Cookes Range Wilderness Study Area
Cookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Thomas Cookes (MP) (1804–1900), British politician *Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (bap. 1648–1701), English philanthropist *Cookes baronets See also *Cooks (surname) *Cooke Cooke is a surname derived from the occupation of cook. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Cooke (died 1614), English actor * Alfred Tyrone Cooke, of the Indo-Pakistani wars * Alistair Cooke KBE (1908–2004), British-American j ...

Thomas Cookes (MP)
Thomas Henry Cookes (25 October 1804 – 29 September 1900) was a British Member of Parliament. Cookes lived at Bentley Hall in Worcestershire, and was a captain in the county yeomanry. He was also a magistrate and a deputy lieutenant of the county. He stood for the Whigs in East Worcestershire at the 1832 UK general election, winning the seat. He held the seat in 1835 Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. ..., and stood down at the 1837 UK general election. References , after = Horace St Paul , after2 = John Barneby {{DEFAULTSORT:Cookes, Thomas 1804 births 1900 deaths UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies ...
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Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (bap. 1648 – 8 June 1701) was an English philanthropist who was the benefactor of Worcester College, Oxford and Bromsgrove School. Biography He was the eldest son of Sir William Cookes, 1st Baronet, of Norgrove Court, Worcestershire, and his second wife, Mercy, née Dinely. He began his studies at Pembroke College, Oxford in June 1667, going on to Lincoln's Inn in June 1669. Following the death of his father, he succeeded to the baronetcy in July 1672, His seat was Bentley Pauncefote at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. Both of Cookes's marriages were without issue. He died on 8 June 1701 and was buried next to his first wife in Tardebigge church on 10 June. Legacy In 1693 Cookes endowed Bromsgrove School. In his will, he then left £10,000 in trust to endow a new college at the University of Oxford, or to add to an existing foundation there. Priority for acceptance should be for students from Bromsgrove School, Feckenham, and his relatives. Ne ...
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Cookes Baronets
The Cookes Baronetcy, of Norgrove in the County of Worcester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 24 December 1664 for William Cookes, in reward of his support for the Royalist cause during the Civil War. The second Baronet was the founder of Worcester College, Oxford. The title became extinct on his death in 1701. Cookes baronets, of Norgrove (1664) *Sir William Cookes, 1st Baronet ( – c. 1672) *Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (bap. 1648 – 8 June 1701) was an English philanthropist who was the benefactor of Worcester College, Oxford and Bromsgrove School. Biography He was the eldest son of Sir William Cookes, 1st Baronet, of Norgrov ... (c. 1649–1701) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cookes Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1664 establishments in England ...
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Cooks (surname)
Cooks is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Brandin Cooks (born 1993), American football player *Bridget R. Cooks, American art historian and curator *Carlos A. Cooks (1913–1966), American activist *Elijah Cooks (born 1998), American football player *Johnie Cooks (1958–2023), American football player *Judah Cooks (born 1976), American soccer player and coach *Kerry Cooks (born 1974), American football player and coach *Micah Cooks (born 1981), American soccer player *R. Graham Cooks, American chemist *Rayford Cooks (born 1982), American football player *Terrence Cooks (born 1966), American football player *Xavier Cooks (born 1995), Australian basketball player *Zach Cooks (born 1999), American basketball player See also

*Davita Vance-Cooks, American business executive *Cookes, surname *Cook (surname) {{surname ...
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