Owen Cox

For the U.S. federal judge, see Owen DeVol Cox.

Sir Edward Owen Cox (21 January 1866 – 30 July 1932) was a Welsh-born Australian businessman and politician.

Sir Owen Cox GBE
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office 1922–1932
Personal details
Born	Edward Owen Cox (1866-01-21)21 January 1866 Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died	30 July 1932(1932-07-30) (aged 66) Monte Carlo, Monaco

Cox was born in Laugharne,^[1] was educated at Christ's Hospital, and went to sea at the age of fourteen. He left his first ship at Auckland, New Zealand, however, and went into the banking business.^[1] After a few years he returned to Britain, but then sailed to Australia and settled in Sydney. He became chairman of Birt & Co and a director of the Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd.^[1] He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1922.^[1][2]

For his war services, Cox was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours^[3] and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the Dominion war honours of 1920.^[4]

Cox died in Monte Carlo, aged 66, after an illness lasting several months.^[1]