COCKS, James (c.1685-1750), of the Middle Temple

b. c. 1685, 1st s. of Charles Cocks*. educ. Trinity, Oxf. matric. May 1700, aged 15; M. Temple 1702, called 1708. m. (1) Sept. 1718, Lady Elizabeth, da. of Richard Newport*, 2nd Earl of Bradford, 1s. d.v.p. ; (2) May 1737, Anne (d. 1739), da. of William, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton, 1s. suc. fa. 1727; aunt, Lady Jekyll, to Reigate, Surr. and Brookmans, Herts. 1745. J. V. Somers Cocks, Hist. Cocks Fam. 88–89; Hist. Reg. Chron. 1718, p. 34; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 285–6; W. Hooper, Reigate, 32; VCH Herts. ii. 256.