Cook baronets of Doughty House (1886)
| Cook baronets | |
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.svg.png) Escutcheon of the Cook baronets of Doughty House | |
| Creation date | 1886 |
| Status | extant |
| Motto | Esse quam videri, To be, rather than to seem[1] |
| Arms | Gules a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper between three crescents of the second a chief Vaire. |
| Crest | Issuant from a chaplet of roses Gules a dexter arm embowed Proper holding in the hand a mullet of six points Or between two branches of oak Vert |
The Cook baronetcy of Doughty House, in the parish of Richmond, in the County of Surrey was created on 10 March 1886 for Francis Cook, head of Cook & Son, warehousemen.[2][1][3] He was also the first Visconde de Monserrate (Viscount of Monserrate) in the Peerage of Portugal.[1] The 2nd Baronet was Member of Parliament for Kennington from 1895 to 1906.[4]
Cook baronets of Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey (1886)
- Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet, 1st Viscount of Monserrate (28 January 1817 – 17 February 1901).[1][3]
- Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd Baronet, 2nd Viscount of Monserrate (21 November 1844 – 21 May 1920).[1][4]
- Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Baronet, 3rd Viscount of Monserrate (18 November 1868 – 4 May 1939)[1][5]
- Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th Baronet, 4th Viscount of Monserrate (21 December 1907 – 12 September 1978)[1][6]
- Sir Christopher Wymondham Rayner Herbert Cook, 5th Baronet, 5th Viscount of Monserrate (born 24 March 1938)[7]
The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Richard Herbert Aster Maurice Cook (born 1959).[7]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 460–461.
- ↑ "No. 25564". The London Gazette. 2 March 1886. pp. 1027–1028.
- 1 2 "Cook, Sir Francis". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 "Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Cook, Sir Herbert Frederick". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Cook, Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 "Cook, Sir Christopher Wymondham Rayner Herbert". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)