Laurence
Cockburn
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Margaret Cockburn, Jane Cockburn, Archibald William Cockburn, James Cockburn, Graham Cockburn, George Ferguson Cockburn, Henry Day Cockburn, Francis Jeffrey Cockburn, Elizabeth Cockburn and Johanna Richardson Cockburn
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 52
in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Laurence was born in 1822. He was the son of Henry Cockburn and Elizabeth Macdowall.
He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1831-37).[1]
He emigrated to Australia and became a sheep farmer.
He married an Anne Smith.
He died about 1874.
Research Notes
His record in the Edinburgh Academy Register reads as follows:
COCKBURN, Laurence, 1831-7. Cl. 1-6. b. 1822; s. of Henry Cockburn, Advocate (Lord Cockburn), one of the Senators of the Coll. of Justice, 14 Charlotte Square
Sheep Farmer in Australia
m. Anne Smith ; d.c. 1874 at Melbourne.
Sources
- ↑ The Edinburgh Academical Club. The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, Edinburgh: T & A Constable, 1914. Page 65.
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