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DUNDONALD 531 Gen. and Com. in Chief of the Forces in China; Rep. Peer [S.] 1879-85 (Conservative). He m., i Dec. 1847, ^^ the British Embassy at Paris, Louisa Harriet, da. of William Alexander Mackinnon, of Mackinnon, by Emma, da. and h. of Joseph Palmer, of Palmerstown, co. Mayo. Hcd. 15 Jan. 1885, aged 70, at 4 Hyde Park Place, Midx. Will pr. 26 Feb. 1885, above £j,ooo. His widow J. 24 Feb. 1902, aged 82. XII. 1885. 12. Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton (Coch- rane), Earl of Dundonald [1669], Lord Cochrane of Dundonald [1647] and Lord Cochrane of Paseley and Ochiltrie [1669] in the peerage of Scotland, 2nd() but ist surv. s. and h., L 29 Oct. 1852, at Auchintoul House, Scotland; stykd Lord Cochrane 1860-85; ed. at Eton; an Officer in the 2nd Life Guards, from 1879, serving in the Nile expedition, 1884-85; Lieut. Col., 1889. Rep. Peer [S.], 1886 (Liberal Unionist). C.B. 20 May 1896; M.V.O. 30 June 1897; served in the S. African War, 1899, being in command of the mounted troops in Natal; was promoted Major Gen. 1901 (antedated 1900) for distinguished service in the field, being mentioned 6 times in despatches. (*") C.V.O. 24 Dec. 1 901; K.C.V.O. 28 June 1907; Lieut. Gen. 1906, retired 1907. Col. of the 2nd Life Guards 1907, and, as such, fought in the great European War, 1 9 14 — .(") He m., 18 Sep. 1878, at Llanddulas, co. Denbigh, Winifred, only surv. child of Robert Bamford-Hesketh, of Gwyrch Castle, co. Denbigh, by ( — ), da. of Jones Bateman, of Pentre-Mawn. [Thomas Hesketh Douglas Blair Cochrane, styled Lord Coch- rane, 1st s. and h. ap., i/. 21 Feb. 1886, at 50 Eaton Place, Midx. He fought in the great European War, 19 14 — , as Capt. Scots Guards, and was wounded. ('^)] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, were under 2,000 acres. DUNDRUM i.e. "De Montalt of Dundrum, co. Tipperary," Earldom (Maude), cr. 1886, extinct 1905; see under " Hawarden," Viscountcy. (') His elder br., Thomas Alexander, was b. at Monahrie House, co, Aberdeen, 10 Apr., and d. 25 July 1851, at 4 Hyde Park Place. V.G. C") For a list of peers and heirs ap. of peers who served in this war, see vol. iii, Appendix B. V.G. (') His brother, Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, also served as Lieut. Col. 7th Black Watch. V.G. (^) His brother, Douglas Robert Hesketh Roger Cochrane, also served as Lieut, and Life Guards. For a list of peers and sons of peers who served in this war, see vol. viii, Appendix F. V.G.