Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (bap. 1648 – 8 June 1701) was an English philanthropist who was the benefactor of Worcester College, Oxford and Bromsgrove...
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Thomas Cookes may refer to: Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701), English philanthropist Thomas Cookes (MP) (1804–1900), English politician This...
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England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms...
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Sir Thomas Winford, 1st Baronet (died 1702) Sir Thomas Cookes Winford, 2nd Baronet (1673–1744) Leigh Rayment's list of baronets 'Parishes: Astley', Victoria...
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Cookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Thomas Cookes (MP) (1804–1900), British politician Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (bap....
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his death in 1701. Sir William Cookes, 1st Baronet (c. 1618 – c. 1672) Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1649–1701) Leigh Rayment's list of baronets...
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Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – January 1708), of Broome Hall in Norfolk, was a member of the East Anglian gentry and a Tory Member of Parliament...
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Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet (1 May 1808 – 4 May 1886) was a prominent English Catholic. Born at Croston Hall near Chorley, Lancashire on 1 May...
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by Francis Hiorne of 1777 contains an impressive monument to Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet, the benefactor of Worcester College, Oxford, as well as several...
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mathematical instrument company Thomas Coke (disambiguation) Thomas Cook (disambiguation) Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet Thomas Cook (1808–1892), travel entrepreneur...
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Robert Peel (redirect from Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
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school between 1548 and 1553. The 1693 financial endowment of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove Court in Worcestershire, produced the...
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Sir Thomas Hare, 2nd Baronet (c. 1658 – 1 January 1693), was a member of the East Anglian gentry and a Member of the Parliament of England. He was the...
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Arthur Haselrig (redirect from Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet)
Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet (1601 – 7 January 1661) was an English politician. A major critic of Charles I of England during the period of Personal...
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3rd Baronet of Lohort Castle and the former Catherine Dering (daughter of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet). His maternal grandparents were Sir Philip...
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Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS, FSA (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known...
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Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet GCB (24 December 1802 – 20 November 1880) was a British jurist and politician who served as the Lord...
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Joseph Banks (redirect from Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet)
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural...
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Portugal. Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet, 1st Viscount of Monserrate (28 January 1817 – 17 February 1901). Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd Baronet, 2nd Viscount...
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parliamentary candidacies of William Bromley in 1705 and Sir Thomas Cookes Winford, 2nd Baronet (another son-in-law) in 1707, and it was estimated that...
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Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Baronet (9 May 1849 – 19 April 1924) was a British baronet and soldier. Born Thomas George Hesketh, he was the second...
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Woodroffe received a royal grant for the project. Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet, a Worcestershire baronet, decided in July 1697 to spend £10,000 as an endowment...
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Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet (24 February 1665/66 – 7 January 1748) was an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between...
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of Sir Richard Wortley and sister of Sir Francis Wortley, 1st Baronet. At the time of their wedding, she had been thrice widowed, first from Sir Henry...
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Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (redirect from Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet)
GCB PC FRS (27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician...
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Earl of Egmont (redirect from Perceval baronets)
Egmont by James Cook. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet (1629–1665) – created 9 September 1661. Sir Philip Perceval, 2nd Baronet (1656–1680) Sir John Perceval...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton Brigadier Matthew Fraser Pierson CB, Royal Marines General Sir Henry Pigot Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet Major-General...
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Sir John Monson, 2nd Baronet (1599 – December 1683) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625 and 1626. Monson was...
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daughter of Thomas Lutwyche of Lutwyche Hall, Shropshire in April 1731 and, on his marriage, his uncle, Sir Thomas Cookes Winford, 2nd Baronet MP, gave him...
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William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon (redirect from Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet)
Selsdon KBE PC (15 April 1877 – 24 December 1938), known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a Scottish politician who served...
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