William Thomas Gustavus Cook

Sir William Thomas Gustavus Cook (1834 – 26 January 1908) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.

He was the second son of Anselm Cook of Kingscourt, Stroud, Gloucestershire, where he was born. He took up an apprenticeship to the pin and wire trade in Birmingham and subsequently set up his own business as a manufacturer of tacks and shoe rivets.

In 1872 Cook was elected to Birmingham Town Council, and in 1875 became chairman of the Borough Health Committee. and won the seat at general election of that year. He was only a member of the House of Commons for a brief period, however, as he was defeated by his Conservative opponent when another election was held in 1886.

William Cook died in Blackpool in January 1908, aged 73.