COOKE (or COCKE), THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS in 1564; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1566, Westminster Student 10 Jan 1566/7 - 1577; BA 26 Jan 1569/70; MA 1573; ordained; Vicar of Budworth, Cheshire, 1601.
COOKE, ANTHONY, eldest son of Sir Anthony Cooke KB, Gidea Hall, Essex, tutor to King Edward VI, and Anne, dau. of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Kt, Milton, Northants. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter); d. before 1576.
Cooke, Ernest Stenson, son of Sir Ernest George Stenson Cooke, of Snaresbrook, Essex, by May, daughter of Charles Edward Brooke; b. July 28, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left Dec. 1916; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1918; Motor Union Insurance Co. Ltd., Inspector 1921 : m. June 6, 1924, Dorothy Mabel, daughter of Eduardo Zerega, of South Kensington; d. Oct. 8, 1950.
Cooke, Gervase Spencer, son of Herbert Methold Cooke of Purley, Surrey, and Sibyl Courtenay, d. of Henry William Courtenay Reynell of East Sheen; b. 6 Feb. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (A); left Dec. 1925; Bank of England 1926-8; Agric. Mortgage Corpn 1929; RAF and RAF Regt 1942-6; m. 29 Aug. 1943 Doris Marian Rigby, d. of Montague Charles Gray of Bedford; d. Feb. 1987.
Cooke, Guy Proudfoot, only son of David Frederick Cooke, of Teddington, Middlesex, solicitor, by Alice, widow of Arthur Proudfoot; b. Feb. 27, 1894; adm. from Uppingham School April 29, 1909 (A); left Dec. 1910; entered his father's office in Jan. 1911 and was articled to him in March 1913; joined the R. N. V. R. March 1913, and as a leading seaman took part in the operations at Antwerp in Oct. 1914; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Nelson Batt.) Dec. 23, 1914; went out with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force March 2, 1915; killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, May 2nd, 1915; unm.
COOKE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1748 (Burges'); left 1751.
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.
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.