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	George Cockburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral Sir George Cockburn (1772–1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through and mid-19th centuries.
		Born in 1772 in London, Cockburn went to sea at the age of 14.
		Recalled to Europe in 1815, Cockburn received the order of the Bath, and was given the job of conveying Napoleon in the Northumberland to Saint Helena, where he remained for some months as governor of the island and the Emperor's jailor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Cockburn (527 words)

	SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN - LoveToKnow Article on SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1834 Cockburn was well enough thought of to be made a member of the commission to inquire into the state of the corporations of England and Wales.
		Cockburn made an exhaustive study of the medical aspects of the case, and the prisoners comment when convicted after a twelve days trial was, alluding to the attorney-generals advocacy, It was the riding that did it.
		The greatest public occasion on which Sir Alexander Cockburn acted, outside his usual judicial functions, was that of the Alabama arbitration, held at Geneva in 1872, in which he represented the British government, and dissented from the view taken by the majority of the arbitrators, without being able to convince them.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/COCKBURN_SIR_ALEXANDER_JAMES_EDMUND.htm (1754 words)

	Cockburn, George
		Cockburn, Sir George [Baronet] (1772-1853) British Admiral: George Cockburn was born in London, England, on April 22, 1772.
		In 1812, Cockburn became a rear admiral, and was a major figure in the War of 1812.
		Cockburn served as a member of Parliament several times; and was Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral of the Fleet in 1851.
	www.multied.com /bio/nn/Cockburn.html (202 words)

	George Cockburn - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Admiral Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through and mid-19th centuries.
		Born in 1772, Cockburn went to sea at the age of 14.
		He was also elected several times to Parliament as a Tory, and served several times as as First Sea Lord (1828-1830; 1834-1835; 1841-1846).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/George_Cockburn (296 words)

	Review of Morris, Autumn 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772–1853.
		Simultaneously, he reflects how Cockburn made the transition from dealing with a world filled with the cacophony of blazing broadsides, bloody carnage, and displays of raw courage to one of psychological warfare, a battle of wills against one of the greatest tactical minds of the century, for whom any form of subjugation was anathema.
		In his coverage of the latter half of Cockburn’s career, Morriss highlights his transition to the command of the North America and West Indies station, Admiralty Board membership, and then politics, as he coped with the pressures and momentum behind technological change (the introduction of steam and the propeller) and dramatic administrative and political reform.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1999/autumn/br16-a99.htm (684 words)

	Little, Ross, and related families: VA - NC - AR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I suspect that the second George, who is probably between 21 and 60 and has 2 males under 16, 4 females and 1 slave 12-50 and under 12 or over 50, is the son George mentioned in the 1779 will.
		As early as 1742, a George Cockburn (planter of Bertie County) bought land in Tyrell Co. on the North side of Flatt Swamp from Robert Anderson.
		George Cockburn willed his son John the land and plantation whereon he now lives being the land on the north side of the Spring branch and all my land in the North side of the Flat Swamp.
	www.hal-pc.org /~happy/surname/b12.htm (1778 words)

	George Graham Reviews Bruce Cockburn's The Charity of Night
		Cockburn is far-better known in his home country of Canada, which has been the source for many acclaimed practitioners of the art such as Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, plus others like Murray McLachlan, Jane Siberry, and the late Stan Rogers who are still probably better-known north of the border.
		Cockburn, a fifty-one year old Ottawa native was, like so many others, drawn to rock and roll as a youth by Elvis Presley.
		Cockburn does several pieces in which he speaks, rather than sings parts of the songs, something has done from time to time in the past.
	www.georgegraham.com /cockburn.html (1471 words)

	George Cockburn -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cockburn played a major role in the (A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France) War of 1812.
		He cruised relentlessly up and down the (A large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River) Chesapeake Bay in 1813 and 1814, seizing (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American shipping, disrupting commerce, and raiding the ports.
		In later life, Cockburn was (Click link for more info and facts about Commander-in-Chief) Commander-in-Chief on the North American station, and eventually (Click link for more info and facts about Admiral of the Fleet) Admiral of the Fleet.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_cockburn.htm (301 words)

	The War of 1812
		Before 1813, George Cockburn distinguished himself in the wars against France, eventually rising to the rank of rear admiral.
		Cockburn then accompanied General Ross on the overland march on Washington.
		Cockburn became admiral of the fleet in 1851.
	www.galafilm.com /1812/e/people/cockburn.html (274 words)

	Cockburn and the British Navy in Transistion
		Cockburn's life and times encompassed service under Admiral Horatio Nelson during the French Revolutionary War; diplomacy and combined operations during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 with the United States; and administrative, political, and technological changes during the first half of the nineteenth century.
		Cockburn emerged from the Napoleonic Wars as the best-known British admiral, renowned for his part in the attack on Washington in 1814 and for escorting Napoleon to St. Helena.
		Cockburn's attitude towards the development of more seaworthy sailing warships and his key role in the introduction of the screw propeller are also examined--inovations that coincided with the decline of flogging, impressment, and personal patronage in the management of the British Navy.
	www.sc.edu /uscpress/Sp98/3253.html (459 words)

	George Lane Cockburn Merewether\Eveleen Wilmot Malcomson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George Lane Cockburn Merewether, son of John Merewether and Mary Ann Baker, was born August 12,1836 in Hereford Deanery, Herefordshire, England.
		Eveleen Wilmot Malcomson, daughter of John Porter Valescourt Beresford Malcomson and Ereleen Willmet, was born abt.
		Children of George Lane Cockburn Merewether and Eveleen Wilmot Malcomson are:
	www.xtal.info /merewether/usa034.html (483 words)

	Captain George Cockburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Captain George Cockburn was one of a number of able officers who served under Nelson.
		Cockburn served in the Mediterranean from 1795 to 1797 and wrote of Nelson, "next to my own father, I know of none whose company I so much wish to be in or who I have such real reason to repsect".
		George Cockburn rose to become Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Cockburn.
	www.stvincent.ac.uk /Heritage/1797/people/cockburn.html (530 words)

	George Cockburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George S. Cockburn was born in Craigmillar in Edinburgh in 1897.
		George composed a great many tunes over the years but, sadly for us all, most were handed to fellow pipers (for whom the house at Murray’s Brewery was a musical haven) without titles and have probably since been either lost or credited to other composers.
		George Cockburn died in 1974 leaving us with at least two very fine tunes for which he will long be remembered.
	www.boxandfiddle.com /george_cockburn.htm (1810 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Fort McHenry
		Under the energetic and ruthless leadership of Rear Admiral George Cockburn, naval detachments raided many of the towns on the Bay and harried their residents.
		In the meantime, a naval party under Cockburn ascended the river and compelled the Americans to burn the remnants of Barney's flotilla.
		At Upper Marlboro, Ross was joined by Cockburn's naval detachment, and on August 24 the combined force resumed its slow march toward the Capital.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/5/hh5c.htm (447 words)

	Little, Ross, and related families: VA - NC - AR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George BREWER and Jemima UNKNOWN were married in 1765 in Edgecombe Co. NC.
		It is not proven that this is the same George Brewer who is later in Anson Co. However, it seems more than coincidental that Richard and Bryan Lee bought their first land in Anson Co. (1790) from George Brewer and that George Brewer had a daughter and a granddaughter named Jemima.
		George Franklin VEST was born on 30 Jul 1890.
	www.hal-pc.org /~happy/surname/b72.htm (1724 words)

	Battle of Baltimore - The Principals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George Armistead was born on April 10, 1780, in Caroline County, Virginia, and was one of five brothers who served in the War of 1812.
		George Armistead married Louisa Hughes, daughter of prominent Baltimore silversmith Christopher Hughes, Sr., in 1810, in Baltimore's Otterbein Church.
		The General [Ross] was in the advance having Sir George Cockburn on his right and Captain Crofton on his left, the 85th Light Infantry were on either side in the woods coming suddenly upon the Enemy [General Stricker's advance guard] in a plain drawn up to receive us.
	www.bcpl.net /~etowner/bb2a.html (957 words)

	Sir George Cockburn
		He entered the navy in his ninth year, served on the East India, home, and Mediterranean stations, becoming post-captain in 1795, and was thanked by the house of commons in 1809 for his services as commander of the naval force on shore, in the operations by which Martinique came into the possession of Great Britain.
		Cockburn and Ross then entered the City, accompanied by a guard of 200 men, and burned the public buildings and some private property.
		Cockburn was concerned in the unsuccessful attempt to capture Baltimore in September, 1814.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirgeorgecockburn (545 words)

	The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Alexander Cockburn
		But it's hard to reinvent George W. at this late hour, when most Americans access his warmth through bulletins of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, announcing executions in the months ahead.
		He's the son of George H.W. Bush, and he's chief executive officer of the Texas death industry.
		It's part and parcel of Bush's eerily two-dimensional quality, which has engendered a campaign defined by the millions he's raised, and paced by the drumbeat of executions carrying the thumbprint of his approval.
	www.freepress.org /columns/display/2/2000/615 (1045 words)

	The Cockburn Name
		Irmin's symbol was a cockerel, which was later used by the Cockburns in their crest.
		The first Cockburn we can be certain of is Alexander Cockburn whose date of birth is unknown.
		The Cockburn tartan is royal blue and fl with white, yellow and red stripes.
	www.electricscotland.com /familytree/magazine/febmar2003/cockburn.htm (581 words)

	Cockburn Sound -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The name was taken from a freighter wrecked offshore in 1922; it is an Aboriginal word meaning “young woman.” The place was a small resort until the mid-1950s, when a large oil refinery with associated port facilities was completed to receive oil shipments from the Middle East.
		With Green and Penguin islands, it shelters Cockburn Sound (east) and the approaches to the ports of Fremantle, Kwinana, and Rockingham.
		Measuring 6 mi by 1 mi, it has an area of 2,338 ac (946 ha) and is generally sandy and thickly wooded, rising to...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9024582?tocId=9024582 (904 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir George Cockburn (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Sir George Cockburn (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir George Cockburn, British And Irish History, Biographies
		He served in the Mediterranean, and in the War of 1812 he participated in the Chesapeake Bay expeditions and in the burning of Washington.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CockburnG.html (158 words)

	George W. Bush: The Death Penalty Governor by Alexander Cockburn
		George W. Bush: The Death Penalty Governor by Alexander Cockburn
		The reeling Bush campaign is pulling out all the stops to show that George W. is not only a true leader of men, but a warm soul.
		Bush has two vulnerabilities he can't disguise: He's the son of George H.W. Bush, and he's chief executive officer of the Texas death industry.
	www.commondreams.org /views/020900-105.htm (1015 words)

	Anthony Pitch and the Burning of Washington
		A Royal Naval squadron, under the command of Adm. George Cockburn, operated in the Chesapeake, but without a major infantry force.
		Cockburn, a man cited by Adm. Horatio Nelson for his "zeal, ability and courage," planned the attack on the city and advocated its approval to Alexander Cochrane, the British commander-in-chief of the North American station.
		Landing Aug. 19 at Benedict, on the mouth of the Patuxent River, Ross moved north by rapid marches, camping in Upper Marlborough on Aug. 22.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/9809/pitch.html (1347 words)

	History: Review of New Books: Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, ...
		Morriss, Roger Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853 Columbia: University of South Carolina Press 352 pp., $39.95, ISBN 1-57003-253-X Publication Date: March 1998
		Sir George Cockburn is remembered as "the man who burned the White House" and as an archconservative whose two terms at the Admiralty helped to delay the Royal Navy's development of steam propulsion.
		As Roger Morriss makes clear in Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition, that is unfortunate, for Cockburn was an outstanding naval officer, whether as a young frigate...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:78260151&refid=holomed_1 (238 words)

	The Road to Washington - British Army Style
		During the War of 1812, while a large force of British naval vessels kept a large portion of the American Navy bottled up in the Elizabeth River, British Navy Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn led a small fleet in the Chesapeake Bay, harassing local ports and shipping.
		The flotilla was assembled in Baltimore and engaged Admiral Cockburn's force in various actions, the last of which was on June 26, 1814, at St. Leonard's Creek near the mouth of the Patuxent River.
		Admiral Cockburn was anticipating an encounter north of Pig's Point with Commodore Barney's flotilla, so he landed his compliment of Royal Marines at the town of Leon, to engage the militia there.
	www.tc-solutions.com /croom/1812.html (821 words)

	Family of George and Elizabeth Cockburn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George Cockburn was born about 1720 in North Carolina.
		George signed his will January 30, 1779 in Martin Co., North Carolina and died in Halifax.
		Barbara Cockrum, Descendants of George Cockburn, Sr., Dec. 31, 1999
	www.kimsgenes.com /familypages/ancestral/cockburngeorge.htm (94 words)

	Cockburn, Sir George on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		My father, the MI5 suspect; Claud Cockburn was a journalistic legend: a swashbuckling iconoclast with a taste for whisky and radical politics.
		Now, intelligence files discovered by his son, Patrick Cockburn, reveal...
		(Books).(Saddam Hussein: an American obsession by Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn)(Saddam: the secret life by Con Coughlin)(Targeting Iraq: sanctions and bombing in US policy by...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CockburnG1.asp (385 words)

	Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition. Admiral Sir George Cockburn 1772-1853. - Morriss, Roger: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Title: Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition.
		Sir George Cockburn emerged from the Napoleonic War the best-known British admiral since Nelson.
		The book provides an insight into the conduct of the British Admiralty, and offers a contribution to 19th-century naval history as it is concerned with the administration of the service in a period of peace.
	www.studiobookshop.co.uk /si/10783.html (149 words)

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