Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778

Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, 1691–1778 (aged 87 years)

Name

Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald

Name: Thomas /Cochrane/, 8th Earl of Dundonald
Given names: Thomas
Surname: Cochrane

Sex Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	1691 34
Birth of a brother	Robert Cochrane 1692
Birth of a sister	Euphemia Cochrane 1693 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Birth of a sister	Mary Cochrane 1694
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Cochrane about 1696
Birth of a sister	Anne Cochrane about 1698
Birth of a brother	Basil Cochrane about 1701 Source: Jamesboswell.info Citation details: https://www.jamesboswell.info/biography/basil-cochrane-commissioner-excise
English King	William II from 13 February AD 1689 (23 February 1689) to 8 March AD 1702 (19 March 1702)
Death of a maternal grandmother	Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck 1702 Source: Jamesboswell.info Citation details: https://www.jamesboswell.info/biography/veronica-van-aerssen-van-sommelsdyck
English Queen	Anne from 8 March AD 1702 (19 March 1702) to 1 May AD 1707 (12 May 1707)
Death of a brother	John Cochrane 1707
Act of Union	England and Scotland combine to form Great Britain. 1 May 1707
Death of a paternal grandfather	John Cochrane after 23 June 1707 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death of a brother	Alexander Cochrane about 1708
Death of a brother	George Cochrane 1709
British Queen	Anne from 1 May AD 1707 (12 May 1707) to 1 August AD 1714 (12 August 1714)
Death of a brother	William Cochrane 1716
Death of a sister	Euphemia Cochrane between 1720 and 1721
Marriage	Elizabeth Ker — View this family about 1721 (aged 30 years)
Death of a brother	Robert Cochrane 1721
Birth of a son	William Cochrane 1722 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
British King	George I from 1 August AD 1714 (12 August 1714) to 11 June AD 1727 (22 June 1727)
Birth of a daughter	Grizel Cochrane July 1727
Death of a son	William Cochrane 1730 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death of a father	William Cochrane of Ochiltree 1739
Death of a mother	Mary Bruce 1739 Source: Jamesboswell.info
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Robert Walpole from 3 April 1721 to 16 February 1742
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Spencer Compton from 16 February 1742 to 27 August 1743
Marriage	Jane Stuart — View this family 6 September 1744 (aged 53 years) Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Birth of a son	Archibald Cochrane 1 January 1748 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Birth of a son	Charles Cochrane 12 January 1749 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Birth of a son	John Cochrane 3 July 1750 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Birth of a son	James Atholl Cochrane 23 October 1751 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death of a brother	Charles Cochrane 1752 Note: Died unmarried
Birth of a son	Basil Cochrane 22 April 1753 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Henry Pelham from 27 August 1743 to 16 March 1754
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Thomas Pelham-Holles from 16 March 1754 to 16 November 1756
Prime Minister of Great Britain	William Cavendish from 16 November 1756 to 29 June 1757
Birth of a son	Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 22 April 1758 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death of a brother	James Cochrane 29 June 1758 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Cochrane about 1759
British King	George II from 11 June AD 1727 (22 June 1727) to 25 October 1760
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Thomas Pelham-Holles from 29 June 1757 to 26 May 1762
Prime Minister of Great Britain	John Stuart from 26 May 1762 to 26 May 1762
Prime Minister of Great Britain	George Grenville from 26 May 1762 to 13 July 1765
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Charles Watson-Wentworth from 13 July 1765 to 30 July 1766
Birth of a son	Andrew James Cochrane 24 May 1767 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Prime Minister of Great Britain	William Pitt from 30 July 1766 to 14 October 1768
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Augustus FitzRoy from 14 October 1768 to 28 January 1770
Marriage of a son	Archibald Cochrane — Anne Gilchrist — View this family 17 October 1774 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Marriage of a daughter	Patrick Heron of Heron — Elizabeth Cochrane — View this family 14 November 1775 Source: Jamesboswell.info Citation details: https://www.jamesboswell.info/biography/patrick-heron-heron-and-kirroughtrie
Death of a daughter	Catherine Cochrane 4 October 1776 Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
British King	George III from 25 October 1760 to 29 January 1820
Prime Minister of Great Britain	Frederick North from 28 January 1770 to 27 March 1782
Death	31 October 1778 (aged 87 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_8th_Earl_of_Dundonald
Note	Thomas was born in 1691, the seventh son of William Cochrane of Ochiltree, and his wife Lady Mary Bruce, eldest daughter of Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine. As a younger son, he would not inherit his father's property, so he entered the army. He became a cornet in the Royal Regiment of Dragoons in 1713, and a captain in the 27th Regiment of Foot in 1716. He rose to the rank of major in 1718 and was Fort Major at Fort St Philip on Menorca. He became Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire in 1722, and represented the constituency until 1727. He was appointed as Commissioner of the Excise for Scotland from 1730 until 1764. He supported the Hanoverians during the Jacobite rising of 1745. He later gave evidence in court against Archibald Stewart, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, who had surrendered the city to the Jacobites. Thomas Cochrane acceded to the title of Earl of Dundonald on the death of his distant cousin, William Cochrane, the seventh earl, on 9 July 1758. William, an army officer, had been killed at the Siege of Louisbourg, and died without issue. As the eldest surviving son by then of William Cochrane of Ochiltree, Thomas had already inherited the family estates at Culross and Ochiltree.

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1657 22 — Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Religious marriage: 19 April 1681 Death: 1739 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Bruce John Cochrane Alexander Cochrane Henrietta Cochrane George Cochrane James Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald Robert Cochrane Euphemia Cochrane William Cochrane Charles Cochrane Mary Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Anne Cochrane Basil Cochrane William Cochrane of Ochiltree 1657–1739 Birth: 1657 22 — Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death: 1739
mother	Links Religious marriage: 19 April 1681 Death: 1739 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Cochrane of Ochiltree John Cochrane Alexander Cochrane Henrietta Cochrane George Cochrane James Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald Robert Cochrane Euphemia Cochrane William Cochrane Charles Cochrane Mary Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Anne Cochrane Basil Cochrane Mary Bruce …–1739 Death: 1739
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — 19 April 1681 —
4 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1684 27 Death: 1707 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Cochrane 1684–1707 Birth: 1684 27 Death: 1707
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1686 29 Death: about 1708 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Alexander Cochrane 1686–1708 Birth: 1686 29 Death: about 1708
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1687 30 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henrietta Cochrane 1687–… Birth: 1687 30
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1689 32 Death: 1709 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships George Cochrane 1689–1709 Birth: 1689 32 Death: 1709
17 months elder brother	Links Birth: 13 May 1690 33 Marriage: Death: 29 June 1758 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Margaret Hawkison Mary Anne Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane James Cochrane 1690–1758 Birth: 13 May 1690 33 Death: 29 June 1758
20 months himself	Links Birth: 1691 34 Marriage: about 1721 Marriage: 6 September 1744 Death: 31 October 1778 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Ker William Cochrane Grizel Cochrane Family with spouse Jane Stuart Archibald Cochrane Charles Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Catherine Cochrane John Cochrane James Atholl Cochrane Basil Cochrane Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane Andrew James Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778 Birth: 1691 34 Death: 31 October 1778
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1692 35 Death: 1721 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Robert Cochrane 1692–1721 Birth: 1692 35 Death: 1721
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1693 36 — Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Marriage: about 1714 Death: between 1720 and 1721 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Erskine Mary Erskine Euphemia Erskine Euphemia Cochrane 1693–1721 Birth: 1693 36 — Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland Death: between 1720 and 1721
brother	Links Death: 1716 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Cochrane …–1716 Death: 1716
elder brother	Links Birth: 25 January 1683 26 Death: 1752 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charles Cochrane 1683–1752 Birth: 25 January 1683 26 Death: 1752
12 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1694 37 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Mary Cochrane 1694–… Birth: 1694 37
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1696 39 Death: about 1759 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Cochrane 1696–1759 Birth: about 1696 39 Death: about 1759
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1698 41 Marriage: Death: 7 November 1779 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sir George Preston, 4th Bart of Valleyfield Anne Cochrane 1698–1779 Birth: about 1698 41 Death: 7 November 1779
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: about 1701 44 Death: 2 October 1788 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Basil Cochrane 1701–1788 Birth: about 1701 44 Death: 2 October 1788

Family with Elizabeth Ker
himself	Links Birth: 1691 34 Marriage: about 1721 Marriage: 6 September 1744 Death: 31 October 1778 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Ker William Cochrane Grizel Cochrane Family with spouse Jane Stuart Archibald Cochrane Charles Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Catherine Cochrane John Cochrane James Atholl Cochrane Basil Cochrane Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane Andrew James Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778 Birth: 1691 34 Death: 31 October 1778
wife	Links Marriage: about 1721 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald William Cochrane Grizel Cochrane Elizabeth Ker …–… Death:
Marriage	Marriage — about 1721 —
2 years son	Links Birth: 1722 31 Death: 1730 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Cochrane 1722–1730 Birth: 1722 31 Death: 1730
6 years daughter	Links Birth: July 1727 36 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Grizel Cochrane 1727–… Birth: July 1727 36 Death:

Family with Jane Stuart
himself	Links Birth: 1691 34 Marriage: about 1721 Marriage: 6 September 1744 Death: 31 October 1778 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Ker William Cochrane Grizel Cochrane Family with spouse Jane Stuart Archibald Cochrane Charles Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Catherine Cochrane John Cochrane James Atholl Cochrane Basil Cochrane Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane Andrew James Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778 Birth: 1691 34 Death: 31 October 1778
wife	Links Birth: before 1722 Marriage: 6 September 1744 Death: 21 May 1808 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald Archibald Cochrane Charles Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane Catherine Cochrane John Cochrane James Atholl Cochrane Basil Cochrane Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane Andrew James Cochrane Jane Stuart 1722–1808 Birth: before 1722 Death: 21 May 1808
Marriage	Marriage — 6 September 1744 —
3 years son	Links Birth: 1 January 1748 57 26 Marriage: 17 October 1774 Marriage: 12 April 1788 Marriage: Death: 1 July 1831 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anne Gilchrist Thomas Cochrane Archibald Cochrane of Hetton Hall William Erskine Cochrane Family with spouse Isabella Raymond Family with spouse Anna Maria Plowden Dorothy Cochrane Family with spouse Janet Cochrane Family with spouse Jane Cochrane Archibald Cochrane 1748–1831 Birth: 1 January 1748 57 26 Death: 1 July 1831
13 months son	Links Birth: 12 January 1749 58 27 Marriage: Death: 18 October 1781 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Catherine Pitcairn Charles Cochrane 1749–1781 Birth: 12 January 1749 58 27 Death: 18 October 1781
daughter	Links Marriage: 14 November 1775 Death: 19 November 1811 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Patrick Heron of Heron Elizabeth Cochrane …–1811 Death: 19 November 1811
daughter	Links Marriage: Death: 4 October 1776 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Wood Catherine Cochrane …–1776 Death: 4 October 1776
son	Links Birth: 3 July 1750 59 28 Marriage: Death: 21 November 1801 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Birch of Pinner John Cochrane 1750–1801 Birth: 3 July 1750 59 28 Death: 21 November 1801
16 months son	Links Birth: 23 October 1751 60 29 Marriage: Occupation: Vicar — Mansfield Death: 1823 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Smithson James Atholl Cochrane 1751–1823 Birth: 23 October 1751 60 29 Death: 1823
18 months son	Links Birth: 22 April 1753 62 31 Marriage: 13 August 1812 Death: 14 August 1826 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Caroline Gosling Basil Cochrane 1753–1826 Birth: 22 April 1753 62 31 Death: 14 August 1826
5 years son	Links Birth: 22 April 1758 67 36 Marriage: April 1788 Death: 29 June 1832 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maria Shaw Sir Thomas John Cochrane Andrew Coutts Cochrane Charles Cochrane Anna Maria Cochrane Jane Cochrane Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 1758–1832 Birth: 22 April 1758 67 36 Death: 29 June 1832
9 years son	Links Birth: 24 May 1767 76 45 Marriage: 20 November 1793 Marriage: 21 March 1803 Occupation: Governor of Dominica — between 1797 and 1803 Death: August 1833 — Paris, France Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Georgina Hope-Johnstone Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone John Dundas Cochrane Family with spouse Amelia Constance Gertrude Etienette de Clugny Andrew James Cochrane 1767–1833 Birth: 24 May 1767 76 45 Death: August 1833 — Paris, France

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Marriage	Source: Stirnet Citation details: https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4aq/cochrane02.php
Death	Source: Wikipedia Citation details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_8th_Earl_of_Dundonald

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Last change

28 November 2022 – 11:48:43

Author of last change: thf1977

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Family with parents
father Parents John Cochrane Margaret Strickland	William Cochrane of Ochiltree 1657–1739
mother Parents Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck	Mary Bruce …–1739
elder brother	John Cochrane 1684–1707
elder brother	Alexander Cochrane 1686–1708
elder sister	Henrietta Cochrane 1687–…
elder brother	George Cochrane 1689–1709
elder brother Family Margaret Hawkison Mary Anne Cochrane Elizabeth Cochrane	James Cochrane 1690–1758
himself	Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778
younger brother	Robert Cochrane 1692–1721
younger sister Family John Erskine Mary Erskine Euphemia Erskine	Euphemia Cochrane 1693–1721
brother	William Cochrane …–1716
elder brother	Charles Cochrane 1683–1752
younger sister	Mary Cochrane 1694–…
younger sister	Elizabeth Cochrane 1696–1759
younger sister Family Sir George Preston, 4th Bart of Valleyfield	Anne Cochrane 1698–1779
younger brother	Basil Cochrane 1701–1788

Family with Elizabeth Ker
himself	Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778
wife Parents John Ker of Moriestoun Grizel Cochrane	Elizabeth Ker …–…
son	William Cochrane 1722–1730
daughter	Grizel Cochrane 1727–…

Family with Jane Stuart
himself	Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald 1691–1778
wife Parents Archibald Stuart of Torrance Elizabeth Myrton	Jane Stuart 1722–1808
son Family Anne Gilchrist Thomas Cochrane Archibald Cochrane of Hetton Hall William Erskine Cochrane Family Isabella Raymond Family Anna Maria Plowden Dorothy Cochrane Family Janet Cochrane Family Jane Cochrane	Archibald Cochrane 1748–1831
son Family Catherine Pitcairn	Charles Cochrane 1749–1781
daughter Family Patrick Heron of Heron	Elizabeth Cochrane …–1811
daughter Family William Wood	Catherine Cochrane …–1776
son Family Birch of Pinner	John Cochrane 1750–1801
son Family Mary Smithson	James Atholl Cochrane 1751–1823
son Family Caroline Gosling	Basil Cochrane 1753–1826
son Family Maria Shaw Sir Thomas John Cochrane Andrew Coutts Cochrane Charles Cochrane Anna Maria Cochrane Jane Cochrane	Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 1758–1832
son Family Georgina Hope-Johnstone Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone John Dundas Cochrane Family Amelia Constance Gertrude Etienette de Clugny	Andrew James Cochrane 1767–1833