Captain The Honourable Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, (8 January 1885 – 16 April 1958) was a Scottish politician, naval officer, and colonial governor.

Early life

The second son of

Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults (2 April 1857 – 17 January 1951), was a Scottish soldier and Liberal Unionist politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Arthur Balfour between ...

, he was born in

Springfield, Fife Springfield is a village that lies at the edge of the Howe of Fife, to the south-west of the town of Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the linen industry in the 19th century. The Church of Scotland parish ch ...

in 1885. He ranked eighteenth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the

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training ship HMS ''Britannia'' intake term of September 1899, with 2374 marks, and joined as a naval cadet on the battleship HMS ''Mars'' in January 1901. In June 1902 he was posted as

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to the

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HMS ''London'', which was flagship for the

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for King

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in August 1902 before she was posted to the

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later the same year. During the

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he was

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three times, and awarded the

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and

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Political career

He was Unionist

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(MP) for East Fife from 1924 until he lost the seat at the 1929 General Election. He then sat for

Dunbartonshire Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders P ...

from a 1932 by-election until 1936. He was

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from 1936 until 1941. He was also a director of

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Personal life

In 1926 he married Julia Dorothy, daughter of

Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, (27 May 1864 – 26 September 1935) was a British Conservative politician. Early life Lord Cornwallis was born 27 May 1864 at Chacombe Priory, Banbury, Oxfordshire, the eldest s ...

. The couple had one son Douglas, and one daughter Mabel. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in 1936 and Knight Grand Cross of the

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in 1937.

References

External links

World Statesmen.org
* 1885 births 1958 deaths Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Administrators in British Burma Younger sons of barons Royal Navy officers of World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies 20th-century Scottish politicians Burma in World War II

Archibald Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop of ...

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