1775 Dec. 14Born to
Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, and
Anne (Gilchrist) Cochrane1793Joined crew of H.M.S. Hind, of which his uncle, Sir
Alexander Cochrane, was then captain1796Appointed lieutenant17961798Served on the North American station17981800Served on the French and Spanish coasts during the early years
of the
Napoleonic wars18001801Commander of H.M.S. Speedy1801Made captainCaptured by a French squadron and exchanged18021803Studied at Edinburgh University1805Cruised off the Azores1806Cruised in the Bay of BiscayFailed bid at the House of Commons for Honiton1807Entered Parliament as a Whig for the constituency of
Westminster18081809Cruised the French and Spanish coasts1812 Aug. 8Married
Katherine Corbett Frances Barnes (
Kitty Barnes) in secret at Annan, County
Dumfries1813Appointed flag-captain to his uncle, Sir
Alexander Cochrane1814Tried for stock-market fraud and conspiracyExpelled from Royal Navy, Parliament, and Order of the
Bath18141816Paid fines through penny subscriptions1817Accepted command of the Chilean navy1818 June 22Publicly married
Katherine Corbett Frances Barnes, daughter of
Thomas Barnes of Romford, Essex18191822Fought for independence for Chile and Peru against the Spanish
forces18231825Fought for independence for Brazil as admiral of the Brazilian
fleet18271828Admiral of the Greek navy1831Succeeded to Earldom after the death of Archibald
Cochrane1832Reinstated in the British navy and promoted to
rear-admiral1847Reinstated as Knight Grand Cross in Order of the Bath1848Returned to command at sea as Commander-in-Chief of the H.M.S.
Wellesley18481852Served on the Wellesley in North America and the West Indies,
where he surveyed Pitch Lake, Trinidad, and became involved in the early use of
the lake as a source of asphalt1851Promoted to admiral1860 Oct. 31Died in London1814 Apr. 18Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and
Katherine Corbett Frances Cochrane1847 Dec. 1Married Louisa Harriet Mackinnon1885 Jan. 15Died, succeeded by his son,
Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane,
12th Earl of Dundonald1824 Sept. 24Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Katherine
Corbett Frances Cochrane1839 Apr.Entered Royal Navy1854BomarsundBomarsundLaukhamarsundetKjalmarsundetMarsundStämmarsundMarsundetMårsundSikmarsundetKalmarsundKilmarsundMarsunda RiverImarsundetBomarsundHammarsundetSödra KalmarsundBommarsundImarsundbruaMarsundBest Western Kalmarsund HotellParticipated in the capture of
Bomarsund during the
Crimean WarPromoted to rank of captain1855 Feb. 71856 May 12Captain of H.M.S. Horatio, a guard ship at Sheerness1856 May 141858 Sept. 8Captain of H.M.S. Niger in the East Indies and China, where he
served in the
Anglo-Chinese war1858 Sept. 8Invalided1869 Apr.1870 MaySuperintendent of Sheerness dockyard1870Made rear-admiral1873 June 61876 Apr. 15Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron1876Made vice-admiral1881Promoted to admiral1886Retired from navy1889Knighted1905 Aug. 20Died1834 June 4Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Katherine
Corbett Frances Cochrane1847Entered Royal Navy18471855Served on board the ships Victory, Hibernian, and
Trafalgar1854 Aug. 13Participated in the capture of Bomarsund during the Crimean
War aboard H.M.S. Wellesley1854 Aug. 29Made lieutenant of the Edinburgh1856Served as lieutenant-commander of H.M.S. Chub1864 Sept. 15Married
Adelaide Blackwall, daughter of
Samuel W. Blackwall, Governor of
Sierra Leone1864 Oct. 3Death of wife Adelaide1866 Oct. 16Married
Elizabeth Frances Maria Katherine Doherty,
only child of
Richard Doherty of Redcastle1868 Apr. 161870 Apr. 7Cape of Good HopeCommander of H.M.S. Petrel off the
Cape of Good Hope and West coast of
AfricaParticipated in the
suppression of the slave trade1873Retired as captain1879High Sheriff of County Donegal1911 Feb. 2Died at his Redcastle estate,
Inishowen, County Donegal, IrelandFrom the guide to the Cochrane Family Papers, bulk 1850-1905, 1777-1957 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)