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and his second wife Jane Stuart. As a younger son, he sought his fortune in the army; he was an ensign in 1783, a lieutenant in 1787, a captain in 1793, and a major and a lieutenant colonel in 1799. Cochrane resigned in 1805. In 1807 Cochrane and his brother

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were elected to Parliament from the

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with the assistance of their brother

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's fortune. He was unseated the next year for lack of due property qualification, but re-elected the same year and seated after a disputed election. He initially voted with the radical opposition, following the line of his nephew Admiral Thomas Cochrane, but after 1810 he supported the Tory ministry of

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. He resigned in 1812 in favor of his brother Andrew. His life after Parliament is unclear; he was still alive in 1832.

Family

The Earl of St. Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet, wrote of the Cochrane brothers in 1806, "The Cochranes are not to be trusted out of sight, they are all mad, romantic, money-getting and not truth-telling—and there is not a single exception in any part of the family."History of Parliament Online bio of Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone George Cochrane's eldest living brother,

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(1748–1831), was an inventor and entrepreneur. His brothers Basil (1753-1826) and John Cochrane (1750-1801) made fortunes as paymasters and victuallers.

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(1758–1832) was an admiral. Andrew (1767–1833) was a soldier, businessman, and adventurer who fled the country after being convicted in the

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