Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet (29 October 1633 – c. July 1689) was an English landowner.

Early life
Cooke was born on 29 October 1633. He was the second son of Bryan Cooke, Esq. (c. 1573–1653) and Sarah ( Ryley) Cooke, a daughter of Henry Ryley of Doncaster. Among his siblings were Sir George Cooke, 1st Baronet; Sarah Cooke (wife of John Copley of Batley, Thomas Nevile of Thorney, and Christopher Ayscough of Kelsey); Bryan Cooke; Susan Cooke (wife of Charles Butler of Coates); and Margaret Cooke (wife of Acton Burnell of Winkburn). His father, the Mayor of Doncaster in 1630, was a Royalist during the English Civil War.

Career
Upon the death of his unmarried elder brother in 1683, he succeeded to the Cooke Baronetcy, of Wheatley Hall in the County of York. The title had been created in the Baronetage of England on 10 May 1661 for his brother, with remainder to Henry, in recognition of their father's services during the Civil War.

Personal life
He married Diana Butler (d. 1668), a daughter of Anthony Butler of Coates, Lincolnshire. Before her death in 1668, they were the parents of:


 * Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet (1662–1732), who was MP for Aldborough who married Catherine Copley, a daughter of Sir Godfrey Copley, 1st Baronet, and sister of Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet, in 1683.
 * Catherine Cooke (1667–1704), who married Gervase Eyre, son of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and Elizabeth Pakington (a daughter of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet).
 * Henry Cooke, who married Anne Eaton, daughter of Rev. Ralph Eaton, the Rector at Darfield.

After the death of his first wife, he married Anne Stanhope (d. 1686), a daughter of William Stanhope (half-brother to the 1st Earl of Chesterfield, both sons of Sir John Stanhope).

Sir Henry died in c. July 1689.

Descendants
Through his son George, he was a grandfather of Sir Bryan Cooke, 4th Baronet (1684–1734), who represented East Retford in the House of Commons.

Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Anthony Eyre (c. 1691–1748), who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.