Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
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Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald (14 April 1814 – 15 January 1885) was a Scottish
nobleman. He was son of the radical politician and sailor Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
. Cochrane joined the British Army
and eventually gained the rank of Captain
. On 31 October 1860, he succeeded his father as the 11th Earl of Dundonald
. Between 1879 and 1885, he was a Representative Peer
of Scotland.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
nobleman. He was son of the radical politician and sailor Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM , styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a senior British naval flag officer and radical politician....
. Cochrane joined the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
and eventually gained the rank of Captain
Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
. On 31 October 1860, he succeeded his father as the 11th Earl of Dundonald
Earl of Dundonald
Earl of Dundonald is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.The Earldom was created in 1669 for the Scottish soldier and politician William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, along with the subsidiary title of Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree, with remainder to his heirs male, failing which to his...
. Between 1879 and 1885, he was a Representative Peer
Representative peer
In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
of Scotland.
Marriage and children
Cochrane married Louisa Harriet MacKinnon at the British Embassy in Paris on 1 December 1847. They had seven children:- Louisa Katherine Emma Cochrane, married Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'NeillEdward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'NeillEdward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill , known as Edward Chichester until 1855, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician....
, died 10 August, 1942 (grandmother of Terence O'NeillTerence O'NeillTerence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
, Prime Minister of Northern IrelandPrime Minister of Northern IrelandThe Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...
). - Alice Laura Sophia Cochrane, married George Onslow Newton, died 8 December, 1914.
- Elizabeth Mary Harriet Cochrane, unmarried, died 30 March, 1951.
- Esther Rose Georgina Cochrane.
- Thomas Alexander Cochrane, born 10 April 1851, died aged 3 months.
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(father of World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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).