Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane JP DL (1857-1951)

Lt Col Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane JP DL

Born 2 Apr 1857 [location unknown]

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Barnes (Cochrane) Cochrane Eleventh Earl Dundonald and Louise Harriet (Mackinnon) Cochrane

Brother of Louisa Katherine Emma (Cochrane) O'Neill and Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton (Cochrane) Cochrane Twelfth Earl Dundonald

Husband of Gertrude Julia Georgina (Boyle) Cochrane OBE — married 2 Dec 1880 (to 12 Dec 1950) [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Dorothy Agnes (Cochrane) Buxton, Archibald Douglas Cochrane GCMG KCSI, Katherine Elizabeth (Cochrane) Bruce and Ralph Alexander Cochrane GBE KCB AF

Died 17 Jan 1951 at age 93 [location unknown]

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Biography

Lt Col Thomas Cochrane JP DL served in the British Army in World War I
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Birth

Lt.-Col. Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults was born on 2 April 1857.2 He was the son of Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald and Louisa Harriet Mackinnon.

Education

He was educated at Eton and Cheltenham College. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, in 1934.

Military Service

He gained the rank of Captain in the Scots Guards. He gained the rank of Major in 1900 in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He fought in the Boer War between 1900 and 1901. He gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He fought in the First World War. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd/7th Black Watch between 1914 and 1917.He gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1917 in the Territorial Forces Reserve.

Marriage

He married Lady Gertrude Julia Georgina Boyle, daughter of George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow and Hon. Monatgue Abercromby, on 2 December 1880.

Offices

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal Union) for North Ayrshire between 1892 and 1910. He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary between 1895 and 1901, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Fife. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Fife. He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary between 1902 and 1905, to the Under-Secretary of the Home Department.