COSTELLO, Dudley (only son of James Francis Costello, captain 14 foot). b. Sussex 1803; ensign 34 foot 1821–23 when placed on h.p.; ensign 96 foot 1824–28 when placed on h.p.; served on the staff in North America and West Indies; contributed to many periodicals 1835 to death; foreign correspondent of Morning Herald 1838, of Daily News 1846; connected with the Examiner 1845 to death; granted civil list pension of £75 a year 19 April 1861; author of A tour through the valley of the Meuse 1845; Stories from a screen 1855; The joint-stock bank 1856; The millionaire of Mincing lane 1858; Faint heart never won fair lady 1859; Piedmont and Italy from the Alps to the Tiber 2 vols. 1859–61; Holidays with Hobgoblins 1861. d. 54 Acacia road, St. John’s Wood, London 30 Sep. 1865. Bentley’s Miscellany lviii, 543–50 (1865); The Examiner 7 Oct. 1865 p. 637.
COSTELLO, Louisa Stuart (only sister of the preceding). b. 1799; a miniature painter in Paris and London; copied many curious illuminated MSS. in Paris and London; granted civil list pension of £75, 9 Aug. 1852; lived at Boulogne 1865 to death; author of The maid of the Cyprus Isle and other poems 1815; Songs of a stranger 1825; A summer among the Bocages and the vines 1840; Memoirs of eminent Englishwomen 1844; The falls, lakes and mountains of North Wales 1845; The lay of the stork, a poem 1856 and 12 other books. d. of cancer in the mouth, at Boulogne 24 April 1870.
COSTELLO, William Birmingham. b. Dublin 1800; a surgeon in London about 1832; proprietor of Wyke house asylum, Sion hill, Brentford; edited Cyclopædia of practical surgery 12 parts 1841–3. d. Paris 15 Aug. 1867.
COTES, John. b. 17 July 1799; sheriff of Shropshire 1826; M.P. for North Shropshire 21 Dec. 1832 to 29 Dec. 1834. d. Woodcote hall, Newport, Shropshire 10 Jany. 1874.
COTHER, Charles. Ensign 71 foot, Feb. 1800, lieut. col. 13 Oct. 1814; lieut. col. 83 foot 24 Oct. 1816 to 25 Dec. 1818 when placed on h.p.; retired 3 Dec. 1829; C.B. 8 Dec. 1815. d. York buildings, Gloucester 24 Jany. 1855.
COTMAN, Joseph John (2 son of John Sell Cotman, landscape painter 1782–1842). b. 1814; a drawing master at Norwich 1836; an artist of much original power; produced a large number of good drawings; underwent an operation for cancer of the tongue, Feb. 1878. d. Norfolk and Norwich hospital, Norwich 15 March 1878.
COTMAN, Miles Edmund (brother of the preceding). b. 5 Jany. 1810; drawing master at Norwich to 1836; assistant drawing master at King’s college, London 1836, drawing master 1843; painted and taught at North Walsham latterly; exhibited 4 landscapes at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 19 at Society of British Artists 1835–56; published Eleven original etchings, Norwich 1846. d. Norfolk and Norwich hospital, Norwich 23 Jany. 1858.
COTON, William. Pyrotechnic artist at 4 Elizabeth place, Westminster bridge, London; supplied the fireworks for Vauxhall gardens; killed by an explosion of fireworks at his factory 6 March 1854, his widow was killed by an explosion at same place 12 July 1858. Annual Register (1854) 40, (1858) 120–2.
COTTENHAM, Charles Christopher Pepys, 1 Earl of (2 son of Sir Wm. Weller Pepys, 1 baronet 1740–1825, master in chancery). b. Wimpole st. London 29 April 1781; ed. at Harrow and Trin. coll. Cam., LL.B. 1803; barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1804; practised in court of chancery; K.C. 24 Aug. 1826; solicitor general to Queen Adelaide, Nov. 1830; M.P. for Higham Ferrers 14 July 1831 to Sep. 1831, for Malton 30 Sep. 1831 to Jany. 1836; solicitor general 22 Feb. 1834; knighted at St. James’s Palace 26 Feb. 1834; Master of the Rolls 29 Sep. 1834; P.C. 1 Oct. 1834; first comr. of the Great Seal 23 April 1835; lord chancellor 16 Jany. 1836 to 3 Sep. 1841 and 6 July 1846 to 19 June 1850 when he resigned; created Baron Cottenham of Cottenham, co. Cambridge 20 Jany. 1836; succeeded his brother as 3 baronet 5 Oct. 1845 and his cousin Rev. Sir H. L. Pepys as 4 baronet 9 Dec. 1849; created Viscount Crowhurst and Earl of Cottenham 11 June 1850; the act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 96 whereby trustees are authorised to pay trust moneys into court is known as Lord Cottenham’s act. d. Pietra Santa, Duchy of Lucca 29 April 1851. bur. Totteridge, Herts. Doyle’s Official baronage i, 464 (1886), portrait; Law Mag. xlvi, 280–8 (1851); Law Review xiv, 353–9 (1851); Law mag. and law review xxvii, 264–72 (1869); Lord Cottenham’s Earldom, 2 ed. 1850.
COTTER, George Sackville. Second lieut. Madras artillery 15 June 1827, lieut. col. 1 Sep. 1860 to 15 Nov. 1861 when he retired; commanded at siege and capture of Lucknow, July 1857 to March 1858; C.B. 1 March 1861. d. 25 June 1878.