+ Lady Cooke, wife of Sir David Cooke, 12th Baronet

_. Lady Cooke, who died at Harrogate, North Yorkshire, 9 December, 2013, aged 80, was the wife of Sir David William Perceval Cooke, 12th Baronet (Bt, E, cr 1661, of Wheatley Hall, Yorks). She was the former Margaret Frances Skinner, daughter of Herbert Skinner, of Knutsford, Cheshire, and married Sir David in 1959. Her husband (b 28 Apr, 1935) succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1978. She is survived by Sir David and three daughters, Sara, Louise and Catherine (Katie). The funeral is at Harrogate Crematorium, 20 Dec, 2013. -=-