Peter Edward Cook (1937 - 1995)

Born 17 Nov 1937 in Torquay, Devon, England

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1995 at age 57 in Hampstead, London, England

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Biography

Peter Cook is Notable.

Peter was born in 1937. He was the son of Alexander Cook and Margaret Mayo.^[1][2]

He met his first wife at university. They married in 1963 and had two daughters shortly after in 1964 and 1965. The couple divorced in 1971.^[3][4]

He married actress and model Judy Huxtable in 1973. They divorced in 1989.^[4]

He married again in 1989. The couple remained married until his death in 1995.^[5][4]

In early January 1995, Peter was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, North London after falling ill at home. He died at the age of 57 from a gastrointestinal haemorrhage on the 9th of January 1995. His body was cremated at Golders Green and his ashes were buried in an unmarked plot at St John-at Hampstead Churchyard.^[6][7][8]

Research Notes

• major shareholder in the satirical magazine Private Eye
• lived in an 18th Century Hampstead house once owned by author HG Wells

Sources

1. ↑ "1939 England and Wales Register"[database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for Peter E Cook, birth date: 17 Nov 1937 (accessed 7 Oct 2020); citing The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6846E Ancestry Record 61596 #44059247
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQX-C1R5 : 1 October 2014), Peter Cook, 1937; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Obituary - The Stage, 19 January 1995, p31 FindMyPast
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Wikipedia contributors, "Peter Cook," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Cook&oldid=981850225 (accessed October 7, 2020).
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVX2-DY3T : 8 October 2014), Peter E Cook and null, Nov 1989; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1989, quarter 4, vol. 21, p. 1477, Torbay, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ8-V7HG : 4 September 2014), Peter Edward Cook, Jan 1995; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Camden, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 October 2020), memorial page for Peter Cook (17 Nov 1937–9 Jan 1995), Find A Grave: Memorial #6380446, citing St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Hampstead, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
8. ↑ "Peter Cook dies at 57", Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 09 January 1995, p2 FindMyPast

See also:

• Peter Cook Biography on IMDb