Back توماس كوكرين، إيرل دندونالد العاشر Arabic Thomas Cochrane, 10fed Iarll Dundonald Welsh Thomas Cochrane, 10. Earl of Dundonald German Τόμας Κόχραν (10ος κόμης του Ντάντοναλντ) Greek Thomas Cochrane Spanish Thomas Cochrane Basque Thomas Cochrane (10e comte de Dundonald) French תומאס קוקרן HE Thomas Cochrane, Earl Dundonald Kesepuluh ID Thomas Cochrane Italian
The Earl of Dundonald | |
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 1951 copy of Peter Edward Stroehling's 1807 Cochrane portrait, by Archibald Eliot Haswell Miller | |
| Member of Parliament for Honiton | |
| In office 1806–1807 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Bateman-Robson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Charles Hamilton |
| Member of Parliament for Westminster | |
| In office 1807–1818 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Romilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1775 Annsfield, Lanarkshire |
| Died | 31 October 1860 (aged 84) Kensington, Middlesex |
| Political party | Whig Radical |
| Spouse | Katherine ("Katy") Frances Corbet Barne |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Awards | Order of the Merit of Chile Order of the Southern Cross |
| Nickname(s) | Le Loup des Mers (The Sea Wolf) El Diablo (The Devil)[Note 1] El Metálico Lord (The Metallic Lord)[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom Republic of Chile Empire of Brazil Hellenic Republic |
| Branch/service |  Royal Navy  Chilean Navy  Imperial Brazilian Navy Hellenic Navy |
| Years of service | 1793–1860 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Red |
| Commands | North America and West Indies Station |
| Battles/wars | |
Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald GCB (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval officer, peer, mercenary and politician. Serving during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy, his naval successes led Napoleon to nickname him le Loup des Mers (the Sea Wolf). He was successful in virtually all of his naval actions.[2]
Cochrane was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814 after a controversial conviction for fraud on the London Stock Exchange.[3] Travelling to South America, he helped to organise and lead the revolutionary navies of Chile and Brazil during their respective wars of independence during the 1820s.[4] While commanding the Chilean Navy, Cochrane also contributed to Peruvian independence through his participation in the Liberating Expedition of Peru. He was also hired to help the Greek Revolutionary Navy during the Greek War of Independence, but ultimately had little impact. In 1832, Cochrane was pardoned by the Crown and reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue. After several more promotions, he died in 1860 with the rank of Admiral of the Red, and the honorary title of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom.
Cochrane's life and exploits inspired the naval fiction of 19th- and 20th-century novelists, particularly the fictional characters C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey.
- ^ a b Vale (2008), p. 203.
- ^ "Lorde Cochrane, o turbulento Marquês do Maranhão" (PDF). Revista Navigator. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Alex Blair on Admiral Lord Cochrane". Ayr Rotary. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Cubitt, David (1974). "Lord Cochrane and the Chilean Navy, 1818–1823, with an inventory of the Dundonald papers relating to his service with the Chilean Navy". Era.
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