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R. George Cowley was the son of Archdeacon Abraham Cowley of the Red River Settlement and was a clerk in the Hudson's Bay Company.

John Joseph Cowley was a resident of London, Canada West, who travelled to New York, Panama and San Francisco before arriving in B.C. in 1862.

Charles Ross was born in Invernesshire, Scotland in 1794, the son of Sir Charles Ross and his wife Christina Munro. Ross served as a chief trader for the Hudson's Bay Company, a company that he joined in 1818 as a clerk. He married his wife, Isabella Mainville, in 1822 "according to the customs of the country." In 1838, Ross and Mainville once again held a marriage ceremony, this time presided over by the Reverend Herbert Beaver at Fort Vancouver (Washington Territory). Ross died in 1844 of appendicitis.

Elizabeth Jane Hannah Munro was born in London in April of 1853. Her family relocated to Victoria four years later in 1857. Her father, Alexander Munro, engaged in various business pursuits retiring from his position as Hudson’s Bay Company Manager in 1890.

Elizabeth married Robert Patterson Rithet in 1875. R.P. was well known for his many contributions to the growth and development of Victoria’s business and political life. The family home, Hollybank House, garnered local acclaim for its stables, barns, tennis courts and rose garden. The home was built overlooking Beacon Hill Park and became a place of significant activities for the Victoria social, business and political scene.

The Rithets had three children, two sons and daughter. In 1908, they built a home for their daughter Gertrude next door to Hollybank, which is currently known as the Beaconsfield Inn. It was designed by architect Samuel Maclure and is a designated Heritage building in Victoria.

Elizabeth was well known in Victoria society, particularly not as the first owner of an electric car, purchased in 1910, which she drove for decades. She contributed significantly to local arts and culture, and donated artworks to the BC Archives.

Elizabeth lived in Hollybank until her death 10 days after her 99th birthday in April of 1952. She outlived her husband and three children.

A piece of the iron railing fence from Hollybank surrounds the James Douglas cherry tree at the Royal BC Museum. The BC Archives holds the Rithet Family fonds.

George Cowan was a traveller, land agent and rancher in Kamloops and 150 Mile House.

Peter Neve Cotton was one of Victoria's most distinguished architects. He designed many contemporary homes and business complexes, but was best known for his restoration and heritage architecture. Among the buildings he restored were Craigflower Manor, Craigflower School House, Emily Carr House, Point Ellice House, and St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral. He also refurbished the old post office in Duncan (now Duncan City Hall). Cotton was born in Merritt, B.C. on 13 March 1910. He spent his boyhood in New Westminster and attended local schools. He worked in the design departments of several large retail stores in Vancouver and in 1939 enlisted in the Canadian Army. He went overseas with the Seaforth Highlanders, then transferred to the British Army Intelligence Branch. He served with distinction in Egypt and Italy and was discharged with the rank of captain. At the end of the war, Cotton enrolled at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He graduated with a degree in architecture and was instrumental in the founding of UBC's faculty of architecture. He afterwards studied design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and art history at the University of Victoria. A keen historian, Cotton also devoted considerable time to independent research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, and various American institutes and academies. Prior to settling in Victoria in the late 1950's, Cotton and fellow architect, Alfred Staples, designed and manufactured furniture in Vancouver. Their modernistic pieces were marketed under the name "Perpetua." Cotton then joined the architectural staff of the provincial Department of Public Works and was involved with the rebuilding of Government House - an experience which sparked his interest in historical architecture. That interest was expressed not only in his heritage building projects, but also in his manuscript history of B.C.'s vice-regal mansions. In 1961 Cotton set up his own architectural practice, one of which he subsequently conducted from his own heritage home on Admiral's Road, Esquimalt. His practice grew substantially in the late 1960's, as public interest in historic buildings increased. Cotton's practice and reputation increased further in the 1970s, despite the fact that Cotton suffered from a circulatory disease. The disease cost him his right leg, which was amputated in 1977. The disease also contributed to his death on 31 December 1978.

Joel Cotter was a student in Victoria, B.C.

John Cossom was a researcher.

I. E. Cornwall was a naturalist and engineer at the William Head Quarantine Station from 1907 to 1936.

Clement Francis Cornwall was a farmer at Ashcroft, BC, a senator, Lieutenant-Governor of BC from 1881 to 1887 and a County Court judge from 1889 to 1906. He died in 1910.

Arthur Percival Proctor was a Vancouver physician and a Major in the Canadian Army Medical Corps.