Hayman Rooke [SEP] date of birth
Hayman Rooke
Major Hayman Rooke (20 February 1723 – 18 September 1806) became an antiquary on his retirement from the Army. The Major Oak is named after him.
Biography.
Rooke was born on 20 February 1723 and baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Westminster on 19 March of the same year. After a modest military career, in which he achieved the rank of major in the 30th Regiment of Foot, Hayman Rooke retired to Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire and turned himself into an antiquary
Rooke
Rooke is a surname, and may refer to:
- Daphne Rooke (1914–2009), South African author
- Sir Denis Rooke (1924–2008), English engineer
- Sir George Rooke (1650–1709), English admiral
- Hayman Rooke (1723–1806), English major and antiquary
- Irene Rooke (1878-1958), English actress
- Jessie Rooke (1845–1906), Australian women's rights campaigner
- Laurence Rooke (1622–1662), English astronomer
- Leon Rooke (born 1934)