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Cook, Thomas

(1808–1892)

Piers Brendon

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6152

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Cook, Thomas (1808–1892), travel agent, was born on 22 November 1808 at 9 Quick Close, Melbourne, Derbyshire. He was the only child of John Cook (1785–1812), labourer, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. 1854), daughter of Thomas Perkins, a New Connexion Baptist pastor. The family was poor and their circumstances did not improve when ...

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date: 24 February 2021

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