Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782–1866) was an eminent English showman, born in Warwick, who toured in America as well as his own country. In 1997 Cooke was inducted into the Circus Hall of Fame. Private life Cooke was said to have had between 13 and nineteen children who were mostly circus performers. He and his wife, Mary Anne, had a daughter Rebecca who married and their daughter was the equestrian performer Nellie Boswell. References Circus owners Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery People from Warwick 1782 births 1866 deaths 19th-century British businesspeople