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Archibald Cockburn (1738
in
Edinburgh
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,
Midlothian
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– 20 June 1820) was a
Scottish judge.
He lived at Caroline Park House north of
Edinburgh
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.
Family
Son of Archibald
Cockburn of
Cockpen
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and wife (m. 17 August 1735) Martha
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* Dundas, New South Wales
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, daughter of Robert
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Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
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* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire of ...
of
Arniston (died 1727) and wife Margaret
Sinclair
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* Sin ...
, daughter of Sir Robert
Sinclair
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People
* Sin ...
of
Murkle
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and
Stevenston
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, 3rd
Baronet
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(1643 - 1713), and first wife (m.
Holyroodhouse
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, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 10 September 1663) Lady Helen Lindsay, daughter of
John Lindsay
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(c. 1611 -
Tyninghame
Tyninghame is a small settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, about two miles north-east of East Linton. Together with the nearby settlement of Whitekirk, it gives its name to the parish of Whitekirk and Tyninghame.
Tyninghame
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,
East Lothian
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In 1975, the histo ...
, 1678), 17th
Earl of Crawford
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Sir David Lindsay, who ...
, 1st
Earl of Lindsay
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, 10th
Lord Lindsay of the Byres
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, 1st
Lord Parbroath
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and Hereditary
Steward of St Andrews
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* Steward, a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other ins ...
, etc., and wife Lady Margaret Hamilton.
[Cockburn: Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood, ''The House of Cockburn of That Ilk and the Cadets Thereof…'' (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 151 and 152.]
Biography
A keen
Tory
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, he was
Sheriff of Edinburgh
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until 1790, when he succeeded
David Stuart Moncrieff
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as a
Baron of the Exchequer
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.
Marriage and issue
He married at Cockpen, Midlothian, on 25 December 1768 Janet Rennie/Rannie, "connected by marriage with Lord Melville" (sister
Elizabeth Rannie
Elizabeth Rannie, also known as Elizabeth Rennie, (1750–1847) was a British noblewoman who was married to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and was mother to Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Early life
Elizabeth was born in Calcutta aro ...
, the first wife of
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was the trusted lieutenant of British Prime Minister William Pitt and the most powerful politician in Scotland in the late 18 ...
), daughter of David Rennie/Rannie of
Melville Castle
Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic castellated mansion situated less than a mile (2 km) west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk.
History
An earlier tower house on the site was demolished when the present structur ...
, Edinburgh
and had three daughters and six sons:
* Elizabeth Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 5 November 1770 - 1850) second wife of
Thomas Randall Davidson
Thomas Randall Davidson (1747–1827) was a Church of Scotland minister and landowner.
Life
He was born Thomas Randall in July 1747, the son of Rev Thomas Randall (b.1710), minister of Inchture west of Dundee. Early education was at least ...
, grandmother of
Randall Davidson
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[Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott]
* Robert Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 22 March 1771 - 1844)
* Matilda Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 7 February 1772 - 1842), married at
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 13 July 1798 to Sir
Robert Dundas of Beechwood
Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Baronet of Beechwood (30 June 1761 – 4 January 1835) was a Scottish landowner and lawyer.
Life
He was born on 30 June 1761, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and the Rev Robert Dundas of Humbie in East Lothian. Desc ...
, 1st
Baronet
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Dundas Dundas may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
* Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region
* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire of ...
(30 June 1761 -
Heriot Row
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, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 4 January 1835), and had issue
* Margaret Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 9 April 1773 - ?)
* George Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 15 October 1774 - ?)
* Archibald Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 10 September 1776 - ?)
* David Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 9 February 1778 - ?)
*
Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 26 October 1779 -
Bonaly
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, Midlothian, 26 April/18 July 1854)
* John Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 8 March 1784 - ?), married at
Borthwick
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, Midlothian, on 7 September 1821 to Eliza Dewar, and had two daughters and five sons:
** Caroline Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 19 November 1822 - ?)
** Archibald David Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 September 1826 - 1886), married at Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 21 October 1856 to his first cousin Johanna Richardson Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 14 January 1831 - 1888), daughter of Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn, and wife Elizabeth Macdowall, and had one son and one daughter:
*** John Cockburn (1858 - 1928), married to Isobel Mary ... (1864 - 1952), and had one son and one daughter:
**** Henry Archibald Cockburn (1873 - 1943)
**** Laela Armine Cockburn (1894 - 1969)
*** Elizabeth Jane Macdowall Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 20 August 1866 - ?)
** Mary Elizabeth Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 16 December 1827 - ?)
** James Graham Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 16 June 1829 - ?)
** John Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 31 May 1830 - ?)
** Henry Alexander Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 10 November 1831 - ?),
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
, married to Lucy Margaret Tucker
** Alexander Cockburn Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 July 1833 - ?)
References
External links
thepeerage.com Archibald Cockburn* https://web.archive.org/web/20121103011435/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wilde.htm
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Archibald
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Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon .
Erkanbald, bishop of ...
Scottish politicians
Tory (British political party) politicians
Scottish sheriffs
Barons of the Court of Exchequer (Scotland)
1738 births
1820 deaths