Edward Cooke

(1755-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cooke, Edward, 1755-1820 DNB: Cooke, Edward (bap. 1755, d. 1820), government official and political pamphleteer LBT ID: EdCooke1820 VIAF ID: 67895242 LOC ID: n85099771	B/BAP: 1755-06-27 DIED: 1820-03-19
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He was a government official, pamphleteer, and MP in Ireland who supported the Union; as a supporter of Castlereagh he was under-secretary for war (1804-06) and foreign affairs (1812-17).
REFERENCES TO Edward Cooke: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 7 October 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 1: Introductory Found 1: ¶ 3 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter II: 1814