William Cooke Esq. [56076]

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William Cooke, Esq., Catherine Chute, and Ruth Chute.

Below are two biographical sketches from the same source. However, there is a slight oddity in that William Cooke's sketch indicates that he is living at the time of writing; his son's sketch, refers to him as "the late" William Cooke.
COOKE, William, Esq., of Retreat, co. Westmeath. Second but eldest surviving son of the late Thomas Cooke, Esq., of Retreat, by Elizabeth, dau. of William Dawson, Esq., of Nohaville, co. Westmeath; b. 179- ; succ 18 --; married 1st 1815 Catherine, only child of Falkiner Chute, Esq., 2nd 1840 Ruth, daughter of Richard Chute, Esq. of Chute Hall, co. Kerry, and has by the former, with other issue:
William, in Holy Orders, b. 1827.
Mr. Cooke is Resident Magistrate for cos. Kilkenny and Wexford - Retreat, near Athlone, co. Westeath; Residence, Talbot Hall, near New Ross, co. Wexford.
Source: The County Families of the United Kingdom or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Walford, M.A. 1864, Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, Second Edition. Page 231.

(From his son's biographical sketch, same source):
COOKE, FALKINER, Esq., of Retreat, co. Westmeath. Eldest surviving son of the late William Cooke, Esq., of Retreat by his first wife, Catherine, only child of Capt. Falkiner Chute, of the 6th Dragoon Guards; b. 1823; succ 185 -; This family have been seated in co. Westmeath for upwards of a century. - Retreat, near Athlone, co. Westmeath.
Source: The County Families of the United Kingdom or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. Edward Walford, M.A. 1864, Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, Second Edition. Page 231.



Record Type: Chute Family History/Book
Title: A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources
Author: William Edward Chute
Published: Salem, Massachusetts, 1894
Comments: Copy originally owned by George Maynard Chute, nephew of William Edward Chute with his signature on the flyleaf; handwritten notes in margins; passed to George Maynard Chute, Jr. who published an updated addendum to this work in 1968; passed to George Maynard Chute, III; passed to Jacqueline Irene Chute.
Location: Privately held

Record Type: Book
Title: The County Families of the United Kingdom or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Edward Walford, M.A.
Date: 1864
Publisher: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly
Edition: Second Edition
Pages: 202, 203, 231
This Source Has Been Cited for: Francis Blennerhassett Chute , Captain Rowland John Chute IV , William Lyde Wiggett Chute , Falkiner Cooke, Esq. , Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes William Sandes, Esq. , Thomas Sandes, D.P., J.L. and Elizabeth Chute Sandes, Charles Higgs, Esq. and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Torrens .
GROUP NO: Chute Family Records/GP3940-0 (Frances Blennerhassett Chute) and GP390-0 (William Lyde Wiggett Chute)

William married Ruth Chute [56075] [MRIN: 551614804], daughter of Richard III Chute [55910] and Agnes Bateman [55911]. (Ruth Chute [56075] was born in County Kerry, Munster Province, Ireland and died on 20 Nov 1862 in Retreat near Athlone, Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland.)

William next married Catharine Chute [56079] [MRIN: 551614806], daughter of Falkiner Chute [56080] and Anne Goddard [56081]. (Catharine Chute [56079] was born in County Kerry, Munster Province, Ireland and died before 1840 in Retreat near Athlone, Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland.)