James Cockle (17 July 1782 – 8 December 1854) was a prominent British surgeon and father of eventual Chief Justice of Queensland, Sir James Cockle.
Cockle was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk to Andrew Cockle—a vintner—and his wife, Anne.
[1] He became the parochial surgeon at Great Oakley, Essex before moving to London in the early 1820s.
Initially working as an apothecary in Hackney, Cockle moved to New Ormond Street in 1829 and developed an extremely successful medical firm.
Cockle married Elizabeth Moss in 1811 and the couple had five sons and a daughter: Cockle died on 8 December 1854 at 18 New Ormond Street, Queen Square, London with an estate of £37,085, approximately £2.6 million with inflation adjusted as of 2008.