Peerage Record – 25153

     Rosemary Ann Beattie was born in 1971.¹ She is the daughter of Martin John Beattie and Elizabeth Angela Darwin Cooke.²

     Amanda Jane Beattie was born in 1973.¹ She is the daughter of Martin John Beattie and Elizabeth Angela Darwin Cooke.²

     John Alfred Selwyn Cooke was born in 1881.¹ He was the son of Charles Edward Cooke and Marian Elizabeth Purchas.² He died in 1903, unmarried.¹

     Philip Bryan Cooke was born in 1886.¹ He was the son of Charles Edward Cooke and Marian Elizabeth Purchas.² He married, firstly, Florence Alma Leamy, daughter of James Leamy, in 1909.¹ He married, secondly, Katharine Price, daughter of Walter Price, in December 1951.¹ He died in 1968.²
     He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of Transport Officer in the H.M.S. Tahiti.¹

     James Leamy lived at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^G.¹

     Florence Alma Leamy was the daughter of James Leamy.² She married Philip Bryan Cooke, son of Charles Edward Cooke and Marian Elizabeth Purchas, in 1909.¹ She died on 5 June 1950.¹
     From 1909, her married name became Cooke.

     Major Bryan Edward Cooke was born in 1910.¹ He was the son of Philip Bryan Cooke and Florence Alma Leamy.² He married, firstly, Margaret Ida Hiskens, daughter of Walter Hiskens, in 1933.¹ He and Margaret Ida Hiskens were divorced in 1945.¹ He married, secondly, June Mary Tregea, daughter of Arthur Tregea, on 29 May 1946.¹ He died in 1991.³
     He gained the rank of Major in the Australian Expeditionary Force.² He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1942, when he became a POW.¹

     Walter Hiskens lived at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.¹

     Margaret Ida Hiskens was the daughter of Walter Hiskens.² She married Major Bryan Edward Cooke, son of Philip Bryan Cooke and Florence Alma Leamy, in 1933.¹ She and Major Bryan Edward Cooke were divorced in 1945.¹ She died in 1965.¹
     From 1933, her married name became Cooke.

     Robin May Cooke was born in 1936.¹ She is the daughter of Major Bryan Edward Cooke and Margaret Ida Hiskens.² She married, firstly, Michael Threlfall, son of M. M. Threlfall, in 1956.¹ She and Michael Threlfall were divorced in 1960.¹ She married, secondly, Bruce Arthur Rickard in 1961.¹ She and Bruce Arthur Rickard were divorced in 1983.¹
     From 1956, her married name became Threlfall. From 1961, her married name became Rickard.¹ She lived in 2003 at Ganamead, Rocks Crossing, Mount George, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹