Married: Married at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, Saturday, 15th July 1950
Born: Bicknor House
MA. Rector of Brancepath, Vicar of Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Lawyer or Accountant, with offices in "The Land of Green Ginger", (!) Hull.
per Edmund Cookson
Occupation: Chemist
Birth Cert: Tadcaster 23.3711881 (?Census?) at 2 Spa Bldgs, Cheltenham. Unmarried
per Edmund Cookson
Occupation: Governess
1881 census: at Brighton 1088-42-26, Governess to Harriet Gregory, cousin of Head of house. Birth cert; Tadcaster xxiii.613 Mar 1841.
Occ: Vicar of Quarley, Leeds
DEATH: per Edmund Cookson
DEATH: Died after 1881, in Tormohan, Devon
per Edmund Cookson
Alive in Tormohan, Devon, at 1881. Unmarried at death. Death cert; Newton Abbot 5b 99 Jun 1892 age 55
per Edmund Cookson:
Surgeon of Leeds
Per Celia Moss:
This William was probably Mayor of Leeds.
Also a Trustee of the Almshouse in 1805
Reverend Francis Thomas COOKSON MA
Dear Roselyn and Alan
Last week while in Leeds on business I paid a flying visit to one of the
city churches, St John's Briggate, to photograph gravestones of some of my
mother's ancestors who died at the end of C18. On reading the church
literature afterwards I discovered that this is the same church as St John
the Evangelist, where Francis Thomas Cookson, BWC's grandfather so
Roselyn's gggrandfather, was vicar for nearly 50 years. Here is an extract
from the pamphlet about the history and (apparently unique) architecture of
the church:"To the right of ... is another memorial to an incumbent: The Reverend
Francis Thomas Cookson (1786-1859) who was appointed to the church in 1810
at the age of 24. There are other memorials to the Cookson family to the
left of the south door. The Cooksons were one of the dozen or so families
who dominated virtually all aspects of the town's life. Mr Cookson's
father, William Cookson, was an important figure in county politics, a
friend of William Wilberforce and mayor of Leeds in 1783 and 1801. His
grandfather, also William Cookson*, thrice mayor (1712, 1725 and 1738), had
been imprisoned in Newgate for six months in 1715 suspected of Jacobite
sympathies. Although the family had amassed a fortune through the woollen
trade, in 1808 the family firm failed due to a depression brought on by the
French Wars. In 1831 when the church trustees failed to remedy the
dilapidations of the church tower, the Rev Francis Cookson took the matter
upon himself and paid for its rebuilding. Straightened family
circumstances meant that Mr Cookson had to raise the necessary funds by
taking out a life policy which reduced his income by £140 per year for the
next 12-14 years."*This wording is misleading. The second William mentioned was the
grandfather of the first William, not the grandfather of Francis Thomas.There is also apparently a stained glass window in the south nave
commemorating the Rev Francis Cookson.Next time I am in Leeds I will be sure to visit again and take photos of
the Cookson memorials.Best wishes
Celia
per Celia Moss:
Lecturer in Chemistry
per 1881 census: 4 Victoria Ter, Headingley Cum Burley, York, England
Occ: Per Celia Moss:
Occ: Lecturer in Chemistry
Occ: per 1881 census:
Occ: Occ: Income Dividends
Per Celia Moss;
Occupation 1868, Farmer, Roundhay Grange.
Frank Cookson is a bit of a mystery. He has acquired a very bad family
press but I really don't know whether this is justified. There are a few
more anecdotes to add to his Notes, and one immortal Rude Remark has come
down to us: "When you are Mrs Cookson," he is reported to have said to his
fiancee, "you will of course move in much higher social circles". This
remark was always baffling (since Frank himself seemed to be far from
socially satisfactory) until I found out about the distinguished Cooksons
of C18 Leeds. Elizabeth Tiplady's father was just a Wetherby schoolmaster
per NASA website: is this Henry Cookson? "Assistant Colonial Secretary. Appointment of Mr Cookson as Assistant Secretary. Forwarding copy of telegram from High Commissioner's Office to Secretary of State relative to same".
Died 1968/9.
Married Gertrude Emily Hope
Check the "Cookson Enigma" article at www. glenrowan1880.com.