{"id":7995,"date":"2025-06-06T17:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:53:07","slug":"memorial-plaque-for-eliza-g-cooke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-eliza-g-cooke\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliza G. Cooke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>by B. van Cleve<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eliza Georgianna Musgrave was born in Oxford to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/rev-musgrave-24-191msm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Adolphus Musgrave<\/a> and Katherine (or Catherine) Lowther (1792 \u2013 1867). Eliza had three siblings.<\/p>\n<p>On 03\/07\/1866 she married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/thomas-cooke-24-2qdjsrd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Cooke<\/a> (1791 &#8211; 1874), the curate in St. Peter\u2019s Church Brighton. The wedding took place in St. Nicholas Church. Eliza died on 27\/08\/1901.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8004&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF HER LONG CONNEXION WITH THIS CHURCH ELIZA G. COOKE &#8211; WIDOW OF THE REV. T. COOKE M.A. <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>PRESENTED THIS RESPOND A.D. 1901.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Thomas Cooke was the oldest of seven children. His father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/charles-cooke-24-l1skjt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Cooke<\/a>, was born in Gloucestershire, his mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/catherine-smyth-24-2yrd3ky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catherine Smyth<\/a> (1755 or 1768 \u2013 1810), in Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/thomas-cooke-24-2qdjsrd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Cooke<\/a> married three times. His first wife was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/jane-finch-24-29wthkn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Finch<\/a>. The wedding took place on 20\/12\/1827. After her death, in 1858, Cooke married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/esther-goldsmid-24-d4zqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esther Goldsmith<\/a> on 12\/01\/1860. Esther died in 1865. Cooke&#8217;s third wife was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/genealogy\/records\/eliza-georgianna-musgrave-24-1066lwj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eliza Georgianna Musgrave<\/a> (28\/10\/1825 or 1826 \u2013 27\/08\/1901).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/commemoration-of-construction-milestones\/\"><strong>\u2190 previous memorial plaque<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/memorial-plaque-for-benedict-george-hoskyns\/\"><strong>next memorial plaque \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbrighton.org\/heritage\/floor-plan-for-memorial-plaques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Floor plan of memorial plaques in St. Peter&#8217;s Church Brighton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliza Georgianna Cooke is commemorated in a memorial plaque in St. Peter&#8217;s Church Brighton. 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