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3 unusual facts about Lord Cochrane


Lord Cochrane

Earl of Dundonald has a subsidiary of Baron Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree

William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald who prior to receiving the earldom was create Baron Cochrane of Dundonald

Rodney Stone

The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the Prince Regent, Lord Nelson, Sir John Lade, Lord Cochrane and Beau Brummell.


Valença, Bahia

It harbored the fleet of Lord Cochrane, who came to fight the Portuguese in 1823.

William Brodie Gurney

He reported the impeachment of Lord Melville in 1806, the proceedings against the Duke of York in 1809, the trials of Lord Cochrane in 1814 and of Arthur Thistlewood in 1820, and the proceedings against Queen Caroline.


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Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814

Lord Cochrane was also stripped of his naval rank and expelled from the Order of the Bath.

Sharpe's Devil

Lord Cochrane, a former Royal Navy officer now in service to the Chilean rebels under Bernardo O'Higgins, ambushes the Espiritu Santo and, with the assistance of Sharpe and Harper, capture it, taking Captain Ardiles prisoner.