Richard Cecil Cook (2 March 1902 – 29 July 1977),[1] was an Australian judge and a member of the Industrial Commission of New South Wales.
[2] 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)[3] and the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a LL.B.
[4] After graduating Cook worked as a solicitor until 1928 and then read for the Bar.
[1] In the 1950s, Cook was appointed by the Attorney General under the monopolies act to inquire into the wool trade.