COXE, Rev. Henry Octavius (8 son of Rev. Richard Coxe, V. of Bucklebury, Berkshire). b. Bucklebury 20 Sep. 1811; ed. at Westminster and Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; entered manuscript department of British Museum, May 1833; C. of Culham 1839–48, of Tubney 1848–55 both near Oxford; sub-librarian of Bodleian library 16 Nov. 1838, librarian 6 Nov. 1860 to death, catalogue of 723 folio volumes was compiled 1859–80; select preacher to Univ. of Ox. 1842; Whitehall preacher 1868; chaplain of C.C. coll. Ox. 1847–74; lecturer at St. Martin’s, Carfax, Oxford 1852–59; C. of Wytham, Berks. 1861–68; R. of Wytham 1868 to death; presided at annual meeting of Library Association at Oxford 1 to 3 Oct. 1878, pres. of Association 25 Sep. 1879 to death; published Forms of bidding prayer 1840; Rogeri de Wendover Chronica 5 vols. (English Hist. Soc.) 1841–4; The Black Prince, an historical poem written in French by Chandos Herald (Roxburghe club) 1842; Report on the Greek manuscripts yet remaining in libraries of the Levant 1858. d. St. Giles’s road, Oxford 8 July 1881. bur. at Wytham 12 July.
COXE, Sir James (4 son of Robert Coxe of Georgie, Midlothian). b. Georgie 1811; ed. at Gottingen, Heidelberg, Paris and Univ. of Edin., M.D. Edin. 1835; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1835; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1837; wrote Report on management of the insane in Scotland 1855; paid comr. in lunacy for Scotland 23 Sep. 1857 to death, wrote first fifteen reports of the Commissioners; knighted by patent 10 Aug. 1863; F.R.S. Edin. d. Folkestone on returning from Paris 9 May 1878. Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. x, 15 (1880).
COXE, Ven. Richard Charles (brother of Rev. Henry Octavius Coxe 1811–81). Ed. at Reading gr. sch.; matric. from Worcester coll. Ox. 29 Nov. 1817 aged 17, scholar 1818, B. A. 1821, M.A. 1824; fellow of his coll. 1823–26; Inc. of Abp. Tenison’s chapel, Regent St. London 1829–41; V. of Newcastle 1841–53; hon. canon of Durham 1843–58; archdeacon of Lindisfarne, March 1853 to death; V. of Eglingham, Northumberland, March 1853 to death; canon of Durham, Dec. 1857 to death; author of Lectures on the evidence from miracles 1832; The Mercy at Marsdon rocks 1844; Poems scriptural, classical and miscellaneous 1845; Leda Tanah the martyr’s child, Derwent Bank 1851. d. Eglingham vicarage 25 Aug. 1865.
COXETER, Elizabeth. b. Witney, Oxon. 1 Feb. 1775. d. Newbury, Berkshire 27 Nov. 1876 nearly 102 years of age. Notes and Queries 5 S. iii, 144 (1875), vi, 460 (1876).
COYNE, Frederick. Comic singer at principal music halls in London and the provinces 1867 to death; wrote the music to Tuner’s Oppertuner-ty, a song 1879. d. 8 Huntingdon st. Kingsland road, London 23 Feb. 1886 aged 39. bur. Abney park cemetery 27 Feb. Entr’acte 6 March 1886 p. 9, portrait.
COYNE, Joseph Stirling (son of Denis Coyne, port surveyor of Waterford). b. Birr, King’s county 1803; his first farce called The Phrenologist was produced at T.R. Dublin, June 1835; came to London 1836 where his farce The queer subject was produced at Adelphi theatre, Nov. 1836; author of upwards of 55 dramas, burlesques and farces produced chiefly at Adelphi and Haymarket theatres; his drama called Everybody’s Friend was brought out at the Haymarket 2 April 1859 it was reproduced at St. James’s 16 Oct. 1867 as The Widow Hunt; contributed to the first number of Punch 17 July 1841; secretary to Dramatic authors’ society 1856 to death; dramatic critic on Sunday Times newspaper; author of Scenery and antiquities of Ireland 2 vols. 1842; Pippins and pies, or sketches out of school 1855; Sam Spangle or the history of a harlequin 1866. d. 61 Talbot road, Westbourne park, London 18 July 1868.
CRABB, George. b. Palgrave, Suffolk 8 Dec. 1778; classical master at Thorp-Arch school, Yorkshire; studied German at Bremen 1801–6; gentleman commoner at Magd. hall, Ox. 1814, B.A. 1821, M.A. 1822; barrister I.T. 3 July 1829; author of English synonyms explained, in alphabetical order 1816, 7 ed. 1844 after which the book was stereotyped; Universal technological dictionary 2 vols. 1823; Universal historical dictionary 2 vols. 1825; History of the English law 1829; Precedents in conveyancing 2 vols. 1835, 5 ed. 1859; Digest and index of all the statutes at large 4 vols. 1841–7; Law of real property 2 vols. 1846. d. Hammersmith 4 Dec. 1851.
CRABB, Rev. James (3 son of James Crabb of Wilton, Wiltshire, cloth manufacturer). b. Wilton 13 April 1774; joined the Wesleyans, Feb. 1791; kept a school at Romsey, and at Spring hill, Southampton; minister of Zion chapel, Lansdowne hill, Southampton, opened 9 June 1824; founded infant day schools at Kingsland Place, Southampton, the earliest in England; was popularly known as the Gipsy’s friend and was the missionary referred to in Rev. Legh Richmond’s Dairyman’s Daughter as having first brought her to a sense of religion; author of The Gipsies Advocate 1831, 3 ed. 1832; An address to Irvingites in which their heresy, modes of worship, etc. are set forth 1836. d. Springhill house, Southampton 17 Sep. 1851. Memoir of Rev. James Crabb by John Rudall 1854, portrait; G.M. xxxvi, 659–60 (1851).
CRABBE, Eyre John. Ensign 74 foot 11 June 1807, lieut.-col. 6 Nov. 1841 to 1 May 1846 when placed on retired full pay; col. in the army 28 Nov. 1854; K.H. 1837. d. Highfield, Southampton 19 March 1859 aged 68.
CRABBE, Rev. George (eld. son of George Crabbe the poet 1754–1832). b. Stathern, Leics. 16 Nov. 1785; ed. at Ipswich gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1807; C. of Pucklechurch, Gloucs. 1817–34; V. of Bredfield and Pettistree, Suffolk 1834 to death; author of Life of George Crabbe 1838; Outlines of a system of natural theology 1840. d. Bredfield vicarage 16 Sep. 1857.