Both of Cookes's marriages were without issue, though his name was preserved through donations to educational institutions such as Bromsgrove School and Feckenham School.
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Born in Bromley, Kent, England, the son of the chaplain at Bromley College, he was educated at Bromsgrove School and appeared for their first XI in 1866 and 1867.