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Sir Alexander Forester Inglis Cochrane. 1758-1832. Born on 23 April 1758, he was the sixth surviving son of Thomas, 8th Earl Dundonald, and of his second wife, Jane Stuart. He was the father of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane, the godfather and uncle of Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, and the uncle of Captain ...
British Vice Adm. Alexander Cochrane's fleet arrives near Ship Island, some 60 miles east of New Orleans, on December 8. After disposing of an American flotilla on Lake Borgne, Cochrane and the temporary army commander, Maj. Gen. John Keane, decide to ferry the British infantry through the nearby bayous and approach the city from the south.
Thomas Alexander Cochrane. (Annsfield, 1775 - Kensington, 1860) Almirante británico. Primer comandante en jefe de la Escuadra Nacional chilena, hizo una brillante carrera militar basada en su valentía, patriotismo y talento. Hijo de Archibald Cochrane, conde de Dundonald, en 1793 sirvió en un navío comandado por su tío Alexander Cochrane.
Then there was Douglas Cochrane, later General the 12th Earl, who fought hand to hand with Dervish warriors when they broke into a British 'square' during the Gordon Relief Expedition; whose mounted troops, 'Dundonald's Cavalry', became a by-word for their elan in South Africa during the Boer War; and who galloped with Lieutenant Churchill into Ladysmith to relive that beleaguered town.
Alexander Cochrane promptly issued orders to captains and commanders to retaliate, “to destroy & lay waste such Towns and Districts upon the Coast as you may find assailable.” Portrait of Alexander Cochrane (1758-1832). By Charles Turner – National Portrait Gallery, London. Image is in the public domain.
En Chile, por ley de la República del 20 de agosto de 1857, es reincorporado a la Armada de Chile y figura a la cabeza del Escalafón de Oficiales hasta su muerte, ocurrida en Londres, el 31 de octubre de 1860. Sus cenizas fueron depositadas en la Abadía de Westminster y cubiertas por una sencilla lápida de mármol que dice: "Thomas Cochrane ...
Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane GCB RN (23 Apryle 1758 – 26 Januar 1832, born Alexander Forrester Cochrane) wis a senior Ryal Navy commander in the Napoleonic Wars an achieved the rank o Admiral. He wis knichtit for his service.
