# Ted Hook

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{{Short description|Australian public servant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}
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| name             = Ted Hook
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}}
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| office1          = [Secretary](/source/Departmental_secretary) of the [Attorney-General's Department](/source/Attorney-General's_Department_(Australia))
| 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
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| spouse           = Valerie Norma Fowler Macmillan (m. 1937–1990; his death)
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'''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](/source/Departmental_secretary) of the [Attorney-General's Department](/source/Attorney-General's_Department_(Australia)) 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](/source/Attorney-General's_Department_(Australia)).<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](/source/Marriage_Act_1961_(Australia)), and major amendments to the [Crimes Act 1914](/source/Crimes_Act_1914).<ref name=Jennings/> Between February 1964 and February 1970, Hook was [Secretary](/source/Departmental_secretary) of the Attorney-General's Department.<ref name=Jennings/>

Hook retired from the [Australian Public Service](/source/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&nbsp;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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{{s-aft|after=[Clarrie Harders](/source/Clarrie_Harders)}}
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