Cook baronets

Summary

There have been two Cook Baronetcies. This first was created in the Baronetage of England in 1663 and went extinct in 1708. The second was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 19th century and is extant.

Cook baronets of Brome Hall (1663) edit

The Cook Baronetcy of Brome or Broome Hall was created on 29 June 1663 for Sir William Cook, 1st Baronet of Norfolk.[1]

  • Sir William Cook, 1st Baronet (c.1600 – 1681)
  • Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet (c.1630 – 1708), son of the former, succeeded 1681, died without issue 1708, on which the baronetcy went extinct.

Cook baronets of Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey (1886) edit

The Cook Baronetcy of Doughty House, in the parish of Richmond, in the County of Surrey was created on 10 March 1886 for Francis Cook.[2] He was also the first Visconde de Monserrate (Viscount of Monserrate) in the peerage of Portugal.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Richard Herbert Aster Maurice Cook (born 30 June 1959).

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Peerage @ leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "No. 25564". The London Gazette. 2 March 1886. pp. 1027–1028.

Sources edit

  • Leigh Rayment's list of baronets