Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon

jurist

Date of Birth: 09-May-1926

Place of Birth: Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 30-Aug-2006

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon (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.