Author talk:Geoffrey Montague Cookson
Sources edit
Mentioned in "England, Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880-1892"
Death edit
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Deaths Mar 1951
COOKSON Geoffrey M 83 Falmouth 7a 60
Birth edit
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Births Dec 1867
Cookson Geoffrey Montague Northampton 3b 86
Probate edit
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Name: Geoffrey Montague Cookson
Probate Date: 1 May 1951
Registry: Bodmin
Death Date: 3 Mar 1951
Death Place: Cornwall, England
Marriage edit
- 1898
Records his occupation as being Ceylon civil servant.
Noting that there are no census records for this person between 1891, 1901, 1911. There are electoral registration in 1921 onwards. — billinghurst sDrewth 01:26, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon, p. 109 (1907) edit
GEOFFREY MONTAGUE COOKSON.
Mr. G. M. Cookson, B.A. Oxon, the Assistant Government Agent, Matara, was born in November 14, 1867. He entered the Secretariat in 1891, and in 1892 acted as Assistant Collector of Customs, Ttincomalee. He filled various appointments subsequently, such as Office Assistant to the Government Agents, Police Magistrates, Assistant Collector of Customs, Acting Government, Agent, Superintendent of Police, Colombo, Police Magistrate, &c. He was appointed to his present position in 1904.