Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon

The Right Honourable The Lord Cooke of Thorndon ONZ KBE PC
President of the Court of Appeal
In office 1986–1996
Preceded by	Sir Owen Woodhouse
Succeeded by	Sir Ivor Richardson
Personal details
Born	(1926-05-09)9 May 1926 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	30 August 2006(2006-08-30) (aged 80) Wellington, New Zealand
Spouse	Annette Miller ​ (m. 1952)​
Children	3
Parent	Philip Cooke (father)

Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, ONZ, KBE, PC (9 May 1926 – 30 August 2006) was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely considered one of New Zealand's most influential jurists, and is the only New Zealand judge to have sat in the House of Lords. He was a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2006.^[1]