Sir Richard Cocks, 2nd baronet (c.1659-1726), of

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, was an English politician. He was the son of Richard Cocks, eldest son of Sir Richard Cocks, 1st baronet of Dumbleton and Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Cooke of Highnam. He inherited the baronetcy from his grandfather in 1684. He was a

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for

1698 - 1702, his parliamentary career being well-documented by his surviving memoranda books. He married: # Frances (d. 1724), daughter of Colonel Richard Neville of

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, Berkshire, who according to her funeral monument 'was eminently pious and zealous for the established Government and Religion'. # Mary (d. 1764), daughter of William Bethell of

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, Yorks. Dying childless, he was succeeded by his younger brother.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cicks, Richard 1650s births 1726 deaths English MPs 1698–1700 Members of the Middle Temple Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People from Dumbleton English MPs 1701 English MPs 1701–1702 Members of the Parliament of England for Gloucestershire