Arthur Cocks (politician)

Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks, KBE (27 May 1862 – 25 April 1943) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

Cocks was born at Wild Duck Creek, near Heathcote, Victoria and educated at a state school at Richmond before entering retailing at 14.

[1] He married Elizabeth Agnes Gibb in 1884 and they had a son and a daughter.

He established a business of wholesale jewellers and opticians, Arthur Cocks & Co.

[2] Cocks was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1925.