Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Baronet

Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Baronet (c. 1690 – 9 February 1758) was an Anglo-Irish politician. On 28 December 1741, Cooke was created a baronet, of Dublin in the Baronetage of Ireland. He married Judith Trench, daughter of Very Rev. John Trench in 1726.[1] He served as a member of parliament for Dublin City in the Irish House of Commons between 1749 and his death in 1758, when his title became extinct. He also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1740.[2]

References

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1883). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage: Together with Memoirs of the Privy Councillors and Knights. Harrison.
  2. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.80 (Retrieved 20 November 2022).
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