Major-General Ronald Basil Bowen Bancroft Cooke, C.B.;
C.B.E.; D.S.O.
- Born: 1 Sep 1899, Knellwood, Farnborough,
Hampshire 3
- Marriage (1): Joan Chichester on 16 Sep 1933
in The Brompton Oratory, Kensington, London 1 2
- Died: 26 Mar 1971, London aged 71 4
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Ronald married Joan Chichester, daughter of
Major Claud Oswald Chichester and Alicia Louise Chambers, on 16 Sep
1933 in The Brompton Oratory, Kensington, London.1 2 (Joan Chichester was born on 7 Aug 1911 in
Winchester, Hampshire 5 6 and died on 11 Apr 1989 at
London 6 7.)
Marriage Notes:
Ronald and Joan had four children: Alicia
Bancroft, Christopher Basil Chichester Bancroft (1940-1992), Anthony
Roderick Chichester Bancroft and Nicholas Ivor Chichester Bancroft
Cooke (1941-1963)
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Sources
1
"General Register Office for England and
Wales — Index of Births, Deaths, and Marriages", Qrt Sep, 1933 —
Marriages. …
COOKE
Ronald B. B. B.,
Chichester, Kensington 1a 577
CHICHESTER Joan, Cooke, Kensington 1a 577.
2 The
Tatler Published weekly in London),
Wednesday 27 September 1933 Page 58. …
The marriage took place on September 16 at the Brompton Oratory of
Captain
Ronald Bancroft Cooke, 17th/21st Lancers, the second son of
Lieut.-Colonel and
Mrs. S. F. Cooke of Ambergate, West Byfleet, and Miss Joan Chichester,
the
younger daughter of the late Major Claude Chichester and of Mrs.
Chichester of
Tunworth Down House, Tunworth, Basingstoke.
3 The
Times (London), September 9, 1899 —
Page 1, Col A. ...
COOKE- On the 1st inst., at Knellwood, Farnborough, the residence of
her father
Lt-General Bancroft, the wife of Capt. B. Fitzwyman Cooke, 1st Batt.,
24th
Regt, of a son.
4 The
Times (London), Saturday March, 1971,
Page 24, Col B - DEATHS. …
COOKE.- On Mar. 26th, 1971, suddenly in London, Major Gen. R. B. B. B.
Cooke.
C.B.. C.B.E.. DS.O., late 17th/21st Lancers, of Poland Court, Odiham.
Hants.
Beloved husband of Joan and father of Christopher, Anthony and Alicia.
Funeral
private. Memorial service later. Please, no flowers. Donations if
desired to
British Heart Foundation Appeal, Westminster Bank. Winchester.
5
"General Register Office for England and
Wales — Index of Births, Deaths, and Marriages", Qrt Sep 1911 — Births.
…
Chichester — Joan — Chambers — Winchester 2c 255.
6
"General Register Office for England and
Wales — Index of Births, Deaths, and Marriages", Deaths — 1989. COOKE
Joan
Bancroft, 07 AU 1911, Westminster - 04.89-15-1706.
7 Probate
Court (England and Wales), "Calendar
of Grants of Probate and Administration", Wills and Admons — 1989. …
COOKE Joan Bancroft of 16 Ennismore Mews London SW 7 died 11 April 1989
Probate
London 23 August.
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