See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• THOMAS COOK (1808-1892)

COOK (1808-1892)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English travelling See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18o8 . Beginning See also:

• WORK

work at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of ten, he was successively a gardener's help and a See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

turner at Melbourne, and a printer at Lough-See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough . At the age of twenty he became a See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible-reader and See also:

• VILLAGE

village missionary for the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• RUTLAND
• RUTLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RUTLAND, JOHN JAMES ROBERT MANNERS, 7TH DUKE OF (1818-1906)

Rutland; but in 1832, on his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, combined his wood-turning business with that occupation . In 1836 he became a See also:

• TOTAL

total abstainer, and subsequently became actively associated with the See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, and printed at his own expense various publications in its See also:

• INTEREST

interest, notably the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children's Temperance See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine (184o), the first of fts See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind to appear in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1841 a large See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting was to be held at See also:

• LOUGHBOROUGH

Loughborough in connexion with this movement, and See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook was struck with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of getting the Midland CountiesRailwayCompany to run a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train from See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester to the meeting . The See also:

• COMPANY

company consented, and on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July there were carried 570 passengers from Leicester to Lough-borough and back at a See also:

• SHILLING

shilling a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . This is believed to be the first publicly-advertised excursion train ever run in England—private " specials," reserved for members of institutes and similar bodies, were already in use . The event caused See also:

• GREAT

great excitement, and Cook received so many applications to organize similar parties that he henceforward deserted wood-turning, while continuing his See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing and See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing . The summers of the next three years were occupied with excursions like the first; but in 1845 Cook advertised a See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure-trip on a more extensive See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, from Leicester to See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool and back, with opportunities for visiting the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin and Welsh See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . A See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

Hand-See also:

• BOOK

book of the Trip to Liverpool was supplied for the use of travellers . In the previous See also:

• YEAR

year Cook had entered into a permanent arrangement with the Midland Railway Company to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place trains at his disposal, for which he should provide the passengers . A trip to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland followed, and the excursionists were received in See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow with See also:

• MUSIC

music and salute of guns .

The next great impetus to popular travel was given by the Great See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition of 1851, which Cook helped 165,000 visitors to attend . On the occasion of the See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris exhibition of 1855 there was a Cook's excursion from Leicester to See also:

• CALAIS

Calais and back for if:1os . The following year saw the first See also:

• GRAND

grand circular tour in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . This See also:

• PART

part of Cook's activity largely increased after 1863, when the Scottish railway managers See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke off their engagements with him, and See also:

• LEFT

left him See also:

• FREE

free for more distant enterprise . See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland was opened up in 1863, and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in 1864 . Up to this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time " Cook's tourists " had been personally conducted, but now he began to be an agent for the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of English and See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign tickets, the holders of which travelled in-dependently . Switzerland was the first foreign See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country accessible under these conditions, and in 1865 nearly the whole of Europe was included in the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme . Its See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension to the See also:

• UNITED

United States followed in 1866 . For the benefit of visitors to the Paris exhibition, Cook made a fresh departure and leased a hotel there . In the same year began his See also:

• SYSTEM

system of " hotel-coupons," providing See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation at a fixed See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge . The year 1869 was marked by an extension of Cook's See also:

• TOURS

tours to See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, followed by further developments of travel in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, his son, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason Cook, (1834–1899), being appointed in 1870 agent of the khedivial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for passenger See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic on the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile . The Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 187o–1871 was expected to damage the tourist system, but, as a See also:

• MATTER

matter of fact, encouraged it, through the demand for See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination, See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international tickets enabling travellers to reach the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Europe without See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the belligerent countries .

At the termination of the war a party of See also:

• AMERICAN

American freemasons visited Paris under J . M . Cook's guidance, and became the precursors of the See also:

• PRESENT

present vast American tourist traffic . At the beginning of 1872 J . M . Cook entered into formal See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with his See also:

• FATHER

father, and the See also:

• FIRM

firm first took the name of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Cook & Son . In 1882, on the outbreak of Arabi See also:

• PASHA

Pasha's See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, Thomas Cook & Son were commissioned to convey See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

Garnet See also:

• WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )

Wolseley and his See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and to transport the wounded and sick up the Nile by See also:

• WATER

water, for which they received the thanks of the war See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . The firm was again employed in 1884 to convey See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon to the See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, and the whole of the men (18,000) and stores necessary for the expedition afterwards sent to relieve him . In 1889 Thomas Cook & Son acquired the exclusive right of carrying the mails, specie, soldiers and officials of the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian government along the Nile . In 1891 the firm celebrated its See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee, and on the 19th of July of the following year Thomas Cook died . He had been afflicted with See also:

• BLINDNESS

blindness in his declining - years . His son, J .

M . Cook, died in 1899, leaving three sons, all actively engaged in the business .