When Clarence Hyde Cooke was born on 17 April 1876, in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, Charles Montague Cooke Sr., was 26 and his mother, Anna Charlotte Rice, was 22. He married Lily Love about 1898, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States in 1936. He died on 23 August 1944, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Kawaiahao Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
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Clarence Hyde Cooke (April 17, 1876 – August 23, 1944) was a politician and businessman in Honolulu. Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaiʻi Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle & Cooke. He was educated at Punahou School and Yale University.
In 1909, he succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawaii, then became chairman of the board in 1937. He also served as president of two banks on Maui, First National Bank of Wailuku and Lahaina National Bank (which later merged to become the Bank of Maui). He held high positions on the boards of many other large corporations in the Territory of Hawaii, including Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiian Trust Company, Molokai Ranch, and several big sugarcane plantations. He was a founding member of The Pacific Club and the Oahu Country Club, and president of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust (now the Cooke Foundation).
He was elected to the territorial Hawaii House of Representatives in 1913–23 and as a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected Speaker of the territorial House of Representatives in 1927, then elected to the territorial Senate in 1929 and 1931.
On August 11, 1898, he married Lily Love, who died in 1933, shortly after they completed a great mansion now called the Clarence H. Cooke House on land he owned in Nuʻuanu Valley, where he lived until his own death on August 23, 1944. They had 8 children. His grandson is judge Alan Cooke Kay (born 1932), son of his daughter Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956) and Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976).
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Clarence H. Cooke, son of Charles M. Cooke and Miss Lilly Love were married at the residence of the brides' mother, Mrs. Fannie Love, on Fort Street. Misses Stella Love and Kate Kelley were the bridesmaids and Messrs. C. Montague Cooke and J.P. Waterhouse groomsmen. The bride was given away by W.A. Love her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will reside at the Cooke homestead on Beretania Street. Their estate at 3860 Old Pali Road, includes a 24-4oom Hawai'i style brick and frame mansion designed by architect Hardie Phillips who designed other Hawai'i landmarks such as the C. Brewer Building, was built in 1929 for Clarence H. Cooke, the property also has a gate house, guest cottages and a two-story garage that includes upstairs living quarters.
The property consists of two separate parcels totally about 218,000 square feet of land. Cooke was the grandson of William Harrison rice and Amos Starr Cooke, who helped found the firm Castle & Cooke. Clarence Cooke graduated form Punahou in 1894 and attended Yale (did not graduate). Began business career in Honolulu with Hawai'ian Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Ltd. In 1897; worked at Bank of Hawai'I January 1, 1898; president of the banks of Hawaii since 1909. He was an officer or director fo the Hawaiian Trust Co, the Hawaiian Electric Co, Ewa Plantation, Waialua Plantation, Charles M. Cooke, C brewer & Co, Lihue Plantation Co, Wailuku Sugar Co, and a number of other enterprises. Was a member of the 1913, 1915 and 1917 sessions of the Territorial Legislature and accomplished good results on the Financial Committee of the lower house. Elected to House of Representatives 1920; served special session 1920 & regular session 1921. Member of the Pacific Club, University and Country Clubs of Honolulu.
Clarence succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawai'i in 1909. In 1937 he became the chairman of the bank. Cooke bequeathed the estate on Pali Road to the Academy of Arts, which sold it to Lester and Elizabeth Marks in 1945. Lester Marks was territorial land commissioner in the 1940's, but resigned his position in 1949.
Article Aug. 12, 1898
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Clarence Hyde Cooke (April 17, 1876 – August 23, 1944) was a politician and businessman in Honolulu. Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaiʻi Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle & Cooke. He was educated at Punahou School and Yale University.
In 1909, he succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawaii, then became chairman of the board in 1937. He also served as president of two banks on Maui, First National Bank of Wailuku and Lahaina National Bank (which later merged to become the Bank of Maui). He held high positions on the boards of many other large corporations in the Territory of Hawaii, including Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiian Trust Company, Molokai Ranch, and several big sugarcane plantations. He was a founding member of The Pacific Club and the Oahu Country Club, and president of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust (now the Cooke Foundation).
He was elected to the territorial Hawaii House of Representatives in 1913–23 and as a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected Speaker of the territorial House of Representatives in 1927, then elected to the territorial Senate in 1929 and 1931.
On August 11, 1898, he married Lily Love, who died in 1933, shortly after they completed a great mansion now called the Clarence H. Cooke House on land he owned in Nuʻuanu Valley, where he lived until his own death on August 23, 1944. They had 8 children. His grandson is judge Alan Cooke Kay (born 1932), son of his daughter Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956) and Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976).
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Clarence H. Cooke, son of Charles M. Cooke and Miss Lilly Love were married at the residence of the brides' mother, Mrs. Fannie Love, on Fort Street. Misses Stella Love and Kate Kelley were the bridesmaids and Messrs. C. Montague Cooke and J.P. Waterhouse groomsmen. The bride was given away by W.A. Love her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will reside at the Cooke homestead on Beretania Street. Their estate at 3860 Old Pali Road, includes a 24-4oom Hawai'i style brick and frame mansion designed by architect Hardie Phillips who designed other Hawai'i landmarks such as the C. Brewer Building, was built in 1929 for Clarence H. Cooke, the property also has a gate house, guest cottages and a two-story garage that includes upstairs living quarters.
The property consists of two separate parcels totally about 218,000 square feet of land. Cooke was the grandson of William Harrison rice and Amos Starr Cooke, who helped found the firm Castle & Cooke. Clarence Cooke graduated form Punahou in 1894 and attended Yale (did not graduate). Began business career in Honolulu with Hawai'ian Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Ltd. In 1897; worked at Bank of Hawai'I January 1, 1898; president of the banks of Hawaii since 1909. He was an officer or director fo the Hawaiian Trust Co, the Hawaiian Electric Co, Ewa Plantation, Waialua Plantation, Charles M. Cooke, C brewer & Co, Lihue Plantation Co, Wailuku Sugar Co, and a number of other enterprises. Was a member of the 1913, 1915 and 1917 sessions of the Territorial Legislature and accomplished good results on the Financial Committee of the lower house. Elected to House of Representatives 1920; served special session 1920 & regular session 1921. Member of the Pacific Club, University and Country Clubs of Honolulu.
Clarence succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawai'i in 1909. In 1937 he became the chairman of the bank. Cooke bequeathed the estate on Pali Road to the Academy of Arts, which sold it to Lester and Elizabeth Marks in 1945. Lester Marks was territorial land commissioner in the 1940's, but resigned his position in 1949.
Article Aug. 12, 1898
When Clarence Hyde Cooke was born on 17 April 1876, in Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, his father, Charles Montague Cooke Sr., was 26 and his mother, Anna Charlotte Rice, was 22. He married Lily Love about 1898, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States in 1936. He died on 23 August 1944, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Kawaiahao Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
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Clarence Hyde Cooke (April 17, 1876 – August 23, 1944) was a politician and businessman in Honolulu. Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaiʻi Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle & Cooke. He was educated at Punahou School and Yale University.
In 1909, he succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawaii, then became chairman of the board in 1937. He also served as president of two banks on Maui, First National Bank of Wailuku and Lahaina National Bank (which later merged to become the Bank of Maui). He held high positions on the boards of many other large corporations in the Territory of Hawaii, including Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiian Trust Company, Molokai Ranch, and several big sugarcane plantations. He was a founding member of The Pacific Club and the Oahu Country Club, and president of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust (now the Cooke Foundation).
He was elected to the territorial Hawaii House of Representatives in 1913–23 and as a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected Speaker of the territorial House of Representatives in 1927, then elected to the territorial Senate in 1929 and 1931.
On August 11, 1898, he married Lily Love, who died in 1933, shortly after they completed a great mansion now called the Clarence H. Cooke House on land he owned in Nuʻuanu Valley, where he lived until his own death on August 23, 1944. They had 8 children. His grandson is judge Alan Cooke Kay (born 1932), son of his daughter Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956) and Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976).
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Clarence H. Cooke, son of Charles M. Cooke and Miss Lilly Love were married at the residence of the brides' mother, Mrs. Fannie Love, on Fort Street. Misses Stella Love and Kate Kelley were the bridesmaids and Messrs. C. Montague Cooke and J.P. Waterhouse groomsmen. The bride was given away by W.A. Love her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will reside at the Cooke homestead on Beretania Street. Their estate at 3860 Old Pali Road, includes a 24-4oom Hawai'i style brick and frame mansion designed by architect Hardie Phillips who designed other Hawai'i landmarks such as the C. Brewer Building, was built in 1929 for Clarence H. Cooke, the property also has a gate house, guest cottages and a two-story garage that includes upstairs living quarters.
The property consists of two separate parcels totally about 218,000 square feet of land. Cooke was the grandson of William Harrison rice and Amos Starr Cooke, who helped found the firm Castle & Cooke. Clarence Cooke graduated form Punahou in 1894 and attended Yale (did not graduate). Began business career in Honolulu with Hawai'ian Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Ltd. In 1897; worked at Bank of Hawai'I January 1, 1898; president of the banks of Hawaii since 1909. He was an officer or director fo the Hawaiian Trust Co, the Hawaiian Electric Co, Ewa Plantation, Waialua Plantation, Charles M. Cooke, C brewer & Co, Lihue Plantation Co, Wailuku Sugar Co, and a number of other enterprises. Was a member of the 1913, 1915 and 1917 sessions of the Territorial Legislature and accomplished good results on the Financial Committee of the lower house. Elected to House of Representatives 1920; served special session 1920 & regular session 1921. Member of the Pacific Club, University and Country Clubs of Honolulu.
Clarence succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawai'i in 1909. In 1937 he became the chairman of the bank. Cooke bequeathed the estate on Pali Road to the Academy of Arts, which sold it to Lester and Elizabeth Marks in 1945. Lester Marks was territorial land commissioner in the 1940's, but resigned his position in 1949.
Article Aug. 12, 1898
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Clarence Hyde Cooke (April 17, 1876 – August 23, 1944) was a politician and businessman in Honolulu. Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaiʻi Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle & Cooke. He was educated at Punahou School and Yale University.
In 1909, he succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawaii, then became chairman of the board in 1937. He also served as president of two banks on Maui, First National Bank of Wailuku and Lahaina National Bank (which later merged to become the Bank of Maui). He held high positions on the boards of many other large corporations in the Territory of Hawaii, including Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiian Trust Company, Molokai Ranch, and several big sugarcane plantations. He was a founding member of The Pacific Club and the Oahu Country Club, and president of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust (now the Cooke Foundation).
He was elected to the territorial Hawaii House of Representatives in 1913–23 and as a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected Speaker of the territorial House of Representatives in 1927, then elected to the territorial Senate in 1929 and 1931.
On August 11, 1898, he married Lily Love, who died in 1933, shortly after they completed a great mansion now called the Clarence H. Cooke House on land he owned in Nuʻuanu Valley, where he lived until his own death on August 23, 1944. They had 8 children. His grandson is judge Alan Cooke Kay (born 1932), son of his daughter Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956) and Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976).
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Clarence H. Cooke, son of Charles M. Cooke and Miss Lilly Love were married at the residence of the brides' mother, Mrs. Fannie Love, on Fort Street. Misses Stella Love and Kate Kelley were the bridesmaids and Messrs. C. Montague Cooke and J.P. Waterhouse groomsmen. The bride was given away by W.A. Love her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will reside at the Cooke homestead on Beretania Street. Their estate at 3860 Old Pali Road, includes a 24-4oom Hawai'i style brick and frame mansion designed by architect Hardie Phillips who designed other Hawai'i landmarks such as the C. Brewer Building, was built in 1929 for Clarence H. Cooke, the property also has a gate house, guest cottages and a two-story garage that includes upstairs living quarters.
The property consists of two separate parcels totally about 218,000 square feet of land. Cooke was the grandson of William Harrison rice and Amos Starr Cooke, who helped found the firm Castle & Cooke. Clarence Cooke graduated form Punahou in 1894 and attended Yale (did not graduate). Began business career in Honolulu with Hawai'ian Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Ltd. In 1897; worked at Bank of Hawai'I January 1, 1898; president of the banks of Hawaii since 1909. He was an officer or director fo the Hawaiian Trust Co, the Hawaiian Electric Co, Ewa Plantation, Waialua Plantation, Charles M. Cooke, C brewer & Co, Lihue Plantation Co, Wailuku Sugar Co, and a number of other enterprises. Was a member of the 1913, 1915 and 1917 sessions of the Territorial Legislature and accomplished good results on the Financial Committee of the lower house. Elected to House of Representatives 1920; served special session 1920 & regular session 1921. Member of the Pacific Club, University and Country Clubs of Honolulu.
Clarence succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawai'i in 1909. In 1937 he became the chairman of the bank. Cooke bequeathed the estate on Pali Road to the Academy of Arts, which sold it to Lester and Elizabeth Marks in 1945. Lester Marks was territorial land commissioner in the 1940's, but resigned his position in 1949.
Article Aug. 12, 1898
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