Ernest Edward Cook (4 September 1865 – 14 March 1955) was an English philanthropist and businessman and grandson of Thomas Cook. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone Thomas Cook ( 22 November 1808 &ndash 18 July 1892) of Melbourne Derbyshire, founded the travel agency that is now Thomas Cook In 1928, along with his brother Frank, sold his business interest in the family firm. He founded the Ernest Cook Trust which is dedicated to the preservation of English country houses and their estates.
The trust owns 21,500 acres of land and is responsible for the following estates
- The Fairford Park Estate
- The Barnsley Village Estate
- The Little Dalby Estate
- The Hartwell Estate
- The Boarstall Estate
- The Slimbridge Estate
- The Trent Estate
- The Filkins Estate
- The Hatherop Estate
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- E. Barnsley is a village and Civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, north-east of Cirencester. Hartwell is a Village in central Buckinghamshire, England. It is to the south of Aylesbury, by the village of Stone. Boarstall is often confused with Borstal Kent, or with Borstal which is a type of prison. Slimbridge is a village near Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. Trent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four Miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north Hatherop is a Village and Civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately 30 miles (48 km to the south-east of Gloucester J. T. Collins, ‘Cook, Ernest Edward (1865–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 1 July 2006
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