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Sir Owen Cox
GBE
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office 1922–1932
Personal details
Born
Edward Owen Cox
(1866-01-21)21 January 1866 Wales
Died
30 July 1932(1932-07-30) (aged 66) Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sir Edward Owen CoxGBE (21 January 1866 – 30 July 1932) was a Welsh-born Australian businessman and politician.
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 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the Dominion war honours of 1920.[4]
Cox died in Monte Carlo, aged 66, after an illness lasting several months.[1]
^ abcdRadi, Heather. "Cox, Sir Edward John Owen (1866–1932)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. 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.
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