{{Short description|Australian public servant}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Ted Hook | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department | term_start1 = 3 February 1964 | term_end1 = 2 February 1970 | birth_name = Edwin John Hook | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|04|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|04|02|1910|04|03|df=y}} | death_place = Benowa, Queensland | occupation = Public servant | years_active = | website = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = Valerie Norma Fowler Macmillan (m. 1937–1990; his death) | alma_mater = }}
'''Edwin John "Ted" Hook''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} (3 April 1910{{spaced endash}}2 April 1990) was a senior Australian public servant best known for his time as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in the 1960s.
==Life and career== Ted Hook was born to English-born parents in Forest Lodge, Sydney on 3 April 1910.<ref name=Jennings>{{citation|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hook-edwin-john-ted-12653|archive-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228100636/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hook-edwin-john-ted-12653|title=Hook, Edwin John (Ted) (1910–1990)|url-status=live|first=Rosemary|last=Jennings|date=2007|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }}</ref>
In 1951 Hook joined the Attorney-General's Department.<ref name=Jennings/> He was promoted quickly in the Department, and took a key role in the development and passage of several major pieces of legislation, including the Marriage Act 1961, and major amendments to the Crimes Act 1914.<ref name=Jennings/> Between February 1964 and February 1970, Hook was Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department.<ref name=Jennings/>
Hook retired from the Australian Public Service in 1970 after suffering a stress-related illness.<ref name=Jennings/>
Hook died on 2 April 1990 in Benowa, Queensland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122097897|url-status=live|archivedate=28 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228101103/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/122097897|title=Obituary: Edwin Hook: Sound lawyer, good officer, reliable friend|date=5 April 1990|newspaper=The Canberra Times|page=7}}</ref>
==Awards== Hook was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in January 1967.<ref>{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1064732|archivedate=16 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116115400/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064732&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: HOOK, Edwin John|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}</ref>
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