Harry Welby Cooke

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☨ Harry Welby Cooke
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	1845 in United Kingdom

Dead	1882 in United Kingdom


Spouse(s)	1867 - 1882 Katherine Hughes

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	animal trainer 1873-1874
Location	at W. W. Coles Circus in United States

Title	animal trainer 1871-1872
Location	at Stone & Murray Circus in United States

Title	animal trainer -
Location	at Cooke’s Circus in United Kingdom

Biography details

Henry Welby Cooke , circus animal trainer in United Kingdom

Cooke was born * 1845 in United Kingdom dead 1882 , in United Kingdom , son of animal trainer Henry Cooke

⚭ Married 1867 to Katherine Hughes born ? .

Son of Henry Cooke and grandson of T. T. Cooke. Equestrian. Englishman who came to USA with equestrienne wife, Katherine (nee Hughes), and his children, Clarence and Alice. They had married April 23, 1867 in Scotland. Lost a 3 year old son, Harold Edwin Cooke, 1871. Juggling and hurdle riding, John H. Murray’s, 1871-72; bounding jockey, W. W. Cole’s, 1873; Springer’s, 1875. Died in England.

Family

Total: 4 children

Clarence Welby Cooke.
Alice Isabel Cooke.
John David Cooke. Born: ?.
Harold Edwin Cooke. Born: 1868. Dead: † 1871

Siblings

Siblings through the father Henry Cooke (1814 -- 1901):

John Cooke Born 1837 Dead: † 1917-08-22

Harry Welby Cookes ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Harry Welby Cooke Born: 1845	Father: Henry Cooke Born: 1814 2025-07	Paternal Grandfather: Thomas Cooke Born: 1782 2025-07	Paternal Great-grandfather: Thomas Cooke
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Henry Welby Cooke in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1776. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.classic.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlympiansC2.htm

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