# Thomas Cookes (MP)

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{{Short description|British politician (1804–1900)}}
'''Thomas Henry Cookes''' (25 October 1804 – 29 September 1900) was a British Member of Parliament.

Cookes lived at Bentley Hall in [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), and was a captain in the county yeomanry.  He was also a magistrate and a deputy lieutenant of the county.  He stood for the [Whigs](/source/Whigs_(British_political_party)) in [East Worcestershire](/source/East_Worcestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [1832 UK general election](/source/1832_UK_general_election), winning the seat.  He held the seat in [1835](/source/1835_UK_general_election), and stood down at the [1837 UK general election](/source/1837_UK_general_election).<ref name="stenton">{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament |volume=1 |date=1976 |publisher=Harvester Press |location=Hassocks |isbn=0855272198 |pages=88&ndash;89}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1862 |publisher=Harrison |page=285}}</ref>

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 | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [East Worcestershire](/source/East_Worcestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years = [1832](/source/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1837](/source/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election)
 | with = [William Congreve Russell](/source/William_Congreve_Russell)
 | with2 = [Edward Holland](/source/Edward_Holland_(MP))
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 | after  = [Horace St Paul](/source/Sir_Horace_St_Paul%2C_2nd_Baronet)
 | after2 = [John Barneby](/source/John_Barneby)
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Category:1804 births
Category:1900 deaths
Category:UK MPs 1832–1835
Category:UK MPs 1835–1837
Category:Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies

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