Background
COKAYNE, George Edward was born on April 29, 1825 in Russell Square. Son of William Adams, Doctor of Laws, and Honourable Mary Anne Cockayne, niece and co-heiress of Borlase, 6th Viscount Cullen.
COKAYNE, George Edward was born on April 29, 1825 in Russell Square. Son of William Adams, Doctor of Laws, and Honourable Mary Anne Cockayne, niece and co-heiress of Borlase, 6th Viscount Cullen.
Studied at Exeter College Oxford.
Barrister Lincoln’s Inn, 1853. Rouge Dragon Pursuivant-of-Arms, 1859-1870. Lancaster Herald, 1870-1882.
Norroy King-of-Arms, 1882-1894.
By royal licence, 15 August 1873, took name of Cokayne in compliance with the will of his mother, co-heir of the family of Cokayne, Rushton, Northamptonshire. Clarenceux Iiing-of-Arms since 1894.
Club: Oxford and Cambridge.