James Cockle

For other people named James Cockle, see James Cockle (disambiguation).

The Honourable
Sir James Cockle
Sir James Cockle, first Chief Justice of Queensland, 1876
1st Chief Justice of Queensland
In office
21 February 1863 – 24 June 1879
Succeeded byCharles Lilley
Personal details
Born(1819-01-14)14 January 1819
Died27 January 1895(1895-01-27) (aged 76)
London
Known forMethod of differential resolvents
Split-quaternion
Tessarines

Sir James Cockle FRS FRAS FCPS[1] (14 January 1819 – 27 January 1895) was an English lawyer and mathematician.

Cockle was born on 14 January 1819. He was the second son of James Cockle, a surgeon, of Great Oakley, Essex. Educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] he entered the Middle Temple in 1838, practising as a special pleader in 1845 and being called in 1846. Joining the midland circuit, he acquired a good practice, and on the recommendation of Chief Justice Sir William Erle he was appointed as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland in Queensland, Australia on 21 February 1863; he served until his retirement on 24 June 1879.[3] Cockle was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) on 1 June 1865. He received the honour of knighthood on 29 July 1869. He returned to England in 1878.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Marks, E. N. (1969). "Cockle, Sir James (1819–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Cockle, James (CKL837J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  4. ^ James Cockle at Dictionary of National Biography