NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860 NRA: Cochrane, Thomas (1775-1860) 10th Earl of Dundonald, Admiral DNB: Cochrane, Thomas, tenth earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), naval officer LBT ID: LdDundo10 VIAF ID: 29169 LOC ID: n50054509 | B/BAP: 1775-12-14 DIED: 1860-10-31 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
After an adventurous naval career in the Napoleonic wars he was caught up in financial
scandal and dismissed; he secured the independence of Chile and Peru (1819-22) but was less
successful as admiral of the Greek navy (1827-28); he was MP (1806, expelled 1814) and
succeeded to the earldom in 1831. | |