Lucian Howard Cocke (March 27, 1858 – November 14, 1927) was an American lawyer, politician, historian and university rector from Virginia.

[4][3] He attended law school at the University of Virginia and upon graduating set up his own practice.

[4][3] From 1924 to 1928, he served as rector and trustee of his alma mater Washington & Lee.

[5][6] In private life, he was an avid author of works on the law, history and genealogy periodically contributing to the Virginia Historical Society and the William & Mary Quarterly.

[3] Cocke married twice, first on September 17, 1885, to his distant cousin Lelia Maria Smith (1859–1899) a descendant of Robert "King" Carter and William Thornton.