George Edward CokayneFSA (29 April 1825 – 6 August 1911) was an English genealogist and long-serving herald at the College of Arms in London, who eventually rose to the rank of Clarenceux King of Arms. He wrote such authoritative and standard reference works as The Complete Peerage and The Complete Baronetage.
Cokayne was born on 29 April 1825, with the surname Adams, being the son of William Adams by his wife the Hon. Mary Anne Cokayne, a daughter of Viscount Cullen. He was baptised George Edward Adams. On 15 August 1873, he changed his surname by Royal Licence to Cokayne (such changes were frequently made to meet the terms of bequests from childless relatives, often in the maternal line, who wished to see their name and arms continue).[1]
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Educationedit
He matriculated from Exeter College, Oxford on 6 June 1844, and graduated BA in 1848 and MA in 1852.[2] He was admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn on 16 January 1850, and was called to the bar on 30 April 1853.[3]
Cokayne wrote The Complete Peerage, the first edition of which was published between 1887 and 1898 [3]
Marriage and progenyedit
On 2 December 1856, he married Mary Dorothea Gibbs, daughter of George Henry Gibbs by his wife Caroline Crawley. The couple had eight children, of whom two sons and two daughters survived their father.[3]
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