COCHRANE, William, 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald (1605-85), of Ayrshire.

Family and Education

b. 1605, 2nd s. of Alexander Cochrane (né Blair) of that ilk, and Elizabeth, da. of William Cochrane of that ilk. educ. Paisley g.s.; Glasgow Univ. graduated 1626. m. (bef. 1634) Euphame, da. of Sir William Scott of Ardross and Elie, Fife, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. Kntd. 1641. cr. Lord Cochrane of Dundonald [S] 26 Dec. 1647; earl of Dundonald and Lord Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree [S] 12 May 1669. d. 1685.Scots Peerage, iii. 341, 344-6.

Offices Held

Local: dep. sheriff, Renfrewshire 1632.Scots Peerage, iii. 344. J.p. Ayrshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 309. Commr. assessment, Ayrshire, Renfrewshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Household: chamberlain to James, duke of Lennox by 1638–?1641.HMC Laing, i. 209 ; Scots Peerage, iii. 345.

Scottish: auditor of army accts. 1641. Member, cttee. of war, 1643, 1644, 1646. Commr. Ayrshire, convention of estates and Scottish Parl. 1644–7. Member, cttee. of estates, 1644, 1645, 1647–8. Commr. trial of delinquents and selling forfeited lands, 1645. Member, cttee. of money, 1646. Commr. plantation of kirks, 1647.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 126–7. PC and commr. treas. 1660–d.Scots Peerage, iii. 346.

Military: col. Ayrshire regt. 1648, 1651.Scots Peerage, iii. 345.

: 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald (1605-85), of Ayrshire. 1605 – 85.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, J. Scougal, aft. 1669.Private colln.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

COCHRANE, William, 1st Lord Cochrane of Dundonald (1605-85), of Ayrshire.

Will

Estates

received charter of lands of Cowdoun, Woplaws and Knockglas, June 1634;Scots Peerage, iii. 344. acquired Kirktoun of Dundonald and Ayrshire lands from earl of Abercorn and others, c.1638-49 (Dundonald erected as barony, 1641);Reg. Gt Seal Scot. 1634-51, pp. 288-90, 479-80, 809-10 and passim; Scots Peerage, iii. 345. granted ward and non-entries of barony of Blair, 1641;Scots Peerage, iii. 345. received estates of Cochrane, Auchincreuch and Wester Craigenfeoch by resignation of his brother, Sir John Cochrane, 1642;Scots Peerage, iii. 343-4. acquired Craigie and other lands in Ayrshire from the earl of Nithsdale, 13 July 1652;Reg. Gt Seal Scot. 1652-9, pp. 288-9. purchased lordship of Paisley (part of Abercorn estate) from earl of Angus, for £13,500 sterling, 3 Aug. 1653;PRONI, D.623/B/7/8A-B. further Paisley lands purchased from James Hamilton of Aikenhead and John Maxwell of Southbarr, 1658-9.NRAS 859 (Douglas-Home Pprs.), box 238, bundle 2, unfol.

Oxford 1644

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