Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Honorific Suffix: | 2nd Baronet |
Birth Date: | 1844 11, df=y |
Resting Place: | Richmond Cemetery, London |
Education: | Harrow School |
Father: | Sir Francis Cook |
Mother: | Emily Martha Lucas |
Children: | 1 |
Party: | Conservative party |
Relatives: | Herbert Cook (son) |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Kennington |
Term Start: | 1895 |
Term End: | 1906 |
Predecessor: | Mark Hanbury Beaufoy |
Successor: | Stephen Collins |
Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd Baronet (21 November 1844 – 21 May 1920) was the second holder of the Cook Baronetcy, the head of the family textile-trading company, and a Conservative Party politician.
The son of Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt and Emily Martha Lucas, he was educated at Harrow School, succeeded to his father's titles in 1901 and was married on 7 January 1868 to Mary Anne Elizabeth Cotton, daughter of Richard Payne Cotton. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son Herbert.
He was elected at the 1895 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kennington division of Lambeth in South London, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1906 general election.[1] He was also a deputy lieutenant of the City of London.
Cook is buried in Richmond Cemetery.[2]
. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 30.