Đinh Nho Côn

18th century · military commander · 8th generation

Sixth and last son of Đinh Nho Công, half-brother of Đinh Nho Hoàn. First at the regional examination according to ĐTA 2023 (the HYPT does not say so), he was magistrate of La Sơn, then commander of troops; he bore the title of Tổng binh Đồng tri, Marquis of Hương Nghĩa (Hướng Nghĩa in the HYPT ⚠︎, D-T24). The HYPT relates that, when revising the register of the men of his canton, he had the number of conscripts reduced by more than thirty.

He settled at Thanh Chương (Nghệ An), where his descendants form the Thanh Liên branch; his great-grandson is the poet Đinh Nhật Thận. He is honoured as a phúc thần at the Gôi Vị temple.