Percy Cox
Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCMG, GCIE, KCSI (20 November 1864 – 20 February 1937) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial administrator in the Middle East. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, he was one of the major figures in the creation of Iraq. He was commonly known as Coccus (and as Kokkus to the Arabs).
Read more about Percy Cox: Family and Early Life, British Somaliland and Muscat (1893-1903), The Persian Gulf (1904-1919), Appointment As High Commissioner of Iraq and Iraqi Revolt (1920), The 1921 Cairo Conference and The Crowning of King Faisal, Remaining Term As High Commissioner of Iraq (1922-1923), Relationship With Gertrude Bell, Marriage and Children, Retirement and Death