Victor Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh
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Victor Alexander Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, OBE, (born 18 October 1920) is a British politician.
The son of Victor and Alice Cooke, he was educated in Marlborough College and graduated from Trinity College in Cambridge with a Master of Arts in mechanical science. He served as a Royal Navy Engineer Officer between 1940 and 1946.
Cooke was Chairman of the Belfast Savings Bank in 1963 and Director of Northern Ireland Airports from 1970 to 1985. He was a Senator in the former Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1961 to 1968 and is the only member who is still politically active.
Cooke was invested as a Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1981. He was created a life peer as Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, of Islandreagh in the County of Antrim on 11 August 1992.
He has been married to Alison Sheila Casement since 1951; they have two sons and one daughter.
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- Northern Ireland elections. Retrieved on October 14, 2006.
- DodOnline. Retrieved on October 14, 2006.
- UUP Westminster List. Retrieved on March 9, 2007.
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