General Thomas Arthur Cooke CVO (1841–1912) was a British general whose career spanned the 19th and 20th centuries.

Cooke was gazetted into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1862^[1] before transferring to the 17th Lancers in 1866.^[2] From here he rose steadily^[3] and was mentioned in dispatches during the Anglo Zulu War.^[4] He assumed command of the regiment in 1886^[5] and subsequently served in India (where he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for public service as President of the Plague Committee^[6]). Promotion to the rank of major general followed on 23 May 1898.^[7]

In 1902 he was general officer in command of a camp which hosted many of the colonial troops visiting the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra,^[8] for which he was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) two days after the ceremony, on 11 August 1902.^[9][10][11]

From 1906 to 1908 he was colonel of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers.^[12]

He was buried at Kensal Cemetery in a ceremony attended by many of his former comrades.^[13]