Cooke Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cooke, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. One creation is extant as of 2008. See also Cook Baronets.

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.^[1]

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)

• 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 (b. 1935)

Cooke Baronets, of Dublin (1741)

• Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Baronet (d. 1758)

References

1. ^ Cooke of Wheatley Muniments, Sheffield Archives, National Archives, nationalarchives.gov.uk

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• www.thepeerage.com