Thomas Cooke (banker)

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Thomas Cooke
Born1672
Died1752
OccupationBanker

Thomas Cooke (1672–1752) was an English merchant and banker. [1] He was Governor of the Bank of England from 1737 to 1740. He had been Deputy Governor from 1735 to 1737. He replaced Bryan Benson as Governor and was succeeded by Delillers Carbonnel. [2]

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He married a daughter of Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728), merchant, politician, ship-builder and also Governor of the Bank of England from 1711 to 1713 [3] at the time when the South Sea Company was founded., [4] and Frances, daughter of Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet and granddaughter of Charles Fleetwood. [3] [5]

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  1. ↑ Various. Curious Church Customs And Cognate Subjects. Library of Alexandria. p. 86. ISBN   978-1-4655-1504-9.
  2. ↑ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "The Story of Shoreham". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Lewis S. Benjamin The South Sea Bubble
  5. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of England
1737–1740		Succeeded by


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