George Cooke (died 1768)
George Cooke (c.1705–1768) was an English barrister and politician.
Life
He was the son of Sir George Cooke, a barrister who became chief prothonotary in the
called to the bar in 1728.[1]
Cooke was in practice as a barrister until his father died, in 1740. He had the life appointment as chief prothonotary, from 1732, and also inherited the family estate, Harefield in Middlesex.[1][2]
In 1742 Cooke entered parliament, as member for
William Pitt the elder in the later 1750s. In the 1760s he opposed the Stamp Act 1765. He was still the member for Middlesex when he died on 5 June 1768.[1]
Family
Cooke married Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Twisden, 4th Baronet, in 1735; they had seven sons. The heir was George John Cooke, who became a Lieutenant-General in the Army.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Cooke, George (c.1705-68), of Harefield, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Sir Bernard Burke (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 1576.
- ^ "Jennings, Edward (c.1647–1725), of Little Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. and Duddlestone, Salop., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "Cooke, George (c.1705–68), of Bellamond, or Bellacketts, in Harefield, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 31 May 2015.