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Cookson, John, 1706-1783
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Dates of existence
1706-1783
History
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.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.