Family and Education
b. c. 1679, 1st surv. s. of Adam Cockburn, M.P. [S] of Ormiston, S.C.J., Lord Ormiston and lord justice clerk, by his 1st w. Lady Susan Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]. educ. Glasgow, 1695. m. (1) 1700, Lady Beatrix (or Barbara) Carmichael (bur. 1 Aug. 1702), da. of John, 1st Earl of Hyndford [S], s.p.; (2) Arabella, 3rd da. and coh. of Anthony Rowe of Muswell Hall, Mdx. and North Aston, Oxon., 1s. suc. fa. 1735.
Offices Held
M.P. [S] Haddingtonshire 1703 – 07.
P.C. [S] 1704, 1707; commr. of the Exchequer [S] by 1708; ld. of Trade 1714 – 17, of Admiralty 1717 – 32, 1742–4.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Ormiston, Haddington.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
COCKBURN, John (c.1679-1758)
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