Thomas Cooke (died 1752) was an English merchant and banker. He was

Governor of the Bank of England The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming their successor. The governor of the Ba ...

from 1737 to 1740. He had been Deputy Governor from 1735 to 1737. He replaced Bryan Benson as Governor and was succeeded by

Delillers Carbonnel Delillers Carbonnel (born 1654) was a British banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1740 to 1741. He was born in London, the son of Gillaume Carbonnel, a French Merchant. He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1738 to 17 ...

. He married a daughter of Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728), merchant, politician, ship-builder and also

from 1711 to 1713The Story of Shoreham
/ref> at the time when the

South Sea Company The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in Ja ...

was founded., and Frances, daughter of

Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet (1637?–1722) was an English politician, a nonconformist and early Whig. Life Born about 1637, he was the only son of Sir Edward Hartopp, 2nd Baronet, of Freeby, Leicestershire, by Mary, daughter of Sir John C ...

and granddaughter of Charles Fleetwood.

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