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Thomas Cochrane

Born: 14-Dec-1775
Birthplace: Annsfield, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: 31-Oct-1860
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Military

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen

Military service: British Navy (1793-1814 and 1832-60); Chilean Navy (1817-22); Brazilian Navy

Father: Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald
Mother: Anne Gilchrist
Brother: William Erskine Cochrane
Brother: Archibald Cochrane (b. 1783)
Wife: Katherine Frances Corbett Barnes (m. 8-Aug-1812)
Son: Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald (b. 18-Apr-1814, d. 15-Jan-1885)

    UK Member of Parliament for Westminster (1807-15)
    UK Member of Parliament Honiton (1806-07)
    Conspiracy 1814 (convicted, pilloried, imprisoned 1 year)
    Securities Fraud 1814 (1814, pilloried, imprisoned 1 year)
    Pilloried 1814
    Pardoned 1832
    Knight of the British Empire (rescinded 1814, restored 1847)
    Scottish Ancestry

Author of books:
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. (1869, autobiography)


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