Charles Cooke (MP for Grampound)

Sir Charles Cooke (died 2 January 1721) of Hackney, Middlesex was an English merchant and politician of the early 18th century.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Cooke of Hackney and the brother of James Cooke, MP for Tregony.

He served as MP for Grampound from 1715 to 1721, was Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1716, was knighted in January 1717 and appointed Sheriff of London the same year.[1] Following his death he left a bequest to Morden College.[2]

He died unmarried.

References

  1. ↑ COOKE, Charles (-d.1721), of Hackney, Mdx. in The History of Parliament, published 1970, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/cooke-charles-1721
  2. ↑ From: 'Charlton', The Environs of London: volume 4: Counties of Herts, Essex & Kent (1796), pp. 324-42. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45480. Date accessed: 3 October 2007.
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