Source:Cokayne, George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant

Source The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]
Author Cokayne, George Edward
Gibbs; et al, Vicary
Coverage
Place Scotland
England
Wales
Subject Family tree
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher St. Catherine Press
Date issued 1910-59
Place issued London
Number of Volumes 14
Citation
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Repositories
FamilySearchFamilySearch CatalogOther
FamilySearchFamilySearch Catalog reprint of 2nd editionFamily history center
Internet ArchiveV. 1; V. 2; V. 3; V. 4Free website
Internet ArchiveV. 5; V. 7Free website
WorldCathttp://www.worldcat.org/oclc/923862520Free website
Ancestry.comhttp://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?ht..Paid website


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

'The Complete Peerage' (full title: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs et al.) is a comprehensive and magisterial work on the titled aristocracy of the British Isles.

Usage Tips

This is a highly respected source, much more reliable than Burkes.

The FamilySearch entry shown as "Other" provides information on Family History Library holdings (Family history center), but also contains links to each volume available online (free website).

The FamilySearch entry shown as "Family history center" contains a link to online genealogies, which appears to be broken at this time; the remaining information is about Family History Library holdings (Family history center).

FHL film numbers

  • 973308
  • 973309
  • 973310
  • 973311
  • 973312
  • 973313
  • 973314
  • 973315
  • 973316
  • 973317

Or:

  • 547167 Item 2
  • 990316 Item 4

About the Author

George Edward Cokayne was born on 29 April 1825. He was the son of William Adams and Hon. Mary Anne Cokayne.1 He married Mary Dorothea Gibbs, daughter of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley, on 2 December 1856.2 He died on 6 August 1911 at age 86.

George Edward Cokayne was baptised with the name of George Edward Adams.1 He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.).2 He was a barrister.2 He held the office of Clarenceux King of Arms.2 On 15 August 1873 his name was legally changed to George Edward Cokayne by Royal lience.1,2 He was invested as a Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.).2 He wrote the book The Complete Peerage, 1st edition, published between 1887 and 1898.1 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at The Complete Peerage. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.