George Edward Adams Cokayne

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 16 Jan 1850, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Middlesex, England; Law student
• Education: 1852, Oxford, Oxfordshire; MA
• Name Change: 15 Aug 1873; Assumed surname Cokayne
• Occupation: 1894; Clarenceux King of Arms
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Wandsworth, London; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

From 1873 he was Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms, 4th son of William Adams and brother of Louisa Anne, Lady Aldenham. Baptised 20 June 1825 at St. George's Bloomsbury. Educated privately. Matric. Oxford (Exeter College) 6 June 1844; BA 1848, MA 1852.

Barrister (Lincoln's Inn) 1853. Entered The College of Arms, 1859; Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, 1859-69; Lancaster Herald, 1870; Norroy King of Arms, 1882; Clarenceux King of Arms, 1894-1911. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1866-1911. By Royal Licence, 1873, took the name Cokayne in lieu of Adams under the testamentary direction of his mother, Louisa Anne Adams of Thorpe.

Member of Nobody's Friends, 1850-84 (secretary 1869-84, hon-member 1884-1911).

Author of The Complete Peerage (8 vols., pub. 1887-98)—see VII, n22; The Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800 (5 vols. published 1900-06) and of other Genealogical Works; also Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1601-25, published 1897, and Memoirs of the Members of Nobody's Friends 1st vol. privilege printed 1885, reprinted 1920; 2nd vol. 1902. Residences—sometime, up to 1868-92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington (number since changed); Ashbourne House, Putney, 1868-85; Exeter House, Roehampton, 1885-1911. For his "royal descent" see entry for his mother Louisa Anne Adams; (for his wife's see also entry for George Abraham Gibbs and the Right Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs). His life is in Dictionary National Biography (vol. I of 2nd supplement).

Buried 9 August 1911 at Putney Vale Cemetery. Will proved 1 September 1911.

Portraits: pastel by Edward Havel (1887?); min. in Herald's (Norroy) uniform, 1890, both last in possession of his son Francis.

Oil 3/4, seated, by C. Kay Robertson (1901); crayon head by E. U. Eddis (1859); water-colour, small, by "Mr. Foster" (c. 1836); oil, ? reproduced from the last; all four last in possession of his son Lord Cullen.

George married Mary Dorothea Gibbs on 2 Dec 1856 in Wraxall, Somerset. Mary (daughter of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley) was born on 4 May 1833 in Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 11 Mar 1906 in Exeter House, Roehampton, London; was buried on 15 Mar 1906 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Blanche Dorothea Adams Cokayne was born on 27 Jun 1858 in Kensington, London; died on 17 Sep 1883 in Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey; was buried in Godalming, Surrey.
2. Caroline Louisa Adams Cokayne was born on 20 Jul 1859 in Paddington, London; died on 4 Sep 1929 in Putney Heath, Surrey; was buried on 6 Sep 1929 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey.
3. Borlase Warren Cockayne Cokayne was born on 3 Aug 1860 in London; died on 14 Mar 1875 in Brighton, Sussex.
4. Mary Beatrice Georgiana Adams was born on 11 Dec 1861 in 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London; died on 23 Oct 1862 in 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London.
5. Sir Brien Ibrican Cokayne, Baron Cullen of Ashbourne was born on 12 Jul 1864 in 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London; died on 3 Nov 1932 in Wandsworth, Surrey.
6. Morton Willoughby Cockayne Cokayne was born on 11 Oct 1866 in 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London; died on 8 Nov 1894 in Exeter House, Roehampton, London.
7. Francis Stewart Cokayne was born on 7 Aug 1871 in Ashbourne House, Putney, London; died on 31 Mar 1945 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
8. Sylvia Beatrice Cokayne was born on 18 May 1863 in 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London; died on 21 Aug 1949 in Wandsworth, London; was buried in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Doctor of Law
• Baptism: 24 Jan 1772, Saint Andrew, Holborn, London
• Residence: 1851, Thorpe, Surrey

William married Mary Anne Cokayne on 6 Apr 1811 in St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London. Mary (daughter of William Cokayne and Barbara Hill) was born on 11 Dec 1781 in Rushton Hall, Rushton, Northamptonshire; died on 16 Jun 1873 in Thorpe, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1782, Saint Mary-St., Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1851, Thorpe, Surrey
• Residence: 1871, Thorpe, Surrey

Patience married Martha Marsh on 18 Aug 1761 in St Dunstan in the West, London. Martha (daughter of Thomas Marsh and Martha) was born on 5 Jun 1741; died on 19 Feb 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 May 1756

William married Barbara Hill on 11 Oct 1777 in Rothwell Manor, Rothwell, Northamptonshire. Barbara (daughter of George Hill and Anne Barbara Medlycott) was born in 1753 in Rothwell Manor, Northamptonshire; died on 2 Jun 1838 in Northampton, Northamptonshire; was buried in Rothwell, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Spicer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Martha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sophia Baxter on 16 Dec 1754 in Uppingham, Rutland. Sophia was born on 26 Dec 1737 in Kent; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Anne Barbara Medlycott. Anne was born in 1720; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]