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which he restored along with its gardens. These became a subject of a number of paintings. In the 1970s he bought the former Methodist chapel at Les Augrès,
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Forty Dutch pictures from the family art collection were sold to Katz of Dieren in 1939, with more being sold off after the family home of
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in 1948 with the remaining 30 paintings from his collection. Some of his works stored at Le Gallais' depository in
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Juliet Berry Perkins, daughter of Christopher Edward Perkins, on 5 September 1947, divorced in 1951
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were lost in a fire in 1949. Many of these works were later recreated by Cook from photographs.
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Molly Violet Mappin, daughter of Thomas Wilson Mappin, on 15 February 1928, divorced in 1930
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Joan Loraine Case, daughter of John Aloysius Ashton Case, on 8 June 1937, divorced in 1942
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was bomb damaged in 1944 – fortunately much of the collection had been transferred to
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Jane Audrey Nott, daughter of Christopher Nott, on 10 August 1951, divorced in 1956
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Bridget Brenda Lynch, daughter of Thomas David Lynch, on 3 December 1956
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he dispersed the majority of the very important family collection of
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along with the former chapel, which has since been named the
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Barbara Frances Lang, in October 1942, divorced in 1947
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458 artworks by or after Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet
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