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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.


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