Family and Education
bap. 23 July 1691, 7th s. of William Cochrane of Ochiltree, Ayr by Lady Mary Bruce, da. of Alexander, 2nd Earl of Kincardine [S]; gt.-gd.-s. of William, 1st Earl of Dundonald [S]. m. (1) c.1721, his 1st cos. Elizabeth (d.1743), da. of James Ker of Morriestoun, Berwick, 1s. 1da.; (2) 6 Sept. 1744, Jean, da. of Archibald Stuart of Torrence, Lanark, 11s. (incl. Sir Alexander Cochrane, M.P., and Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone, M.P.) 1da. suc. bro. James in the estates of Culross, Perth, and Ochiltree, Ayr, 1758, and his 2nd cos. once removed William Cochrane, as 8th Earl of Dundonald [S] 9 July 1758.
Offices Held
Cornet 2 Drags. 1713, capt. 27 Ft. 1716, maj. by 1718; fort maj. of Fort St. Philip, Minorca; commr. of excise [S] 1730–64.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wester Stanley, Renfrew.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
COCHRANE, Thomas (1691-1778)
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