The gold medal and vase were gifted to the nation by Caroline Augusta Rolles, Cooke's great-granddaughter, after her on death on . At least some of the money the family received was spent on a large wall plaque mounted in St Andrew's Church in Donhead St Andrew in Wiltshire, close to the family home at Donhead Lodge in St. Bartholomew's Street. The plaque commemorates Cooke's life and death and also that of his wife. A memorial was also raised to him in St Paul's Cathedral. Tributes from fellow officers were also forthcoming, including from the future explorer John Franklin, who had served on "Bellerophon" at Trafalgar and had said of Cooke that he was "very gentlemanly and active. I like his appearance very much." A number of letters that Cooke wrote to his brother prior to Trafalgar are held by the National Maritime Museum. Cooke had married Louisa, née Hardy, on 15 June 1790 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Louisa was the fourth daughter of Josiah Hardy, the former Governor of New Jersey, and later consul at Cadiz. Cooke had leased Donhead Lodge from Baron Henry Arundell in 1803 and Louisa remained in residence there until 1813. She died at her home, 9 Montpellier Terrace, Montpellier, Cheltenham, on . The funeral was held at St Peter's Church, Leckhampton, on 11 February 1853, with interment following in the churchyard. Louisa Charlotte Cooke, their only child, was born on at Stoke Damerel. Louisa Charlotte married Abraham John Newenham Devonsher of Kilshanick, County Cork, at Cheltenham, on 9 March 1820. Formerly of Hinton Charterhouse, she died after a short illness at St. Anne’s, Albion Street, Cheltenham, on . She was interred at Bouncer's Lane Cemetery, Prestbury, Cheltenham, on 5 May 1871.