Family and Education
b. 29 June 1725, 1st s. of John Cocks, M.P., of Castleditch by his cos. Mary, da. and h. of Rev. Thomas Cocks of Castleditch. educ. Worcester, Oxf. 1742; L. Inn, 1745, called 1750. m. (1) 8 Aug. 1759, Elizabeth (d. 1 Jan. 1771), da. of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, Cornw., 3s. 3da.; (2) 20 May 1772, Anne, da. of Reginald Pole of Stoke Damerel, Devon, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1771; cr. Bt. 7 Oct. 1772; Baron Somers 17 May 1784.
Offices Held
Clerk of deliveries in the Ordnance 1758 – 72; clerk of the Ordnance 1772 – 82.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Castleditch, Herefs.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
COCKS, Charles (1725-1806)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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