Charles Wendell Colson was born October 16, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and while he was commonly named as one of the Watergate Seven, he was never charged with, or prosecuted, for any crime related to the Watergate break-in or its cover-up. After extensively investigating Colson's activities relating to Watergate, Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski attempted to make a deal with Colson in which Colson would agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge relating to Watergate, in exchange for which Jaworski agreed to recommend that he not be sentenced to prison. Colson felt doing so would be pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit. Instead, Colson counter-offered. Colson told Jaworski that he would agree to plead guilty to the crime of obstruction of justice, not in relation to Watergate, but in relation to the planning of the break-in at the office of Daniel Elsberg's psychiatrist. This was a crime of which Jaworski had no knowledge. Colson insisted also that Jaworski would not be constrained to recommend no prison time. At the sentencing, Judge Sirica sentenced Colson to the maximum prison term permitted under federal law.
Colson's later life has been spent working with his non-profit organization devoted to prison ministry called Prison Fellowship. Colson is also a public speaker and author. He is founder and chairman of the Wilberforce Forum, which is the "Christian worldview thinking, teaching, and advocacy arm of" Prison Fellowship, and includes Colson's daily radio broadcast, BreakPoint, now heard on a thousand outlets. The ministry conducts justice reform efforts through Justice Fellowship.
Colson has received fifteen honorary doctorates and in 1993 was awarded the Templeton Prize, the world's largest cash gift (over $1 million), which is given each year to the one person in the world who has done the most to advance the cause of religion. He donated this prize, as he does all speaking fees and royalties, to further the work of Prison Fellowship..

     Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson (April 1, 1879-May 18, 1901) was 22 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army during the South African War (Boer War) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy:
     On 18 May 1901 at Lambrechtfontein, South Africa, during a rearguard action in which Lieutenant Coulson rallied his men and saved the guns, a corporal who was the lieutenant's servant, had his horse shot. Lieutenant Coulson, seeing this, dismounted and took the man up on his own horse, but after a short distance the horse was wounded and both riders were brought to the ground. Lieutenant Coulson then told the corporal to get along with the wounded horse as best he could, while he, the lieutenant, would look after himself. He was, however, mortally wounded almost at once.
     His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of The Kings Own Scottish Borderers in Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England.

     Edward Colston (2 November 1636 – 11 October 1721) was a Bristol-born English merchant and philanthropist. Much of his wealth, although used often for generous purposes, was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves. He was born 2 November 1636 in Temple Street, Bristol, the eldest of at least eleven children. His parents were William Colston, a prosperous merchant and Sarah (née Batten). He was brought up in Bristol until the time of the English Civil War, when he probably lived for a while on his father's estate in Winterbourne, south Gloucestershire. The family then moved to London where Edward may have been a pupil at Christ's Hospital.
     Edward was apprenticed to the Mercers Company for eight years and by 1672 was shipping goods from London. He built up a lucrative business, trading with Spain, Portugal, Italy and Africa. In 1680, Colston became a member of the Royal African Company, which had held the monopoly in Britain on gold, ivory and slave trading since 1662.
     His parents had resettled in Bristol and in 1682 he made a loan to the Corporation, the following year becoming a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers and a burgess of the City. In 1684 he inherited his brother's mercantile business in Small Street, and was a partner in a sugar refinery in St. Peter's Churchyard; shipping sugar from St. Kitts. But he was never resident in Bristol, carrying on his London business from Mortlake in Surrey until he retired in 1708.
     He founded almshouses in King Street and on St. Michaels Hill, endowed Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school and helped found Colston's School, which opened in 1710 leaving an endowment to be managed by the Society of Merchant Venturers for its upkeep. He gave money to schools in Temple and other parts of Bristol, and to several churches and the cathedral. He was a strong Tory and high-churchman, and was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol in 1710 for just one parliament.
He died 11 October 1721 at his home in Mortlake. His body was carried back to Bristol and was buried at All Saints Church. His tomb was designed by James Gibbs.
     A statue, designed by John Cassidy, was erected in the centre of Bristol in 1895 commemorating Colston. He was widely viewed as an inspirational figure for the city, due to his donations of money to schools and other causes. His name permeates the city in such landmarks as Colston Tower, Colston Hall, Colston Hill, Colston Street, Colston Parade, Colston's Girls' School and Colston's School. He is also remembered, particularly in schools, by Colston's Day, on 13 November. He has become a controversial figure in Bristol these days. In the 1990s, public knowledge of his participation in the slave trade grew. Bristol band Massive Attack refused to play at Colston Hall, and his statue has been repeatedly defaced and vandalised most recently with trickles of deep red paint being poured at his feet.

     Colston is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Colston is on the northern edge of Glasgow, surrounded by the areas of Springburn and Milton and the town of Bishopbriggs to the north. The main road through Colston is the A803 (Springburn Road), which then becomes Kirkintilloch Road once past Colston to the north through Bishopbriggs. Colston High School closed in the early 1990s but much of the building remains and has been converted into laboratories which are used by Glasgow City Council. Most children in the Colston area now attend the re-built Springburn Academy. Stobhill Hospital is the nearest hospital. The nearest shopping centres are Springburn Shopping Centre and Bishopbriggs town centre. However there is a supermarket and several take-away shops within the Colston area.

1686 - Ralph Blankinship immigrated from England to Henrico County in southern Virginia. His sea passage was paid for by Richard Kennon, an English aristocrat and representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses. A typical passage cost about £30, about $3,500 today. Kennon was a wealthy merchant living at Bermuda Hundred located about 15 miles south of Richmond. Ralph Blankinship presumably became an indentured servant to Kennon for five years.

Martha Blankinship was granted 250 acres of land on July 9, 1724 by Hugh Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor at Williamsburgh, Virginia.

Fall of 1780. Record of a Colonel Coulson in command of a party of Tories, from the Pedee, carrying a small number of prominent Whigs as prisoners to the British at Cheraw. They were attacked by Captain Childs, from Montgomery, and subsequently dispersed.

William Lisle Blenkinsopp Coulson (1841-1913) served 32? years with the British Army. He served as a British emissary to Edinburgh (75 miles north of Haltwhistle). Not sure if he was an ambassador or a special counsel for the English government.

Greenhead Hotel has a Coulson Coat of Arms.

Local mine was named Byron after Mrs. Coulson, a daughter of Lord Byron. - http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Greenhead.htm