholar of Univ. coll. March 1846, fellow May 1847 to 1855; sec. of Union Society 1845, pres. 1846, librarian 1847; B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850; Eldon law scholar for 6 months 1849; student at L.I. June 1849 but not called to bar; contributed to Morning Chronicle 1849–50; Corpus professor of Latin in Univ. of Ox. June 1854 to death; published The Agamemnon of Æschylus translated into English verse 1848; On the academical study of Latin 1855; The works of Virgil with a commentary 3 vols. 1858–70; The odes and carmen seculare of Horace translated into English verse 1863, 4 ed. 1870; The Æneid of Virgil translated into English verse 1866, 3 ed. 1870. d. Boston 23 Oct. 1869. bur. Fishtoft churchyard 26 Oct. Miscellaneous writings of John Conington edited by J. A. Symonds with a memoir by H. J. S. Smith 2 vols. 1872; Memoirs of Mark Pattison (1885) 245–52.
CONNELL, Arthur (eld. son of Sir John Connell, judge of the admiralty court of Scotland). b. Edinburgh 30 Nov. 1794; ed. at High sch. and Univ. of Edin.; Snell exhibitioner at Univ. of Glasgow; matric. from Balliol coll. Ox. 20 March 1812; passed advocate at Scotch bar 1817 but never practised; professor of chemistry in Univ. of St. Andrews 1840–56; F.R.S. Edin. 1829, F.R.S. 1855; established several new mineral species; author of A treatise on the election laws in Scotland 1827, many papers in Trans. of Royal Soc. of Edin. and in Edin. Philos. Journal. d. St. Andrew’s, Fife 31 Oct. 1863.
CONNELLAN, Owen. b. co. Sligo 1800; employed as a scribe in Royal Irish academy more than 20 years; Irish historiographer to George iv and William iv 1821–37; professor of Irish in Queen’s college, Cork 1849 to death; author of The gospel according to St. John, in Irish with an English translation 1830; A Dissertation on Irish grammar 1834; The annals of Ireland translated from the original Irish of the Four Masters 1846; The proceedings of the Great Bardic Institution 1854 being vol. 5 of Transactions of Ossianic Society. d. Dublin 1869.
CONNELLAN, Thaddeus. Author of The two first books of the Pentateuch, the types cut from Irish MSS. 1820; The Irish-English guide to the Irish language 1824; The King’s Letter translated into Irish 1825; The Irish-English spelling book 1825; The Irish-English primer 1825; Easy lessons on money matters, commerce, trade, wages etc. 1835; Psalma Daibi 1836; The Gospel of St. Matthew in Irish 1840; The Acts of the Apostles in Irish 1840. d. Sligo 25 July 1854.
CONNOLLY, William Hallett. Second lieut. R.M. 8 May 1795, lieut.-col. 16 April 1832, col. commandant of Woolwich division 10 July 1837 to 1842 when he retired on full pay; general 20 June 1855. d. King’s terrace, Southsea 20 June 1861 aged 79.
CONNOP, Richard. Ensign 93 foot 30 Dec. 1813, captain 25 Sep. 1817 to 19 Sep. 1826 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 31 March 1866. d. Dawlish 5 Feb. 1867 aged 75.
CONNOR, Very Rev. George Henry (eld. son of George Connor, master in chancery in Ireland). b. 21 Dec. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845, M.A. 1851; M.A. at Ox. 1859; V. of Newport, Isle of Wight 1852–82; hon. chaplain to the Queen 11 Oct. 1872, chaplain in ord. 8 Feb. 1875, resident chaplain in ord. 2 Nov. 1882 to death; dean of Windsor 30 Oct. 1882, installed 10 Nov. 1882. d. The deanery, Windsor castle 1 May 1883. Church portrait journal i, 93 (1880), portrait; Graphic xxvi, 412 (1882), portrait.
CONNOR, Skeffington. b. Dublin 1810; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1828, LL.B. and LLD. 1845; called to Irish bar 1838; called to Canadian bar at Toronto 1842; bencher of Canadian law society 1850, Q.C. 1850; represented South Oxford in legislative assembly 1856–63; solicitor general for Upper Canada 1858; puisne judge of Court of Queen’s Bench, Upper Canada 1 Feb. 1863. d. Toronto 29 April 1863.
CONOLLY, Henry Valentine (son of Valentine Conolly of 37 Portland place, London, who d. 2 Dec. 1819). b. 5 Dec. 1806; ed. at Rugby; a writer in Madras civil service 19 May 1824; collector and magistrate in Malabar 1841 to death; murdered by some Mopla fanatics in his house at Calicut 11 Sep. 1855; there is a monument to him in the cathedral Madras, and a scholarship was founded in his memory at the Madras University.
CONOLLY, James. b. 19 Feb. 1818; cornet 5 dragoon guards 17 June 1836; deputy adjutant general Canada 6 Dec. 1861 to 20 May 1865; assistant quartermaster general at Aldershot 7 Nov. 1867 to 31 Aug. 1869; military attaché at Vienna 1869–71, at Paris 5 April 1871 to 30 Dec. 1880; L.G. 26 Dec. 1880; placed on retired list with hon. rank of general 19 Feb. 1885; C.B. 29 May 1875. d. Wiesbaden 22 June 1885.