Cochrane family

• 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)