Person:Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1)

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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
b.14 Dec 1775
d.31 Oct 1860
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  1. Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald1775 - 1860
  2. Archibald Cochrane1783 - 1829
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  • H.  Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald1775 - 1860
  • W.  Katherine Frances Corbet Barnes (add)
  1. Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald1814 - 1885
  2. Arthur Cochrane1824 - 1905
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Name Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Dec 1775
Death[1] 31 Oct 1860


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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a Scottish naval flag officer and radical politician.

He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him Le Loup des Mers ('The Sea Wolf').

He was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814, following a conviction for fraud on the Stock Exchange and he then served in the rebel navies of Chile, Brazil and Greece during their respective wars of independence.

In 1832, he was pardoned and reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Blue. After several further promotions, he died in 1860 with the rank of Admiral of the Red, and the honorary title of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom.

His life and exploits served as one source of inspiration for the naval fiction of nineteenth and twentieth-century novelists, particularly Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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