• Cecil George Cooke (May 31, 1923 – May 1, 1983) was a sailor and Olympic champion from the Bahamas. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where...
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    Mildred Cecil, Baroness Burghley (née Cooke; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was an English noblewoman and translator. She was the wife of William Cecil, 1st Baron...
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  • Womack & Womack with her husband Cecil Womack. Linda Womack (née Cooke) is the eldest child of Barbara Campbell and Sam Cooke, born on April 25, 1953. Her...
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  • divorced in 1977. Cecil later married Linda Cooke, the daughter of Sam Cooke. This created an interesting family tree because Cecil's brother Bobby Womack...
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    born in May 1542, and in February 1543 Cecil's first wife died. On 21 December 1546 he married Mildred Cooke, who was ranked by Ascham with Lady Jane...
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  • reporter in their 40-year history. In 1929, she married Jamaican-born Cecil Cooke – a graduate of Columbia University, who was the world's fastest quarter-miler...
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    of William Cecil, later created 1st Baron Burghley, the leading member of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council, by his second wife, Mildred Cooke, a woman noted...
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    Cecil Harmsworth King (20 February 1901 – 17 April 1987) was Chairman of Daily Mirror Newspapers, Sunday Pictorial Newspapers, and the International Publishing...
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  • of Aborigines for the Northern Territory Richard Cecil Cook (1902–1977), Australian judge Cecil Cooke (1923–1983), Bahamian sailor Cook (surname) This...
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  • Alam Field hockey Men's team 1964 Tokyo  Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke Sailing Star 1968 Mexico City  East Germany (GDR) Christoph Höhne Athletics...
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  • S.C. Man, released in 1986, included songs which Sam Cooke had started to write and which Cecil and Linda completed, along with a cover of the Beatles'...
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  • other singers backing him. The following year, Cecil Womack, now married to Linda Cooke, Sam Cooke's daughter and Bobby's former stepdaughter, began...
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    provocateur. Cecil (created Earl of Salisbury in 1605) was the younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley by his second wife, Mildred Cooke, eldest daughter...
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    Panel, whose members were: Gerald Barry, Director-General, Chairman Cecil Cooke, Director, Exhibitions, Deputy Chairman Misha Black G. A. Campbell, Director...
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    Robert Halperin 1964 Tokyo details - Open  Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke  United States (USA) Richard Stearns Lynn Williams  Sweden (SWE) Pelle...
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  • country got its first Olympic medals in sailing with Durward Knowles and Cecil Cooke. Numerous regattas take place throughout the Bahamian Islands, with the...
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    the Cecil family descends from Sir Robert Cecil, the son of the prominent statesman the 1st Baron Burghley, from his second marriage, to Mildred Cooke. His...
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  • Melges William Bentsen 1964: Star details  Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke  United States (USA) Richard Stearns Lynn Williams  Sweden (SWE) Pelle...
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    Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil, KG, KCVO, PC, DL (born 30 September 1946) is a British Conservative...
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    pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Davies, Simon Eisner, Jordan Park, Arthur Cooke, Paul Dennis...
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  • in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, together with Cecil Cooke. He won the bronze medal in the same class at the 1956 Summer Olympics...
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  •  Argentina Maryke Martinus Visser Thomas Owens  Australia Gem Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke  Bahamas Clementine V Harry Adler Luiz Ramos  Brazil Gyoshu II An Dandara...
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  • Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke  Bahamas Richard Stearns Lynn Williams  United States Pelle Pettersson Holger Sundström  Sweden...
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    Sloane Farrington 1956 Melbourne Sailing Star class  Gold Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke 1964 Tokyo Sailing Star class  Bronze Frank Rutherford 1992 Barcelona...
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  • guidebooks and maps. The Forty Plus Cycling Club was founded by Cecil Cooke in 1951. Cecil Cooke was an enthusiastic club cyclist who was President of the Hertfordshire...
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    Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke Sailing Star...
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    the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple...
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    Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS DL (/ˈɡæskɔɪn ˈsɪsəl/; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord...
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    Marquess of Exeter (category Cecil family)
    Peerage of England. His son from his second marriage to Mildred Cooke, Sir Robert Cecil, was created Earl of Salisbury in 1605 and is the ancestor of the...
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  • Robert Halperin 1964 Tokyo details - Open  Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke  United States (USA) Richard Stearns Lynn Williams  Sweden (SWE) Pelle...
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