Charles Cooke (Conservative politician)

Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke (1841 – 26 May 1911)[1][2] was an English farmer and cider producer and a Conservative Party politician.

In 1869 he co-wrote with Angelina Gushington Thoughts on Men and Things: A Series of Essays.

In 1872, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, but showed a greater interest in farming in Herefordshire.

He wrote pamphlets on political and other questions and authored works on the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1875.

Their eldest daughter Constance Chellingworth Radcliffe Cooke (1877-1963) was active in the women’s suffrage campaign in Herefordshire, and a member of the WSPU, the Labour Party, and later joined CND.