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	C O C H R A N Earl of DUNDONALD
		The firname of Cochrane, is certainly local, and was affirmed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Cochrane in Renfrew-fire, foon after firnames began to be ufed in Scotland.
		Sir William Cochrane of Cowdon, before-mentioned, a man of great parts and learning, and though, in the beginning of the civil war, he appeared to be on the parliament’s fide, and was for some time employed to their fervice, yet he was inviolably attached to the intereft of the royal family.
		William Cochrane of Kilmaronock, fecund fon of William lord Cochrane, eldeft fon of William firft earl of Dundonald, was member of parliament for the burghs of Wigton, etc. and one of the commiffioners for keeping his majefty’s fignet.
	www.clancochrane.org /DundonaldLineage.htm (2515 words)

	During the Napoleonic Wars a British naval officer proposed the use of saturation bombing and chemical warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cochrane, however, was by nature a supreme idealist who did not hesitate for a moment to point out problems to his superiors and to argue tenaciously for justice as he perceived it.
		Cochrane detailed for the prince regent the use of two innovative weapons systems, the "temporary mortar," or "explosion ship," and the "sulphur ship," or "stink vessel." An early version of the former device already had been used with only partial success during the opening phase of the Aix Roads action in 1809.
		Cochrane had also experimented with that technique, drawing on the propensity he had inherited from his father for dabbling in chemistry, in particular with the properties of coal and its byproducts, coke and coal tar.
	members.tripod.com /EsotericTexts07/Brit.NapChemWar.xx.htm (2058 words)

	Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Thomas Alexander Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Thomas Cochrane was born at Annsfield, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald and nephew of Alexander Cochrane, later Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, a son of the 8th Earl of Dundonald.
		Cochrane was named Vice-Admiral and reorganized the Chilean navy, and took command of the frigate O'Higgins and raided the coasts of Chile and Peru as he had France and Spain.
		Cochrane served as commander in chief of the East Indian station, and as commander in chief of the North American and West Indies station from 1847 to 1851.
	www.sanpablocaus.com /details/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald (3064 words)

	Sir Alexander Cochrane
		COCHRANE, SIR ALEXANDER FORRESTER INGLIS, G.C.B.—This admiral belonged to a family of which the naval service is justly proud, being the ninth son of Thomas, eighth Earl of Dundonald, and consequently uncle to the present earl, better known by the name of Lord Cochrane.
		At the end of 1782 he was appointed, with the rank of post-captain, to the command of the Kangaroo, and afterwards to the Caroline, of 24 guns, employed on the American station.
		At the capture of Alexandria, by which the war in Egypt was successfully terminated, Captain Cochrane, with a detachment of armed vessels, was stationed on the lake Moerotis, to protect the advance of the British troops upon the city, a duty which he performed with his wonted ability.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/cochrane_alexander.htm (1430 words)

	Cochrane of Stoneykirk
		Alexander Cochrane was christened 10 Sep 1846 in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire.
		William Cochrane was born 14 Aug 1848 in Elie, Fife.
		Robert Lyall Cochrane was born 13 Mar 1852 in Elie, Fife.
	roderickcraig.ourfamily.com /cochrane/pafg02.htm (133 words)

	Cochrane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Ireland, the surname Cochrane is especially concentrated in the northern province of Ulster where it was introduced by Scottish settlers during the Plantation period of the Seventeenth Century.
		In Ulster, the surname Cochrane is especially concentrated in the counties of Antrim, Derry, Down and Tyrone and found almost exclusively in the Northern Irish Protestant community.
		The Cochrane coat of arms depicts three boars heads, they are said to mark the exploit of an ancient Cochrane warrior who is reputed to have slain three wild boars then terrorising the countryside.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cochrane (413 words)

	Thomas Cochrane and Hornblower
		Thomas Cochrane, son of the 9th Earl of Dundonald, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
		As a result of this action Cochrane was promoted to Post Captain.The story of Cochrane and HMS Speedy formed a large part of the plot of Patrick O’Brian’s novel ‘Master and Commander’, which was recently made into a film starring Russell Crowe.
		Cochrane escaped from prison, was re-captured and fined a further £1000.
	www.scottish-essays.com /cochrane.html (1631 words)

	Thomas Alexander Cochrane (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cochrane realizó importantes hazañas en pos de destruir el poder naval español en el Pacífico sur.
		Cochrane reactivó el bloqueo a El Callao y en la noche del 5 al 6 de noviembre de 1820 realizó otra hazaña que inmortalizaría su nombre: la captura de la fragata "Esmeralda", hecho que significó la neutralización del poder naval español.
		Cochrane en Brasil, no sólo logró se preocupó del dominio del mar, sino que también se encargó de la construcción naval y la organización de la Armada, abarcando desde la preparación de los marineros hasta la navegación de cabotaje, Ordenanzas y Reglamentos y la ubicación de bases y arsenales.
	www.armada.cl.cob-web.org:8888 /site/tradicion_historia/historia/biografias/163tcoch.htm (849 words)

	Leader-Vice Admiral Alexander F.I. Cochrane of the British Navy
		Cochrane was the younger son of the eighth Earl of Dundonald.
		In 1805, Cochrane was sent to the Caribbean in pursuit of a French naval squadron, then was made commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands.
		By the time Cochrane was appointed to command the newly-defined North American station in 1814, he had already distinguished himself in the service of his country.
	www.mywarof1812.com /leaders/cochrane_alexander.htm (467 words)

	Chesney of Stoneykirk
		Alexander Chesney was christened 29 Aug 1852 in Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
		Agnes married James Cochrane, son of James Cochrane and Euphemia Donaldson, on 15 Feb 1838 in Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire.
		Samuel married Euphemia Pearson, daughter of Alexander Pearson and Margaret Bisset, on 4 Oct 1865 in St Andrew's Ch., Calcutta, Bengal, India.
	roderickcraig.ourfamily.com /chesney/pafg02.htm (461 words)

	The War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		By the time he was appointed to command the newly-defined North American station in 1814, Admiral Alexander Cochrane had already distinguished himself in the service of his country.
		Cochrane wasted no time issuing a proclamation aimed largely at fl slaves, inviting Americans to join the British forces or be relocated in Canada or the Caribbean.
		After the burning of Washington, Cochrane next sent Ross on a similar expedition to Baltimore while he sailed his lighter ships up the Patapsco River.
	www.galafilm.com /1812/e/people/cochrane.html (247 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Alexander Balmain to James Madison, December 8, 1794.
		Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, December 26, 1792.
		Alexander I of Russia to James Madison, July 10, 1811.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleA2.html (837 words)

	Centennial History of Mason Co--The COCHRANE Family
		His father, Alexander Cochrane, emigrated from Ireland when quite young, and settled on a farm in Mifflin county, where he lived and died, raising a family of 12 children.
		Joseph, the subject of this sketch, was the next to the youngest, and by an arbitrary and eccentric will of his father, he became the owner of the old homestead, and in the same house raised a family of ten children.
		Cochrane died of pulmonary consumption, August 4, 1836, on the old farm, and was buried in the cemetery of the old German Reformed church in Thompson.
	genealogytrails.com /ill/mason/1876/cochrane157.html (1490 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		Ralph Alexander Cochrane was born at Springfield, Fife, Scotland, on 24 February 1895, the son of Gertrude Julia Georgina Boyle and her husband, Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, the first Baron Cochrane of Cults.
		Cochrane was selected for the task, which was estimated to take three to four months.
		Cochrane deliberately downplayed the status of the last mentioned, concerned that the government might decide on this least expensive option.
	www.thepeerage.com /e15.htm (738 words)

	Towns in northern Aroostook County: history and early settlers
		Alexander Cochrane from New Brunswick, came up the St. John River to the mouth of the Aroostook, and up this some twenty miles to the mouth of a stream, where he built a rude mill.
		Alexander Cochrane died November 6th 1864 and was buried beside his first wife in the old Kelley cemetery.
		Cochran opertaed the mills some years, then sold the millstones and machines to Alfred Giberson who moved them to the Monquart stream at Bath, N.B. White, pp.1-3, citing Olof O. Nylander in the Presque Isle Star-Herald March 13th and 20th, 1941.
	www.upperstjohn.com /aroostook/mun1.htm (5636 words)

	ScotClans - Clan Cochrane
		Cochrane and his partners in crime bought heavily on the Stock Exchange just before a ‘French Royalist’ came ashore at Dover with the great news that Napoleon was dead.
		Cochrane was found to be behind the fraud and he also vanished to Europe.
		Also known as ‘Senior Jean de Vega, a Spanish minstrel’ the second son of Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane was born on HMS Thetis, a ship that had five Cochranes in its compliment at the time.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/Cochrane/people.html (679 words)

	England Attacks Georgia, War of 1812
		In May, 1814, Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane and the English Fleet sailed up the St. Mary's River (on the border of Georgia and Florida).
		Alexander Cochrane may not be a household name in the United States or the state of Georgia, but he should be.
		Cochrane sailed south around Florida, where he participated in a second major British loss, that of the battle of New Orleans.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /wars/War_of_1812/england_attacks.html (343 words)

	ELEVENTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Elizabeth Cochran was born about 1585 in Paisley, Rentfrew, Scotland.
		She was married to Alexander Blair (son of John Blair and Grizel Sample) on 7 Feb 1600/1 in Paisley, Rentfrew, Scotland.
		Alexander Blair was born in 1584 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland.
	www.zianet.com /ynika/cochran/d9418.html (67 words)

	Quarr Abbey House, Isle of Wight
		It had been the residence of the Cochrane family, one member of which, Admiral Thomas Cochrane (1779-1872) 10th Earl of Dundonald, secured fame by his part in the liberation of Chile, Peru and Brazil from Spanish dominion.
		Son of Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, he was Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth from 1852-55 and Admiral of the Fleet in 1865.
		Like so many families associated with the long years of Queen Victoria at Osborne the Cochrane family ceased to visit the house after her death and it was in the charge of a caretaker when the monks took over.
	homepage.mac.com /fahrenheit451/Sites/quarr/quarrhouse.html (465 words)

	Burgh Of Paisley Poll Tax Roll of 1695 - List of the town
		COCHRAN, HELEN, daughter of William COCHRAN, chamberlain to Earl of Dundonald
		COCHRAN, JOHN, son of William COCHRAN, chamberlain to Earl of Dundonald
		COCHRAN, WILLIAM, chamberlain to the Earl of Dundonald
	www.heather5.com /paisley2.html (544 words)

	Cochran
		EMELINE3 COCHRAN (WILLIAM2, ALEXANDER1) was born January 19, 1826 in Ohio, and died March 05, 1905.
		THOMAS H3 COCHRANE (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1 COCHRAN) was born 1830, and died 1876 in NV.
		WILLIAM C3 COCHRANE (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1 COCHRAN) was born 1838 in IL, and died 1924 in WI.
	hometown.aol.com /kath36110/Cochran.html (2928 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Walter Lord: HUMILIATION and TRIUMPH
		Cochrane planned to use the force, together with his Royal Marines and ships, first in operations along the Atlantic coast, later m an attack on New Orleans.
		Cochrane immediately forwarded it to Colonel Brooke, adding some observations that he thought might be useful to the army’s new leader.
		Cochrane’s hope was that the Americans would take this as the end of the day’s work.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1972/5/1972_5_50.shtml (16715 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		Cochrane continued to be active in the Bay and soon had twenty warships backed by four thousand regular British troops under Major General Robert Ross.
		Cochrane's ships then took troops farther north to Baltimore.
		The fort's defenses could not reach Cochrane's ships, which were kept anchored out of range.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/09/09d.htm (365 words)

	Destroyer Almirante Cochrane (4th) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was named after illustrious British seaman, Admiral Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane, who was in charge of the Chilean squadron that disputed their right to the sea against the Spaniards, during the Independence War.
		When this ship was Commissioned into the Royal British Navy, took part in important actions in Grenada and the Falkands; in the latter, she received a 1000- pound bomb impact in the stern toilets; however, the bomb did not explode and was deactivated later.
		Moreover, this ship has been visited by illustrous people, such as the Officer of the British Navy Michael Cochrane, Admiral Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane’s descendant, in April 1990 and Princess Anna of Britain in September 1990.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /tinyjer/html/destroyer_almirante_cochrane__.html (342 words)

	Sea Kayak - Battle of Baltimore, Battle of North Point and the Battle of Fort McHenry
		At the same time, Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane sails up the Patapsco River to try and reduce Fort McHenry, an important part of Baltimore's defense.
		Unfortunately for the British, Cochrane's marines are spotted by the Americans and don't even get a chance to land.
		Alexander Cochrane, meanwhile, is likely to sail his naval force up the Patapsco River and try to silence Fort McHenry's batteries.
	www.seakayak.ws /kayak/kayak.nsf/NavigationList/NT0000674E (3032 words)

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		I think most American Cochranes would be interested incomparing their family physical traits to those of the Earls.
		I read that the Cochrane tartan was approved by the 14th Earl.
		There are about 40,000 Cochranes in the world + all those who have blood not the name.
	www.clancochrane.org /faq.htm (919 words)

	Overview of Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Born in Springfield (Fife) into a naval family whose seat was at Crawford Priory, Cochrane entered the navy in 1912.
		Following various appointments, including heading the Royal New Zealand Air Force (1936-8), Cochrane took command of No. 3 and No. 5 Group of RAF Bomber Command.
		As such, he was responsible for planning bombing raids against German industry during World War II, including the 'Dambusters Raid' in 1943.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst117.html (139 words)

	Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828 - 1902) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		LE SOUEF, ALBERT ALEXANDER COCHRANE (1828-1902), pioneer and director of the Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, was born on 17 April 1828 at Sandgate, Kent, England, the fourth son of William Le Souef, later protector of Aborigines on the Goulburn River, and his wife Ann, née Wales.
		He was survived by four daughters and five sons, three of whom were associated with Australian zoological gardens.
		Print Publication Details: Allan McEvey, 'Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828 - 1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 80-81.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A050095b.htm (652 words)

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