Cochrane Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The street runs east from the junction of George Square and South Frederick Street through the Merchant City until it meets Montrose Street.
History
The street was originally known as Cotton Street, as known from an advertisement in a Glasgow paper in 1789. The street was opened in 1787 and evidently ran a shorter length from South Frederick Street to John Street.
Re-naming of the street
The street was originally planned to be extended as Cross Street in 1799 - the extension ran from John Street to Montrose Street.
[Glasgow Street Names and Places. James Muir. William Hodge and Company. 1899.]
However the whole street - Cotton Street and the extended Cross Street - was instead named together as one street - Cochrane Street - in honour of
Andrew Cochrane
Andrew Cochrane of Brighouse (1693–1777) was an 18th-century tobacco lord and a slave trade owner who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow three times, more than any other person: 1744/5, 1748/9, and 1760/1.
Cochrane Street in central Glasgow w ...
, the
Tobacco Lord
The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish people, Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by International trade, trading in tobacco. Many became so wealthy that they adopted the lifestyle of aristocr ...
and former
Lord Provost of Glasgow.
References
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Streets in Glasgow
History of Glasgow