Family and Education
b. 4 July 1687, 2nd s. of John Cochrane, 2nd earl of Dundonald [S], and Susannah, da. of William Hamilton (formerly Douglas), 3rd duke of Hamilton [S] and earl of Selkirk [S]. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1701. m. (1) 4 Apr. 1706, Anne (d.1710), da. of Charles Murray, earl of Dunmore [S], sis. John Murray, 2nd earl of Dunmore [S], 1s. 3da.; (2) 15 Oct. 1715, Mary (d.1722), da. Peregrine Osborne, 2nd duke of Leeds, and wid. Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort, s.p. d. 5 June 1720. Douglas, Scots Peerage, iii. 354.
Offices Held
Ld.-in-waiting to George Augustus, prince of Wales, c.1715-c.1718.
Col. 4th tp. Horse Gds. 1714 – 19.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Paisley, Renfrew.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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