Sir Thomas Cooke (c. 1648 – 6 September 1709) was a Tory politician and governor of the East India Company.
[1] In February-March 1681, Cooke ran for the constituency of Truro and was defeated by the Whig candidate Sir Henry Ashurst.
He ran for the London mayorship in 1703 and lost; he was then elected the following year but declined the position due to health concerns.
He ran for Southwark in 1690 alongside the Tory politician Sir Peter Rich and donated money to support French and Irish Protestant refugees.
Cooke was re-elected as MP for Colchester, but the results were disputed, and Parliament ruled in favour of his opponent, Sir John Morden, 1st Bt.