Alan Cooke (politician)

Alan Cooke (died after 1647) was a distinguished civilian lawyer and politician of the seventeenth century. Born in England, he spent many years in Ireland as the surrogate judge of the Irish Court of Admiralty.^[1] He also sat in the Irish House of Commons in two Parliaments, and for a time he was a figure of some political importance.^[2]

Little is known of his life before 1628. He was always referred to as Dr. Cooke, which suggests that he had a doctorate in civil law. He also had the nickname "Alan Pouke", whose meaning is lost.^[1]