| Authorised form of name | Cockle; Sir; James (1819 - 1895) |
| Dates | 1819 - 1895 |
| Date of birth | 14 January 1819 |
| Place of death | His residence in Bayswater, London |
| Date of death | 27 January 1895 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Paddington cemetery, London |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Charterhouse, Surrey; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1842), MA(1845)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1846); first Chief Justice of Queensland, Australia (1863); returned to England (1879)
Freemason, initiated 26 February 1855, passed 26 November 1855 and raised 28 January 1856
Honours:
Kt 1869
Memberships:
FRAS; FCPS; Philosophical Society of Queensland (President); FMS (President 1886-1888)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1865 |
| Relationships | Son of James Cockle, surgeon, of Great Oakley, Essex |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Charterhouse Miscellany
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1895-1896 vol 59 pp xxx-xxxix, plate, signed by R H
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' London, 2010, page 22 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56009040 |
| Code | NA5581 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/000905 | Cockle, Sir James | 1893 |
| NLB/3/952 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir James Cockle, Fellow of the Royal Society | 22 November 1889 |
| NLB/5/971 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir James Cockle, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 November 1891 |
| NLB/10/736 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [January 1895] |
| NLB/10/785 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 5 February 1895 |
| NLB/12/533 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Rev Robert Harley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 March 1896 |
| NLB/12/570 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 16 March 1896 |
| EC/1865/02 | Cockle, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/7/259 | Letter from James Cockle, Chief Justice of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 September 1865 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |