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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
There have been three
baronetcies
created for persons with the surname
Cooke
, two in the
Baronetage of England
and one in the
Baronetage of Ireland
. One creation is extant as of 2013.
The
Cooke Baronetcy
, of Wheatley Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 May 1661 for George Cooke, in recognition of his father's services during the
Civil War
and with remainder to his younger brother Henry, who succeeded as second Baronet in 1683. The third Baronet sat as
Member of Parliament
for
Aldborough
. The fourth Baronet represented
East Retford
in the
House of Commons
. The fifth Baronet was
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
in 1739. The ninth Baronet was a
Deputy Lieutenant
of
Yorkshire
. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1903 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the
West Riding of Yorkshire
.
The ancestral seat of the Cooke family was Wheatley Hall,
Doncaster
,
Yorkshire
. Much of the original estate was purchased by the Cooke family in the early seventeenth century from the
Levett
family of High Melton and John Levett of
York
(described as 'Doctor John Levett'), a well-known York barrister.
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The
Cooke Baronetcy
, "of
Brome Hall
in the County of Norfolk", was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1663 for William Cooke. The father of the 1st Baronet was seated at the manor of
Linstead
in Suffolk, held by his family since the 15th century, and acquired Broome by marriage in 1603.
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The 1st Baronet married twice, firstly to Mary Astley, a daughter of Thomas Astley of Melton Constable in Norfolk, by whom he had his only son and heir the 2nd Baronet; secondly he married (as her second husband) Mary Greenwood (d.1686) (whose inscribed ledger stone survives in Broome Church
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) a daughter of William Greenwood of Burgh Castle in Suffolk and widow of William Stewart of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
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The 2nd Baronet, a Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth and later for the county seat of Norfolk, married his step-sister Jane Stewart (d.1698) but died without issue in 1708 when the baronetcy became extinct.
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He was obliged to sell Broome Hall and died at Mendham in Suffolk.
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The
Cooke Baronetcy
, of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 28 December 1741 for
Samuel Cooke
. The title became extinct on his death in 1758.
Cooke baronets, of Wheatley Hall (1661)
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- Sir George Cooke, 1st Baronet
(1628?1683)
- Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet
(1633?1689)
- Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet
(1662?1732)
- Sir Bryan Cooke, 4th Baronet
(1684?1734)
- Sir George Cooke, 5th Baronet (1714?1756)
- Sir Bryan Cooke, 6th Baronet (1717?1766)
- Sir George Cooke, 7th Baronet (
c.
1745
?1823)
- Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782?1851)
- Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827?1894)
- Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet
(1872?1964)
- Sir Charles Arthur John Cooke, 11th Baronet (1905?1978)
- Sir David William Perceval Cooke, 12th Baronet
(1935?2017)
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- Sir Anthony Edmund Cooke-Yarborough, 13th Baronet
(b 1956), the twelfth Baronet's 7th cousin, a descendant of the 3rd Baronet
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The
heir apparent
to the Baronetcy is the present holder's son, George Edmund Cooke-Yarborough (b 1991).
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Cooke baronets, of Broome Hall (1663)
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Cooke baronets, of Dublin (1741)
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Notes
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"Cooke of Wheatley Muniments"
.
The National Archives
. Archived from
the original
on 11 October 2012
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
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Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.224
- ^
COOK, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1630-1708), of Broome Hall, Norf. and Mendham, Suff. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
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See image
File:St Michael's church - C17 ledger slab - geograph.org.uk - 1406578.jpg
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Per ledger stone of Mary Greenwood in Broome Church, see image
File:St Michael's church - C17 ledger slab - geograph.org.uk - 1406578.jpg
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Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Bernard (1841).
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland
. Scott, Webster, and Geary.
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History of Parliament biography
- ^
"Col. Sir David William Perceval Cooke's Obituary"
.
The Times
. 16 May 2017
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
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R., Richard (15 January 2013).
"COOKE-YARBOROUGH, Edmund (Ted) Harry (1918-2013)"
.
Google Groups
. The Telegraph
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
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R., Richard (16 May 2017).
"COOKE, Col Sir David william Perceval 12th Bt (1935-2017)"
.
Google Groups
. The Telegraph
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
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