Cochrane Family papers, 1777-1957.

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Cochrane Family papers, 1777-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38991315

The Cochrane Family Papers span the years 1777-1957, with the bulk of the papers being dated between 1850 and 1905. The collection consists of correspondence; legal and financial documents; personal, naval, and technical notes and other writings; notebooks, diaries, and almanacs; clippings and other saved print material; and photographs, maps, charts, drawings, diagrams, and other visual materials preserved by the Cochranes. The majority of these documents pertain to two members of the Cochrane family: the brothers Admiral Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane and Admiral Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane. The bulk of the papers deal with three principal subject areas: the naval careers of the brothers; family matters and finances, particularly the finances of their Redcastle Estate in County Donegal, Ireland; and business papers and correspondence relating to the family estates and the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company, established by Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and continued by his son Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane. The collection is particularly rich in documenting the beginnings of the asphalt industry in Trinidad and land-use issues in Ireland during the 19th century. In addition, Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane was stationed off the coast of West Africa during much of the 1850s and 1860s, and the collection contains a number of documents relating to the British attempts during that time to suppress the African slave trade, an effort in which Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane was active. The collection is divided into three series, the Family Papers Series, the Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane Series, and the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Series, each of which are divided into subseries by format. This division retains the original division of the collection, but researchers should be aware that there is significant crossover between the subject areas of the Family Papers Series and the Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane Series, and those interested in one of these series should be aware that there may be pertinent material in the other.

3500 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409780

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860

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British naval officer. From the description of Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald, correspondence, 1807. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009538 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British naval officer. From the description of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1831 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 155715582 From the guide to the Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald manuscript material : 1 ite...

Dundonald, Thomas Barnes Cochrane, Earl of, 1814-1902.

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Cochrane family.

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Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane served in the British Navy from 1839-1886, where he fought in the Anglo-Chinese war and rose to the rank of admiral. He was also instrumental in administering the Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company during its early years. His brother, Ernest Grey Lambton Cochrane was also active in the Royal Navy from 1847-1873, participating in the British campaign to suppress the slave trade in West Africa during the 1860s. He was also a landowner and landlord of the Redcastle...

Cochrane, Ernest Grey Lambton, 1834-1911.

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