Cochrane family

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1775 Dec. 14 Born to Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, and Anne (Gilchrist) Cochrane 1793 Joined crew of H.M.S. Hind, of which his uncle, Sir Alexander Cochrane, was then captain 1796 Appointed lieutenant 1796 1798 Served on the North American station 1798 1800 Served on the French and Spanish coasts during the early years of the Napoleonic wars 1800 1801 Commander of H.M.S. Speedy 1801 Made captain Captured by a French squadron and exchanged 1802 1803 Studied at Edinburgh University 1805 Cruised off the Azores 1806 Cruised in the Bay of Biscay Failed bid at the House of Commons for Honiton 1807 Entered Parliament as a Whig for the constituency of Westminster 1808 1809 Cruised the French and Spanish coasts 1812 Aug. 8 Married Katherine Corbett Frances Barnes ( Kitty Barnes) in secret at Annan, County Dumfries 1813 Appointed flag-captain to his uncle, Sir Alexander Cochrane 1814 Tried for stock-market fraud and conspiracy Expelled from Royal Navy, Parliament, and Order of the Bath 1814 1816 Paid fines through penny subscriptions 1817 Accepted command of the Chilean navy 1818 June 22 Publicly married Katherine Corbett Frances Barnes, daughter of Thomas Barnes of Romford, Essex 1819 1822 Fought for independence for Chile and Peru against the Spanish forces 1823 1825 Fought for independence for Brazil as admiral of the Brazilian fleet 1827 1828 Admiral of the Greek navy 1831 Succeeded to Earldom after the death of Archibald Cochrane 1832 Reinstated in the British navy and promoted to rear-admiral 1847 Reinstated as Knight Grand Cross in Order of the Bath 1848 Returned to command at sea as Commander-in-Chief of the H.M.S. Wellesley 1848 1852 Served 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 asphalt 1851 Promoted to admiral 1860 Oct. 31 Died in London 1814 Apr. 18 Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Katherine Corbett Frances Cochrane 1847 Dec. 1 Married Louisa Harriet Mackinnon 1885 Jan. 15 Died, succeeded by his son, Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald 1824 Sept. 24 Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Katherine Corbett Frances Cochrane 1839 Apr. Entered Royal Navy 1854 Bomarsund Bomarsund Laukhamarsundet Kjalmarsundet Marsund Stämmarsund Marsundet Mårsund Sikmarsundet Kalmarsund Kilmarsund Marsunda River Imarsundet Bomarsund Hammarsundet Södra Kalmarsund Bommarsund Imarsundbrua Marsund Best Western Kalmarsund Hotell Participated in the capture of Bomarsund during the Crimean War Promoted to rank of captain 1855 Feb. 7 1856 May 12 Captain of H.M.S. Horatio, a guard ship at Sheerness 1856 May 14 1858 Sept. 8 Captain of H.M.S. Niger in the East Indies and China, where he served in the Anglo-Chinese war 1858 Sept. 8 Invalided 1869 Apr. 1870 May Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard 1870 Made rear-admiral 1873 June 6 1876 Apr. 15 Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron 1876 Made vice-admiral 1881 Promoted to admiral 1886 Retired from navy 1889 Knighted 1905 Aug. 20 Died 1834 June 4 Born to Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and Katherine Corbett Frances Cochrane 1847 Entered Royal Navy 1847 1855 Served on board the ships Victory, Hibernian, and Trafalgar 1854 Aug. 13 Participated in the capture of Bomarsund during the Crimean War aboard H.M.S. Wellesley 1854 Aug. 29 Made lieutenant of the Edinburgh 1856 Served as lieutenant-commander of H.M.S. Chub 1864 Sept. 15 Married Adelaide Blackwall, daughter of Samuel W. Blackwall, Governor of Sierra Leone 1864 Oct. 3 Death of wife Adelaide 1866 Oct. 16 Married Elizabeth Frances Maria Katherine Doherty, only child of Richard Doherty of Redcastle 1868 Apr. 16 1870 Apr. 7 Cape of Good Hope Commander of H.M.S. Petrel off the Cape of Good Hope and West coast of Africa Participated in the suppression of the slave trade 1873 Retired as captain 1879 High Sheriff of County Donegal 1911 Feb. 2 Died at his Redcastle estate, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland

From the guide to the Cochrane Family Papers, bulk 1850-1905, 1777-1957 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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