COLES

Cowper Phipps ( 3 son of Rev. John Coles 1787–1865, R. of Silchester, Hants. ) b. 9 July 1819; entered navy 15 Dec. 1831; captain on h.p. 27 Feb. 1856; C.B. 23 March 1867; carried out an elaborate series of experiments on the methods of applying armour to ve els and mounting guns, the ship ‘Captain’ was built from drawings by Coles and Me rs. Laird 1866–70; author of Our national defences 1861, 4 ed. 1862. ( m. 11 March 1856 Emily 3 dau. of Henry S. Pearson, she was granted civil list pension of £150, 11 Feb. 1871, and d. 11 Jany. 1876). drowned in the Captain, off Cape Finisterre 7 Sep. 1870 when nearly all the crew perished. Journal of Royal United Service Instit. iv , 280, vii , 110, xi , 434; I.L.N. xl , 399 (1862), lvii , 307, 329, (1870), portrait . COLES, Henry Beaumont . b. London 1794; barrister G.I. 30 Jany. 1837; M.P. for And over 29 July 1847 to 20 March 1857. d. Portman sq. London 23 Nov. 1862.