Dr Benjamin Cooke, organist and composer, is buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey, together with his wife, ten of their children and his mother in law Mary Shelvocke. On the wall is a ...

1814) and his wife Ann. His sister Martha was also an organist. Thomas studied music under Dr Benjamin Cooke, Abbey organist, and later was the Earl of Sandwich's musical director. He sang in the ...