Richard Cecil Cook
{{Short description|Australian judge}}
{{other people||Richard Cook (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
|name= Cecil Cook
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|birth_date= {{Birth date |df=yes|1902|3|2}}
|birth_place= Marrickville, Sydney
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|7|29|1902|3|2}}
|death_place= Sydney
|education= Newington College
University of Sydney
|occupation= Solicitor, barrister, judge
|title= The Hon. Mr Justice Richard Cecil Cook
|spouse= Llois (nee Leonard)
|parents= Sir Joseph Cook and Dame Mary Cook
|children= 1 son
|nationality= Australian
|website=
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Richard Cecil Cook (2 March 1902 – 29 July 1977),{{cite web|title= State Records|publisher= NSW Government|url= http://api.records.nsw.gov.au/persons/208|access-date= 18 October 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161944/http://api.records.nsw.gov.au/persons/208|archive-date=31 March 2012|df= dmy-all}} was an Australian judge and a member of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134098488 |title=Two New Judges Named |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |issue=24,336 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 October 1954 |access-date=12 April 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Early life
Always known by his second given name, Cecil Cook was born in Marrickville, New South Wales, one of nine children of Sir Joseph Cook, a politician and Prime Minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914, and Dame Mary Cook. He attended Newington College (1912–1920)Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp41 and the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a LL.B. in 1924.{{cite web| title =Alumni Sidneienses| publisher =University of Sydney| url =https://alumniarchives.sydney.edu.au/as/FMPro?-db=as_main.fp5&-lay=web&-format=..%2Fas%2Fsearch_list.html&-max=10&-error=error.html&-SortField=dLastName&dLastName=Cook&dFirstName=Richard&dGradYear=1924&-find=Go%21 | access-date = 18 October 2011 }}
Legal career
After graduating Cook worked as a solicitor until 1928 and then read for the Bar. He was a barrister-at-law until 1954.Who's Who in Australia 1977 (Melb, 1977) pp251
Judicial career
Wool trade report
In the 1950s, Cook was appointed by the Attorney General under the monopolies act to inquire into the wool trade.{{cite web| title =Report by the Hon. Mr. Justice Cook in the Matter of a Reference by the Attorney General Under the Monopolies Act for an Inquiry into the Wool Trade| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=6iX3PwAACAAJ | access-date = 18 October 2011 | last1 =Cecil Cook| first1 =R.| year =1959}}
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Category:20th-century Australian judges
Category:People educated at Newington College