Handel Cossham (31 March 1824 – 23 April 1890[1]) was a British colliery owner, lay preacher and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1890.

His father Jesse Cossham, a carpenter and builder, named his son after the composer of Messiah, George Frederic Handel.

A plaque at his birthplace describes him as a "non-conformist Preacher, Industrialist, Geologist, Politician, Educationalist and Public Benefactor".

The business came under control of Handel Cossham and Charles S. Wills after 1879 when the Kingswood and Parkfield Colliery Company Ltd was formed.

Records relating to Handel Cossham's collieries and estates are held at Bristol Archives (Ref.