There have been two Cockburn Baronetcies in the

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. The dates given are the dates from accession to the title, to death. Where three dates are shown, the first is a date of birth.

Baronets Cockburn of Langton, Berwick

* Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 1st Baronet (22 November 1627 (NS) – 1628) * Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 2nd Baronet (1628–1650) *

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(1650–1657) * Sir Archibald Cockburn of Langton, 4th Baronet (1657–1705) * Sir Archibald Cockburn of Langton, 5th Baronet (15 Nov 1687-1705–1710) * Sir Alexander Cockburn of Langton, 6th Baronet (1710–1739) * Sir Alexander Cockburn of Langton, 7th Baronet (1739–1745 at Fontenoy)

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in the First Regiment of Foot Guards * Sir James Cockburn of Langton, 8th Baronet (c.1729-1745–1804)

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* Sir James Cockburn of Langton, 9th Baronet (21 Mar 1771-1804–1852)

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* Sir George Cockburn of Langton, 10th Baronet (1772-1852–1853) Admiral of the Fleet and

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* Sir William Cockburn of Langton, 11th Baronet (1853–1858)

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* Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn of Langton, 12th Baronet (1858–1880)

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:On his death the Cockburn of Langton baronetcy became dormant.

Baronets Cockburn of Cockburn

Sir James Cockburn of that Ilk, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

Sir Charles Christopher Cockburn of that Ilk, 13th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(born 1950) The heir apparent is the current holder's elder son, Christopher Samuel Alexander Cockburn (born 1986).

Ancestors of the Cockburn baronets

* Sir Alexander de Cokburne, Baron of Langton, Carriden, Bolton and Skirling ( – c. 1370) * unknown Cockburn * Sir Alexander de Cockburn, Baron of

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(born 1358). Keeper of the

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, 1389–96. * unknown Cockburn *

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. Became the

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on 10 February 1473. * unknown Cockburn * unknown Cockburn * Sir William Cockburn, Baron of Langton (died 1513 at

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) * William Cockburn of that Ilk (late 15th century – 1564) * Alexander Cockburn of that Ilk (died 1583) * William Cockburn of that Ilk (died 1600) * William Cockburn of that Ilk (died 1659) * John Cockburn of that Ilk (1598 – after 1628), father of Sir James Cockburn of that Ilk, 1st Baronet thePeerage.com

References

''Sir John Cockburn, 12th Baronet of that Ilk'', obituary

Bibliography

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