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). | |