Edward Tooker
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(2) Mary Hungerford (1638–1654)
Edward Tooker | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Maddington, where Tooker was buried | |
| Member of Parliament for Salisbury | |
| In office April 1660 – April 1664 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hindon | |
| In office January 1659 – April 1659 | |
| Member of Parliament for Salisbury | |
| In office September 1654 – January 1655 | |
| High Sheriff of Wiltshire | |
| In office 1648–1649 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1592 |
| Died | 17 April 1664 (aged 71) |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Martha Cooper (2) Mary Hungerford (1638–1654) |
| Children | (1) Giles (1625–1676); Martha (died 1688); Philippa (1642–1703) |
| Alma mater | Lincoln's Inn |
Edward Tooker (c. 1592 – 17 April 1664) was an English lawyer and politician from Wiltshire, who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1664. From 1631 to 1639, he was the legal guardian of his nephew Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, who later described him as "a very honest, industrious man, an hospitable, prudent person, much valued and esteemed, dead and alive, by all that knew him".[1]
Edward Tooker was born in Maddington, Wiltshire around 1592, eldest son of Giles Tooker (1558–1623), and his wife Elizabeth. His father was a lawyer, who became Recorder of Salisbury, and sat as MP for the county at various times from 1601 to 1614.[2]
In 1616, he married Martha Cooper, sister of Sir John Cooper and aunt of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. They had three children before her death, Giles (1625–1676), Martha (died 1688), and Philippa (1642–1703). He married again in 1638, this time to a widow, Mary Platt; the second marriage was childless.[1]