Edward Rider Cook

Edward Rider Cook (4 June 1836 – 21 August 1898)[1] was an English soap manufacturer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.

Cook was born at Whitechapel,[2] the son of Edward Cook of Crix, Hatfield Peverel, Essex and his wife Anne Rider.[3] He was educated at City of London School, and at University College, London, where he studied theoretical and analytical chemistry.[3] He was senior partner in the firm of Edward Cook & Co., soap makers and chemical manufacturers of Bow. In 1865, he became a member for Poplar at the Metropolitan Board of Works.[3] He was chairman of the unsuccessful London Riverside Fish Market Co. of Shadwell,[3][4] Honorary Treasurer of Society of Chemical Industry[3] and its President from 1890–91,[5] and a Conservator of River Lea. He was also F.C.S., a J.P. for Middlesex and was described as an advanced Liberal.[6]

He was elected at the 1885 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Ham North, but lost the seat in the 1886 general election.[7]

Cook married firstly Edith Piper in 1860, and secondly Ellen Leonard of Clifton, Bristol in 1873.[8] He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his residence, Woodford House, Woodford Green, Essex, in August 1898 aged 62.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with W, part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ British Census 1881 RG11 1734/12 p17
  3. ^ a b c d e "Biographies of New Members". The Daily News. 30 November 1885. p. 1.
  4. ^ Shadwell "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. V, no. 57 (November 1935)
  5. ^ https://www.soci.org/about-us/history/sci-presidents
  6. ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 206. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  8. ^ a b "Recent Wills". The Daily News. 24 November 1898. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Today". The Standard. 26 August 1898. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Deaths". The Morning Post. 25 August 1898. p. 1.