Charles John Bowen Cooke CBE (11 January 1859 – 18 October 1920) was born in Orton Longueville (then in Huntingdonshire) and was Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).

[2][5] Whilst CME of the LNWR he was responsible for the introduction of several new locomotive designs, including the George the Fifth and Claughton classes.

[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.

[6] He died on 18 October 1920 and is buried in the churchyard at St Just in Roseland, Cornwall.

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