His early school education took place at the Terrace End and Russell Street Primary Schools (1932-39), Palmerston North Boys' High School (1940-1) and Wanganui Collegiate School (1942-4).
The son of a Supreme Court Judge, Mr. Justice P.B. (Philip) Cooke and his wife Valmai, Lord Cooke was born in Wellington, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School.
As no printing press was available, Stokes approached the technical master at Wanganui Collegiate School, Rev Charles Nicholls, and together they constructed a maire wood and iron makeshift printing press, on which, with the help of the staff and pupils of the school, the first edition of the Chronicle was printed on 18 September 1856.
He received his education from Masterton West School, Wanganui Collegiate School, Victoria University of Wellington, and Otago University, and he gained an FCA (Fellow of Chartered Accountants) and a BCom.
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