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	~~[[File:George K. Cockerill.jpg\|thumb\|Sir George Cockerill in 1919, photographed by [[Walter Stoneman]]]]~~
	[[Brigadier-General]] '''Sir George Kynaston Cockerill''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CB}} (13 August 1867 – 19 April 1957)<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc\|r\|1\|date=March 2022}}</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer and a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician.		[[Brigadier-General]] '''Sir George Kynaston Cockerill''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CB}} (13 August 1867 – 19 April 1957)<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc\|r\|1\|date=March 2022}}</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer and a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician.

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{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
[[File:George K. Cockerill.jpg|thumb|Sir George Cockerill in 1919, photographed by [[Walter Stoneman]]]]
[[Brigadier-General]] '''Sir George Kynaston Cockerill''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB}} (13 August 1867 – 19 April 1957)<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|r|1|date=March 2022}}</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer and a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.

==Career==
Cockerill was the son of the [[Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)|Surgeon-General]] Robert William Cockerill, and his wife Clara Sandys, daughter of Major-General Charles Pooley.<ref name="debrett-1922">{{cite book
|last=Hesilridge
|first=Arthur G. M.
|title=Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922
|url=https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1922londuoft#page/35/mode/1up
|year=1922
|publisher=Dean & Son
|location=London
|page=35
}}</ref>

He joined the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] in February 1888, was promoted to a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 26 June 1889, and served in the [[Hazara Expedition]] in 1891.<ref name="debrett-1922" /> From 1892 to 1895 he explored the eastern [[Hindu Kush]], for which he won the [[MacGregor Medal|MacGregor Memorial medal]] and was a gold medallist of the [[Royal United Services Institute]] in India. He served with the [[Chitral Relief Force]] in 1895, on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]] of [[India]] from 1897 to 1898, and was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] (supernumerary) on 11 February 1899. He was a [[staff officer]] in the [[Second Boer War]] from 1900 to 1902, serving as deputy assistant adjutant general for communications from February 1900.<ref name="debrett-1922" /> For his war service, he was [[mentioned in despatches]] (dated 8 April 1902<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27443 |pages=3967–3974 |date= 17 June 1902 }}</ref>) and received the [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] promotion as [[Major (British Army)|major]] in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 27448 |supp=y |pages=4191–4194 |date= 26 June 1902}}</ref> Following the end of the war, he received a regular commission as a captain in the 4th battalion [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] in August 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27460|page=4965|date=1 August 1902}}</ref> and left [[Cape Town]] on the SS ''Norman'' two months later to join his battalion at Dublin.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home |date=22 October 1902 |page=9 |issue=36905| }}</ref> In 1907 he became a [[major]] in the [[Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)]], and retired in 1910.<ref name="debrett-1922" /> In retirement he served in the [[Special Reserve]] and in April 1914 was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] to command the [[7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]].<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28818/page/2882 ''London Gazette'', 3 April 1914.]</ref>

At the [[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|December 1910 general election]] he stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the [[Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury division]] of [[Gloucestershire]].<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918
|origyear=1974
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-27-2
|page=287
}}</ref> He was British technical delegate at the [[Hague Conference]] in 1907.<ref name="debrett-1922" /> At the outbreak of [[World War I]] he mobilised the 7th Royal Fusiliers<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/royalfusiliersin00onei/royalfusiliersin00onei_djvu.txt H.C. O’Neill, ''The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War'', London: Heinemann, 1922, p. 9.]</ref> and then served in the [[War Office]], first as Sub-Director of Military Operations, then as [[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Deputy Director of Military Intelligence]] and Director of Special Intelligence with the rank of [[Brigadier-General]].<ref name="debrett-1922" /> He received many honours for his wartime work, including being made a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (military division) in 1916.<ref name="debrett-1922" />

At the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] he was elected unopposed<ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949
|origyear=1969
|edition=3rd
|year=1983
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-06-X
|page=479
}}</ref> as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)|Reigate division]] of [[Surrey]], having stood as a [[Coalition Conservative]]. He was returned unopposed in [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]] and in [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]], and re-elected with large majorities in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] and [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]].<ref name="craig1918-1949" /> He retired from the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]],<ref name="craig1918-1949" /> having been [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[King's Birthday Honours]] in 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette
|issue= 33179
|date=2 July 1926
|page=4402
}}</ref>

==Publications==
*Sir George Cockerill. "Pioneer Exploration in Hunza and Chitral". The Himalayan Journal. Vol. 11. 1939. 14–41.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | brigadier-general-sir-george-cockerill | George Cockerill }}

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