Thomas Coote
Thomas Coote (1850 – 24 October 1939 at Hythe, Kent) was an English coal merchant and Liberal politician.
Coote was born at Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire,[1] the son of Thomas Coote of St Ives, Huntingdonshire. He was educated privately and became a coal merchant in the firm of Coote & Son, Coal Merchants, of St Ives.[2]
In the 1885 general election, Coote was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon but lost the seat in the 1886 general election.[3] He had stood as the Liberal candidate in the Cambridgeshire by-election, 21 March 1884. He was a member of the Reform Club and an original member of the National Liberal Club.
Coote married in 1878, Elizabeth Pauline Day. They lived at Ambury House, Huntingdon.
References
- ^ British Census 1881 RG11 1604/41 p13
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ Leigh Rayment