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Caroline Margaret Somers Cocks

Caroline Margaret Somers Cocks

Female 1817 - 1894  (77 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Caroline Margaret Somers Cocks was born on 06 Aug 1817 (daughter of John Somers Cocks and Caroline Harriet Yorke); died on 14 Nov 1894.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Somers Cocks was born on 19 Mar 1788 in Bromisberrow Place, near Ledbury (son of John Somers Cocks and Margaret Nash); died on 05 Oct 1852 in Grosvenor Place, London.

    John married Caroline Harriet Yorke in 1815. Caroline (daughter of Philip Yorke and Elizabeth Scot Lindsay) was born in 1794; died on 27 May 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Caroline Harriet Yorke was born in 1794 (daughter of Philip Yorke and Elizabeth Scot Lindsay); died on 27 May 1873.
    Children:
    1. 1. Caroline Margaret Somers Cocks was born on 06 Aug 1817; died on 14 Nov 1894.
    2. Charles Somers Somers Cocks was born on 14 Jul 1819.
    3. Harriet Catherine Somers Cocks was born on 29 Jan 1823; died on 06 May 1893.
    4. Isabella Jemima Cocks was born on 04 Aug 1828.
    5. Emily Maria Cocks was born on 16 Nov 1829.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Somers Cocks was born on 06 May 1760 in Ince Castle, Cornwall (son of Charles Cocks and Elizabeth Eliot); died on 05 Jan 1841 in Brighton, Sussex; was buried on 15 Jan 1841 in St. John the Baptist Church, Eastnor, Herefordshire.

    Notes:


    --- "Kentish Gazette" 26 Mar 1785, page 3:
    MARRIAGES.
    Saturday, by a special licence, at Bevere, in the county of Worcester, the Hon. John Sommers Cocks, to Miss Nash, only daughter of the Rev. C. Nash, of Bevere.

    --- "Worcester Journal" Thursday, 21 Jan 1841:
    "Death of Earl Somers. This Noble Earl, who was in his 81st years, died at Brighton yesterday (Tuesday) morning, soon after six o'clock.. His lordship took a carriage airing on Monday afternoon, and after dinner complained of serious illness. He was ill during the night, and shortly after six o'clock he requested to be taken out of bed and placed in a chair, when he almost immediately expired."

    John married Margaret Nash on 19 Mar 1785 in Bevere, Worcester. Margaret died on 09 Feb 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret Nash died on 09 Feb 1831.
    Children:
    1. Edward Charles "Charles" Cocks was born on 27 Jul 1786; died on 08 Oct 1812.
    2. 2. John Somers Cocks was born on 19 Mar 1788 in Bromisberrow Place, near Ledbury; died on 05 Oct 1852 in Grosvenor Place, London.
    3. James Somers Cocks was born on 09 Jan 1790; died on 05 Jul 1856.
    4. Margaret Maria Cocks was born on 06 Aug 1791 in Reigate; died on 10 May 1849 in 9 Eaton-place West, London.

  3. 6.  Philip Yorke was born on 31 May 1757 (son of Charles Yorke and Katharine Freeman); died on 18 Nov 1834.

    Philip married Elizabeth Scot Lindsay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Scot Lindsay
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Margaret Yorke died on 23 Jun 1867.
    2. Anne Yorke was born in 1783; died on 17 Jul 1870.
    3. Philip Yorke was born on 07 May 1784; died on 07 Apr 1808.
    4. Catherine Freeman Yorke was born on 14 Apr 1786; died on 08 Jul 1863.
    5. 3. Caroline Harriet Yorke was born in 1794; died on 27 May 1873.
    6. Charles James Yorke was born on 21 Jul 1797; died on 30 Apr 1810.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Charles Cocks was born on 29 Jun 1725 in Castleditch, Eastnor, Herefordshire; was christened on 03 Jul 1725 in Eastnor (son of John Cocks and Mary Cocks); died on 30 Jan 1806 in His House on Cavendish-square, London; was buried on 11 Feb 1806 in St. John the Baptist Church, Eastnor, Herefordshire.

    Other Events:

    • Title (Facts Pg): 17 May 1784, Created Lord Somers, Baron of Evesham, co. Worcester

    Notes:


    --- "The Scots Magazine" 01 Jun 1771, page 54:
    At Castleditch, Herefordshire, John Cocks, Esq; nephew, and sold heir of the great John Lord Sommers. His eldest son Charles, member for Ryegate, succeeds to an estate of 12,000 l. a year.

    --- Taken from "The Monthly Magazine and British Register", page 177, Vol 21, 1806:
    "At his house in Cavendish-square, the right honourable Charles Cocks, Lord Somers, Baron of Evesham, having attained the age of 80 years, during 59 of which he was a member of one or other house of parliament; and by his conduct there always endeavoured, agreeably to his own sentiments, to support and strengthen the constitution of his country. His father, John, died representative and heir of Charles Lord Somers, being the only surviving male descendant of Charles Cocks, esq., by his wife, the only sister of the Lord Chancellor, who left issue; and in the year 1784 his majesty was pleased to revive in the person of the late lord the title of his great ancestor. His lordship married, first Elizabeth Eliot, sister of the late lord E., and afterwards Anne Pole, sister of the right honourable Reginald Pole Carew, of Anthony, in the county of Cornwall. He is succeeded in his title and estate by his eldest son, John Somers Cocks."

    Charles married Elizabeth Eliot on 08 Aug 1759 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Eliot and Harriot Craggs) was born on 03 May 1739 in Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall; was christened on 03 May 1739 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall,; died on 01 Jan 1771 in North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire; was buried on 08 Jan 1771 in St. Mary's Church, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth EliotElizabeth Eliot was born on 03 May 1739 in Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall; was christened on 03 May 1739 in St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, (daughter of Richard Eliot and Harriot Craggs); died on 01 Jan 1771 in North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire; was buried on 08 Jan 1771 in St. Mary's Church, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

    Notes:

    Notes:

    Married:
    "The Gentleman's Magazine", Volume 29, 1759, page 392:
    Aug. 8. Charles Cocks, Esq; member for Rygate, --- to Miss Elliot of Port Eliot.

    "The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square", 1886, Vol. 11, Part 1, page 88:
    Aug. 8 Charles Cocks, of this parish, B., & Elizabeth Eliot, of St. Marylebone, S., by consent of her mother the Hon. Harriet Hamilton.

    Children:
    1. 4. John Somers Cocks was born on 06 May 1760 in Ince Castle, Cornwall; died on 05 Jan 1841 in Brighton, Sussex; was buried on 15 Jan 1841 in St. John the Baptist Church, Eastnor, Herefordshire.
    2. Mary Judith Cocks was born on 02 Feb 1762; died on 06 Sep 1785; was buried on 15 Sep 1785 in St Mary's Church, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
    3. Margaret Harriot Cocks was born on 28 May 1764; was christened on 17 Jun 1764 in St. Mary's, St. Marylebone Rd., Westminster, London; died in in As an Infant.
    4. Edward Charles Cocks was born on 23 Jan 1767 in Marseilles, France; died on 06 Aug 1781 in Drowned at Westminster School, Westminster, London; was buried on 16 Aug 1781 in St. John's, Eastnor, Hereford.
    5. Charles Edward Cocks was born on 23 Jan 1767 in Marseilles, France; died about 26 Jan 1767 in Marseilles, France; was buried in Marseilles, France.
    6. Harriot Cocks was born on 29 Aug 1769; was christened on 21 Sep 1769 in St. Mary's, St. Marylebone Rd., St. Marylebone, London; died on 11 Dec 1847 in Her residence, Long Ditton, Surrey; was buried on 17 Dec 1847 in Long Ditton, St. Mary, London.

  3. 12.  Charles Yorke was born on 30 Dec 1722 in London, England (son of 1st Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke and Margaret Cocks); died on 20 Jan 1770; was buried in St. Andrew's, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 01 Dec 1735; Adm. at the Middle Temple
    • Education: 13 Jun 1739; Adm. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
    • Occupation: 23 Oct 1742; Migrated to Lincoln's Inn
    • Occupation: 1746; Called to the Bar
    • Occupation: 1747; Joint Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
    • Elected: Between 1747 and 1768; M.P. for Reigate
    • Occupation: 1754; Bencher
    • Occupation: Between 1756 and 1761; Solicitor-General
    • Occupation: Between 1757 and 1767; University Counsel
    • Occupation: Between 1762 and 1763; Attorney-General
    • Occupation: 1764; Recorder of Dover and Cloucester
    • Occupation: Between 1765 and 1767; Attorney-General
    • Elected: 1768; M.P. for Cambridge University
    • Occupation: 1770; Lord Chancellor, and P.C.

    Charles married Katharine Freeman on 19 May 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Katharine Freeman
    Children:
    1. 6. Philip Yorke was born on 31 May 1757; died on 18 Nov 1834.