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DUNDONALD. 211 G Sep. 1744, .it Edinburgh, Jean, 1st da. of Ardiibftld Stv art, of Tonon ce, CO. Lanark, by Elizabeth, ila. of Sir Andrew MYRTON, Bart. [S.], of Gogar. Ho d. at La Mancha, co. Peebles, 27 Jnuc 177S. His widow d. in Portrnan square, Midx., 21 March 1S0S, iu her S6th your. IX. 1778. 0. Archirald (Cochrane), Earl of Dtjndonald, &c. [S.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. by second wife ; h. 1 Jan. 1748/9, ili/led Lord Cochrane, 1749-78 ; he served in the Army (Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, 17(1-1) and the Navy, but early relinquished both services for scientific pursuits of great ingenuity, but (in his lifetime) of little practical result. Ho m. firstly, 17 Oct. 1774, at Annesfield, co. Lanark, Anne, 2nd da. of James Gilchrist, C'apt. R.N. She, who was b. 1755, d. at Brompton, Midx., 13 Oct. 1784, aged 20. He to. secondly, 12 April 1788, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Isabella, widow of John Maynk, of Teflont, Wilts, da. of Samuel Raymond, of Bclchamp Hill, Essex, where she d. Dec. 1803. Will pr. 1809. He in. thirdly, April 1819, Anna Maria, 1st da. Francis Pi.owden. She d. 19 Dec. 1S22 at Hammersmith, Midx. Will pr. 1823. He d. in great poverty at Rue Van- guard, Paris, 12 July 1831, aged 82. Admon. July 1841 and Oct. 1843. X. 1831. 10. Thomas (Cochrane), Earl op Dtjndonai.ii, &c. [S.l, B. and h. by first wife ; b. 14 Dec. 1775, and bap. 1 Jan. 1776 at Hamilton, in Annesfield, co. Lanark ; styled [and well known as] Lord Cochrane 1775-1331 ; Capt. 106th Foot, 1 794, but soon quitted the Army for the Navy, serving firstly under Lord Keith. His brilliant naval career can here be only slightly indicated ; when Capt. of the brig " Speedy " f 1 58 tons) he captured, 6 May 1800, "a Spanish frigate of above 600 tons, the prisoners being 8 times the number of their captors ; in the Imperieuse," in 1S0S, in the struggle between France and Spain, the destruction caused by him was terrific ; but, besides the defence of Rosas, in 1809, his greatest work was his vast destruction of the French ships (then blockaded by Admiral Lord Ganibier) in the Basque roads, in 1S09, which shattered for ever the maritime force of Napoleon. For this he was nom. K.B., and iuv. 26 April 1S09. He had been M.P. for Houiton in 1S06, and was M.P. for Westminster 1S07 to 1814, iu which capacity he opposed the vote of thanks proposed to Lord Gambler, who, he stated, had neglected to destroy the French licet when well able to do so. The vote was, however, carried. Early in 1814 he was convicted (tho' certainly not personally guilty) of a fraud on the Stock Exchange ; was expelled the House of Commons (tho' immediately re-elected), struck off the Navy list, and from the order of the Knights of the Bath, fined £1,000, and imprisoned for a year, being released 20 June 1S15. Iu May 1817 he assisted the Chilians in establishing their independence from Spain, effecting the hazardous capture of Valdivia and the cutting out of the Spanish frigate " Esmeralda " from under the fortifications of Callao, being cr. Knight ok the Order ok Merit cm Chili. In 1823 he entered the service of Brazil, establishing the Naval superiority of that Empire, and being cr. Marquis ok Maranham and Grand Cross ok toe Cruzeiio op BrazilC 1 ). He afterwards had the command of the Greek Navy till the end of the war, at Navarino, in Oct. 1827, being cr. Knight of the Saviour ok Greece. He returned to England in 1S29 ; (tie. his father in the Scotch peerage, 1831 ; received "free pardon" 2 May 1832, becomim* finally, 23 Oct. 1854, Rear Admiral. He was re-instated in the order of the Bath 22 and gazetted 25 May 1847, G.C.B. ; was Com. in Chief on the West Indian and North American Station 1848-51. He m. secretly.^) (")_ His son writes—" His discoveries, now of national utility, ruined him, and deprived his posterity of their remaining paternal inheritance." See Stephen's " Nat. Siagr." ( b ) He was author of " Narrative of Services iu the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Dominion " (1859) ; as also of " Autobiography of a Seaman " (1860-61), which was completed (1869) by his son, the 11th Earl. {") So secretly that it appears to have been unknown to himself when, some six years later, lie swore to the allegation (21 June 1818) for his marriage licence that he was a " Bachelor." The marriage of 1S12 was, however, found good, by the House of Lords, chiefly on the testimony of the Countess herself, whose eloquent (if somewhat stilted) language ("such an imputation on such a man I— such a God of a man ! — a man who could have ruled the world upon the sea I" — &c.) had a great effect on Lord Brougham and others of their (legal) Lordships. There was also produced a paper,