Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet, of Langton, Berwickshire (21 March 1771 – 26 February 1852) was British

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from 1811 to 1812, from 1814 to 1816 and from 1817 to 1819. He was the eldest son of

Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1729 – 26 July 1804) was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Linlithgow Burghs from 1772 to 1784 and a Director of the East India Company. Family He was a son of William Cockburn of Berwickshire and ...

(1729–1804) and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough. His maternal grandfather was

Francis Ayscough Francis Ayscough (1701–1763) was a tutor to George III and Clerk of the Closet to his father Frederick, Prince of Wales

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. His younger brothers were: *

Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain (Royal Navy), captain he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent ( ...

(1772–1853), MP and Admiral of the Fleet of the United Kingdom; *

Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (2 June 1773 – 30 April 1858, Kelston) was a Church of England clergyman. He was Dean of York (1823–1858) and was famously defended on a charge of simony by his nephew Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet in ...

(1773–1858),

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; and *Alexander Cockburn (1776–1852) served as

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consul to Hamburg and envoy extraordinary and minister

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and the

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. He married Yolande de Vignier, daughter of the vicomte de Vignier, of Santo Domingo, and parented: **

Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (24 September 1802 – 20 November 1880) was a British jurist and politician who served as the Lord Chief Justice for 21 years. He heard some of the leading '' causes célèbres'' of the nine ...

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. On 14 October 1801, Cockburn married Marianna Devereux. She was a daughter of

George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford (25 April 1744 – 31 December 1804) was a British Peer. He was the second son of Edward Devereux, 11th Viscount Hereford and his wife Catherine Mytton. His maternal grandparents were Richard Mytton of Ponty ...

by his wife and possible distant relative Marianna Devereux. They had a daughter: *Marianna Augusta Cockburn. Married Sir James John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet. He also served as Paymaster and Inspector General of the Royal Marines from 1819 to 1831 and was granted the rank of major-general in 1831. He was appointed the

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for 1847. G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. II (1902
p. 329

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