Family and Education
b. c. 1659, 1st s. of Richard Cocks of the Middle Temple, (d.v.p. o. s. of Sir Richard Cocks, 1st Bt., of Dumbleton), by Mary, da. of Sir Robert Cooke† of Highnam, Glos., and sis. of William Cooke I*. educ. M. Temple 1667; Oriel, Oxf. 1677-by 1680. m. (1) lic. 6 Oct. 1688, Frances (d. 1724), da. of Richard Neville*, s.p.; (2) by Nov. 1724, Mary (d. 1764), da. of William Bethell of Swindon, Yorks., s.p. suc. fa. 1669; gdfa. as 2nd Bt. 16 Sept. 1684. J. V. Somers Cocks, Hist. Cocks Fam. pt. 3, pp. 96, 99, 111; info. from Mrs Elizabeth Boardman, Archivist, Oriel Coll. Oxf. ">
Offices Held
Sheriff, Glos. 1692–3; freeman, Evesham by 1697.
Main residence: Dumbleton, Glos.
Notes
Unless otherwise stated, this biography is based on the evidence of Cocks’s own diary and commonplace books (Bodl. mss Eng. hist. b. 209-10, published as The Parliamentary Diary of Sir Richard Cocks, 1698-1702 ed. D. W. Hayton).
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Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
COCKS, Sir Richard, 2nd Bt. (c.1659-1726)
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