Thomas Coote (1850 – 24 October 1939 at

Hythe, Kent Hythe () is an old market town and civil parish on the edge of Romney Marsh in Kent, England. ''Hythe'' is an Old English word meaning haven or landing place. History The earliest reference to Hythe is in Domesday Book (1086) though there i ...

) was an English

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and Liberal politician. Coote was born at

Fenstanton Fenstanton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, south of St Ives, Cambridgeshire, St Ives in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic counties of England, hist ...

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, the son of Thomas Coote of

St Ives, Huntingdonshire St Ives is a medieval market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Great Ouse, and there is a historic stone bridge dating from 1425. The bridge has an unusual chapel inco ...

. He was educated privately and became a

in the firm of Coote & Son, Coal Merchants, of St Ives. In the 1885 general election, Coote was elected Member of Parliament for

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but lost the seat in the 1886 general election. He had stood as the Liberal candidate in the

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by-election, 21 March 1884. He was a member of the

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and an original member of the

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. Coote married in 1878, Elizabeth Pauline Day. They lived at Ambury House, Huntingdon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Thomas 1850 births 1939 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 People from Fenstanton People from Huntingdon