Samuel Edward Cook

Samuel Edward Cook (d. January, 1856) was an English writer.

In 1840, he took the name of Widdrington, his mother being the heiress of some of the estates of that family. Having served in the Royal Navy he lived for some years in Spain, writing "Sketches in Spain" during the years 1829-1832 (London, 1834): and "Spain and the Spaniards" in 1843 (London, 1844).

He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1854. [LondonGazette|issue=21517|startpage=265|date=31 January1854|accessdate=2008-02-25] He died at his residence, Newton Hall, Northumberland, in January 1856 and was succeeded in the ownership of his estates by his nephew, Shalcross Fitzherbert Jacson, who took the name Widdrington.

References

*1911|article=Widdrington, Barons
* Rev. John Hodgson, "History of Northumberland" (1820-1840).
* E. I. Carlyle, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29357 ‘Widdrington , Samuel Edward (1787–1856)’] , rev. Ian Campbell Robertson, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, October 2005, doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/29357. Retrieved 26 February 2008