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Sir Brien Ibrican Cokayne, Baron Cullen of Ashbourne

Sir Brien Ibrican Cokayne, Baron Cullen of Ashbourne

Male 1864 - 1932  (68 years)

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  • Name Brien Ibrican Cokayne 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix Baron Cullen of Ashbourne 
    Birth 12 Jul 1864  92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Putney, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  Godalming, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Departure 1900  Valparaiso, Chile Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1901  Putney, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1901  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relation to Head: Son 
    Arrival 7 Jan 1901  Liverpool, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    From: Valparaiso, Chile 
    Departure 1911  Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 27 Apr 1911  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Between 1918 and 1920  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Governor of the Bank of England 
    Residence 1919  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1920  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    22 Exeter House 
    Arrival 23 Feb 1924  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 59 
    Death 3 Nov 1932  Wandsworth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Born Adams. Became Baron Lord Cullen of Ashbourne. Baptised 10 August 1864 at St. John's, Paddington. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey 1878-82.

      Was in Racquets pair for Charterhouse. Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, 1883, (London 1883-5; in Gibbs & Co., Chile, 1886-1900, and partner thereof from 1890; in London and partner of A. Gibbs & Sons from 1901). Director of the Bank of England from November 1902 (Deputy-Governor 1915-18, Governor 1918-20): director of the Pan de Azucar Nitrate Co. Ltd., 1901-24: director and chairman of the Rosario Nitrate Co. Ld. from 1924; director of the National Bank of Egypt, 1923-29. A commissioner of Lieutenancy for the City of London from 1904. Created Knight of the Order of the British Empire, August, 1917: Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (UK Peerage) 1920. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan. Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium).

      Residences: 6 York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, 1905-11; Exeter House, Roehampton, from 1911.

      Portraits: Pastel head by Edward Havell 1886; oil, small head and shoulders by Grace Cokayne 1907; water colour, small, head and shoulders, by the same 1919: oil, head and shoulders, by the same, 1924; all four last in his own possession. Oil, full length, by Wm. Rothenstein, painted for the Bank of England 1931-32. 3 sons and 3 daughters.

      His heir, Charles Borlase Marsham Cokayne, MBE (2nd Baron) inherited the title from his father in 1932; born 6 Oct. 1912, married Istly Valerie Catherine Mary Collbran by whom he has 1 daughter, Julia Collbran b. 1943; married 2ndly Patricia Mary Clulow-Gray; educated at Eton; served in the Second World War; Amateur Tennis Champion 1947, 1952. One of H.M. Lieutenants City of London from 1976; Chairman, the National Listening Library (which provides Talking Books for the Handicapped); Chairman of the Osteopathic Educational Foundation (the Fund Raising Charity for the profession). Lord in Waiting. Address: 75 Cadogan Gardens, S.W.I. He died on December 17 2000 at his home in Bodrum, Turkey.

      Other children: Hon. Edmund Willoughby Marsham, born 1916, m. Janet Manson Watson; Hon. John O'Brien Marsham, born 1920, m. Anne Frances Clayton (d. 1970) and has issue; Hon. Barbara Mary, born 1905 and died 2004, m. Major Gilbert Edgar Francis van der Noot (d. 1981) and has issue; Hon. Dorothy Grace, born 1907; Hon. Ruth Margaret, born 1909, m. Istly Captain Robert William Alfred Moore (d. 1940) and has issue, m. 2ndly Rev. David Henry Aitcheson Williams (d. 1955).
    Person ID I2079  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2018 

    Father George Edward Adams Cokayne,   b. 29 Apr 1825, Bloomsbury, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1911, Exeter House, Roehampton, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Dorothea Gibbs,   b. 4 May 1833, Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1906, Exeter House, Roehampton, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1856  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Margaret Marsham,   b. 17 Sep 1877, Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1971, Wokingham, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1904  Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Mary Cokayne,   b. 28 Nov 1905, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 2004, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Dorothy Grace Cokayne,   b. 17 Feb 1907, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1988, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Ruth Margaret Cokayne,   b. 8 Nov 1909, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1997, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Charles Borlase Marsham Cokayne, 2nd Baron Cullen of Ashbourne,   b. 6 Oct 1912, Wandsworth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 2000, Bodrum, Icel, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     5. Edmund Willoughby Marsham Cokayne, 3rd Baron Cullen of Ashbourne,   b. 18 May 1916   d. 5 Dec 2016 (Age 100 years)
     6. John O'Brien Marsham Cokayne,   b. 1920, Wandsworth, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 2013, Oxford Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F1668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2017 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jul 1864 - 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1871 - Putney, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Godalming, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 1900 - Valparaiso, Chile Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1901 - Putney, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relation to Head: Son - 1901 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - From: Valparaiso, Chile - 7 Jan 1901 - Liverpool, Lancashire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Sep 1904 - Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 1911 - Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 27 Apr 1911 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Governor of the Bank of England - Between 1918 and 1920 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1919 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 22 Exeter House - 1920 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Age: 59 - 23 Feb 1924 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Nov 1932 - Wandsworth, Surrey Link to Google Earth
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