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Sir Edward Owen Cox GBE (21 January 1866 – 30 July 1932), known as Owen Cox, was a Welsh-born Australian businessman and politician.
Sir Owen Cox | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 1922–1932 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Owen Cox 21 January 1866 Wales |
| Died | 30 July 1932 (aged 66) Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Cox was born in South Wales, was educated at Christ's Hospital, and went to sea at the age of fourteen. He left his first ship at Auckland, New Zealand, however, and went into the banking business.[1] After a few years he returned to Britain, but then sailed to Australia and settled in Sydney. He became chairman of Birt & Co and a director of the Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd.[1] He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1922.[1][2]
For his war services, Cox was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours[3] and promoted to Knight Grand Cross (GBE) in the Dominion war honours of 1920.[4]
Cox died in Monte Carlo, aged 66, after an illness lasting several months.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Radi, Heather. "Cox, Sir Edward John Owen (1866–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Sir Edward Owen Cox (1866-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Order of the British Empire". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 March 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Honours List". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 October 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 17 March 2019 – via Trove.
- Obituary, The Times, 1 August 1932
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