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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Cooke
	First Name(s)	Edward
	Year of Birth	1772
	Year of Death	1799
	Entry	Son of Colonel Cooke : became a Captain in the Royal Navy : appointed to the Sybille in 1795, served in her at the Cape, and in the East Indies : off the Sandheads, in the Bay of Bengal, the Sybille fought between 9 p.m. on Feb. 28, 1799, and 2 -3 a.m. on March 1, the French ship Forte, a much larger and better armed frigate, and captured her in the Balasore roads, 150 of the Forte's men being killed and wounded. Cooke received very severe wounds, of which he died at Calcutta, May 23, 1799. The E.I. Co. erected a monument to him in the South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta.

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