Charles Rooke
| Charles Rooke MD, FGS | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1809 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1872 | ||||||||||
| Residence | Bellevue Cottage, Scarborough | ||||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||||
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proposed 1866.06.05
proposed 1871.04.03
Notes From Elsewhere
Charles Rooke was born in 1809 and became a physician. He first appeared in the Pigot & Co's Directory of Yorkshire 1841 under Chymists and Druggists, Scarborough which date ties in with the date listed on the pot. It is stated on the pots that the Golden Ointment was discovered A.D.1839.
Aged 63, Dr Rooke passed away and one of his sons, Dr William Foster Rooke continued the business. The Ointment continued to be sold after the first world war and it was during this time that the price of the smaller pots increased from the more commonly found price of 1s 1½d to 1s 3d to reflect the increase in medical tax. Pots in this increased size are rare.
The early pots bear the name Charles Rooke M.D., Giessen (the town in Germany where he was purported to have obtained his medical qualifications). In 1851, the regional General Directory shows that Rooke was listed as Rooke C., M.D. and this title appears on the larger size pots priced at 2s 9d. The larger size pot carries a superb pictorial of a large phoenix.
A detailed article regarding Dr Charles Rook and his products appears in BBR magazine 117.
Died Feb. 28 1872. He arrived in the town some thirty years before and set up a business manufacturing and selling medicinal products. His company was based on premises on the corner of Hanover Road and Westborough, and from here employees prepared and sold pills and medicines, such as Solar Elixir and Oriental Pills, throughout the country. Charles Rooke also had a keen interest in rocks and fossils, which led to him opening his own museum in Scarborough's Westover Road during 1862. His son became mayor of Scarborough
Publications
External Publications
The sea-side series. Vol. X.] Scarborough. [.No. 6 Size 16.5 cm. Date [1888] Imprint [London] : Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited, London Illustrations Illustration on front of a lady entitled "At the spa, Scarborough." - With illustrations of Scarborough and Dr Rooke's properties inside. - Portrait of the Dr. Charles Rooke, F.G.S. on p. 9. Notes Advertising booklet for preparations and remedies of Dr. Charles Rooke, of Scarborough; with advertisements for 'Dr. Rooke's Solar Elixir' and 'Crosby's Balsamic Cough Elixir' on pages [15] and [16]. - Dated in MS. on front cover: 1888.
The handy pocket-guide to the health and health-restoring places
Legends of the Lake Geneva
Anti-lancet, or, The Destructive practice of bleeding, etc. : exposed and denounced.
