Cockburn Baronets
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Baronets Cockburn of Langton, Berwick
Berwickshire
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

  • Sir William Cockburn, 1st Baronet (1627-1628)
  • Sir William Cockburn, 2nd Baronet (1628-1650)
  • Sir William Cockburn, 3rd Baronet (1650-1657)
  • Sir Archibald Cockburn, 4th Baronet (1657-1705)
  • Sir Archibald Cockburn, 5th Baronet (1705-1710)
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 6th Baronet (1710-1739)
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 7th Baronet (1739-1745 at Fontenoy
    Battle of Fontenoy
    The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought between the forces of the Pragmatic Allies – comprising mainly Dutch, British, and Hanoverian troops under the nominal command of the Duke of Cumberland – and a French army under Maurice de...

    )
  • Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet
    Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet
    Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet was Member of Parliament for Linlithgow Burghs from 1772 to 1784.-Family:He was a son of William Cockburn and his wife and cousin Frances Cockburn. His paternal grandparents were Sir Alexander Cockburn, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Ancrum. His maternal grandfather...

     (1745-1804)
  • Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet
    Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet
    Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 to 1819.He was the eldest son of Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough...

     (1804-1852) Governor of Bermuda
    Governor of Bermuda
    The Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...

  • Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1852-1853) Admiral of the Fleet
    Admiral of the Fleet
    An admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations the rank is reserved for wartime or ceremonial appointments...

     and First Sea Lord
    First Sea Lord
    The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service; it was formerly known as First Naval Lord. He also holds the title of Chief of Naval Staff, and is known by the abbreviations 1SL/CNS...

  • Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet
    Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet
    Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet was a Church of England clergyman. He was Dean of York and was famously defended on a charge of simony by his nephew Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet in 1841....

     (1853-1858) Dean of York
    Dean of York
    The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.-11th–12th centuries:* 1093–c.1135: Hugh* c.1138–1143: William of Sainte-Barbe...

  • Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet
    Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet
    Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet Q.C. was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge. A notorious womaniser and socialite, as Lord Chief Justice he heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the 19th century.-Life:Cockburn was born in Alţâna, in what is now Romania and was then...

     (1858-1880) Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
    Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
    The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. Historically, he was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, but that changed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...

On his death the Baronetcy became dormant.

Baronets Cockburn of Cockburn

  • Sir James Cockburn, 1st Baronet (1671-1703)
  • Sir William Cockburn, 2nd Baronet (1704-1751)
  • Sir James Cockburn, 3rd Baronet (1751-1780)
  • Sir William James Cockburn, 4th Baronet (1780-1800)
  • Sir James Cockburn, 5th Baronet (1800-1809)
  • Sir William Cockburn, 6th Baronet (1809-1835)
  • Sir William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn, 7th Baronet (1835-1858)
  • Sir Edward Cludde Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1858-1903)
  • Sir Robert Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1903-1938)
  • Sir James Stanhope Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1938-1947)
  • Sir John Brydges Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1947-1949)
  • Sir John Elliot Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1949-)

Ancestors of the Cockburn baronets

  • Sir Alexander de Cockburn (d. 1314 at Bannockburn
    Battle of Bannockburn
    The Battle of Bannockburn was a significant Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence...

    )
  • unknown Cockburn
  • Sir Alexander de Cockburn, Baron of Carriden (1358-). Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
    Great Seal of Scotland
    The Great Seal of Scotland allows the monarch to authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually. Wax is melted in a metal mould or matrix and impressed into a wax figure that is attached by cord or ribbon to documents that the monarch wishes to make official...

    , 1389-96.
  • unknown Cockburn
  • Alexander de Cockburn, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. Became the Heritable Usher of the White Rod of the Parliament of Scotland
    Parliament of Scotland
    The Parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The unicameral parliament of Scotland is first found on record during the early 13th century, with the first meeting for which a primary source survives at...

     on 10 February 1473.
  • unknown Cockburn
  • unknown Cockburn
  • Sir William Cockburn, Baron of Langton (d. 1513 at Flodden)
  • William Cockburn of that Ilk (b. late 1400s - d. 1564)
  • Alexander Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1583)
  • William Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1600)
  • William Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1659)
  • John Cockburn of that Ilk (b. 1598- d. >1628), father of Sir James Cockburn of that Ilk, 1st Baronet
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