Sir George Cooke (1768–1837), was a major general during the Battle of Waterloo, commanding the 1. Division, under overall command of the Prince of Orange. He was the son and heir of George John Cooke, Harefield, in Middlesex, who descended from a line of prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas. He was educated at Harrow and at the military school in Caen, in Normandy, and appointed in 1784 as an ensign in the 10th Grenadier Guards. He achieved his lieutenancy in 1792, followed shortly by his captaincy. In March 1794, he joined the Guards in Flanders and was appointed aide-d-camp to Major General Sir Samuel Hulse. He served throughout the French Revolutionary Wars, in Flanders and Holland, at the conclusion of which we was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of his regiment. From 1803 until