Cooke, Ronald Campbell, son of Campbell Cooke, of Putney, by Katherine Ursula, daughter of Percy Gordon-Smith, of Putney; b. July 28, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (R); non-resident K.S. 1908; left July 1911; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1915; served with the Red Cross in Belgium Aug.-Oct. 1914; temp. Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 11, 1916, in France and Flanders 1916-20; mentioned in despatches twice; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; D.S.O. April 2, 1919; practised at Petersfield, Hants; m. April 5, 1921, Muriel Agnes, daughter of Cuthbert Raymond, of Worcester.
COOKES, DEAN, son of Edward Cookes, Westminster, and Catherine --- (IGI); bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 13 Feb 1724/5; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1738 (Durand's); KS 1740.
COOKES, THOMAS, son of Henry Cookes, Leytonstone, Essex, and Jane, dau. of Robert Magraith, Loughlougher Castle, co. Tipperary; b. 2 Apr 1735; adm. Jun 1749 (Porten's); in school list 1752 (as Cooke); Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1754; ordained deacon 1776 (Canterbury) to curacy Swalecliffe, Kent, priest 1777 (lit. dim. from Caterbury); Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs.; m. 14 Feb 1765 Anne, only dau. of John Denham, Welling, Kent; d. 1 Dec 1809.
Cooksey, Sir David James Scott, son of Frank Sebastian Cooksey CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician, and Muriel Mary Scott, d. of James Scott, mining engineer; b. 14 May 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left Dec. 1958; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1982; man. dir. Formica International, 1966-71; man. dir. Intercobra Ltd. 1971-80; chief exec., chmn., Advent Venture Partners LLP 1981-2006; chmn. British Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 1983-4, Audit Commission for England & Wales 1986-95, Local Govt. Commission 1995-6, Mary Rose Trust 1996-2001, Diamond Light Source 2002-8, European Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 2005-06, London & Continental Railways Ltd. 2006-11, Bechtel Ltd. 2008-, The Francis Crick Inst. 2009-, UK Financial Investments Ltd. 2009-12, Aegate Ltd. 2010-; governor Wellcome Trust 1995-2005; non-exec. dir. Bank of England 1994-2005; non-exec. chmn. of the directors, Bank of England 2001-5; chmn. State Honours Committee 2005-10; Hon. Life Pres., British Venture Capital and Private Equity Assn. 2012; Kt. June 1993; GBE June 2007; Hon. Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1996; Hon. DBA Kingston Univ. 1996; Hon. DSc Southampton 2008, UCL 2011; Hon. Fellow Univ. of Wales, Cardiff 1998, Imp. Coll. Lond. 2007, KCL 2012; Hon. FMedSci 2004, BAAS 2004; Pro Chancellor, Univ. of Southampton 2008-13; Bioscience 2015 report on proposals for UK Life Sciences Industry 2003; Cooksey Review of Healthcare Research Funding 2006; m. 1st, 30 May 1973 (div. 2003) Janet Clouston Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh Cooksey OBE PhD, charity fund raiser, art historian and picture restorer, widow of Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh, and d. of Ian Aysgarth Bewley Cathie MD MRCP, med. practitioner; 2nd, 14 Jan. 2011 Mary Ann Phyllis Julie Drabble, chief exec., hospitality industry; d. 28 Jan. 2024.
COOKSON, JOHN, son of William Cookson, Leeds, Yorks., and ---, dau. of Michael Idle, Leeds; b. 24 May 1706; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1718; in under school list 1720; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1722/3; adm. Middle Temple 24 Jan 1721/2, called to bar 16 May 1729, Bencher 11 Nov 1757, Reader 1767; a Commissioner of the Hackney Coach Office from 25 May 1732; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1758 to death); d. 1 Feb 1783.
Cookson, William George, son of George Heinrich Frederick Cookson, HM Inspector of Schools, of Elstead, Surrey, and Rachel Vera, d. of Ven. William Pelham-Burn, Archdeacon of Norfolk and Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich; b. 8 May 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (W); left July 1957; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1960, BA 1963, MA; a poetry publisher, founder and editor Agenda magazine; author of A Guide to the Cantos of Ezra Pound 1985, and two volumes of poetry, Spell 1986, Vestiges 1987; m. 20 July 1985 Margaret Elizabeth, d. of George Henry Craddock, co. sec.; d. 2 Jan. 2003.
COOMBE, THOMAS, younger son of Rev. Thomas Coombe DD, Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, and Prebendary of Canterbury, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Chassereau, Marylebone; b. 11 Nov 1796; adm. 9 Apr 1806; left 1810; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1815; migr. to Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Nov 1818, matr. Lent 1819; BA 1821; MA 1824; ordained deacon (Ely) 15 Apr 1821, priest 1822 (lit. dim. from Canterbury) to curacy of Frittenden, Kent; Rector of Girton, Cambs., 1846-8; m. 8 Dec 1818 Anna Maria, dau. of Melchior Henry Wagner, Pall Mall, London, hatter to George III; d. 7 Jan 1876.
COOPE, ---; b.; in school list 1771; left Aug 1771.
COOPER (formerly COWPER), GEORGE, brother of Henry Cholwell Cooper (qv); b. 22 Dec 1813; adm. 15 Jan 1821; emigrated with his brother to Canada in 1832; farmed in Ontario; d. in Huron County, Ontario, Canada, 26 Feb 1835.
COOPER (formerly COWPER), HENRY CHOLWELL, natural son of Sir Horace David Cholwell St. Paul, Bart., and Henrietta Campbell, dau. of Rev. George Cupples, Swinton, Berwickshire, minister; b. 20 Aug 1806; adm. 30 Mar 1814; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge; BA 1828; ordained deacon (Oxford ?) 6 Jun 1830, priest (Toronto) 23 Oct 1841; Curate, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, 1830; emigrated with his brother George to Huron County, Ontario, Canada, 1832; farmed and did clerical duty at St. Paul’s, Clinton, Ontario, 1832-40; SPG missionary, Devonshire Settlement, Ontario, 1840-9; Rector of St. Philip’s, Weston, Ontario, 1849-53; Rector of St. George’s, Islington, Ontario, from 1849, also of Christ Church, Nimico, Ontario, from 1849; m. Susan ---; d. at Islington, Ontario, Canada 10 Sep 1877.