Cookes Baronets
Encyclopedia
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.
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. The second Baronet was the founder of Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...
. The title became extinct on his death in 1701.
Cookes Baronets, of Norgrove (1664)
- Sir William Cookes, 1st Baronet (c. 1618–c. 1672)
- Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1649–1701)