William Cochrane (after 1659 – August 1717) of

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, Dunbarton was a Scottish politician who sat in the

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between 1689 and 1707 and as a Tory in the

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from 1708 to 1713.

Early life

Cochrane was the second son of William Cochrane, Lord Cochrane and his wife Lady Katherine Kennedy. Among his siblings were

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, Margaret Cochrane (wife of

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), Helen Cochrane (wife of John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland), and Jean Cochrane (wife of

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and William, 3rd Viscount of Kilsyth). His paternal grandparents were William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald and Euphemia Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald (a granddaughter of

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). His maternal grandparents were

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and Lady Jean Hamilton (a daughter of

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Career

In 1679, he succeeded his grandfather, William, Lord Cochrane, to the

estate. He was a lieutenant in Lord Ross's independent troop of horse between 1689 and 1691.

Political career

Cochrane represented Renfrew in the Convention of Estates in 1689 and as a burgh commissioner in the

from 1689 to 1695. He was a commissioner justiciary for the Highlands in 1693. In 1694, he succeeded his brother Thomas to Powkellie, East Ayrshire. He was a shire commissioner for

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in the

from 1702 to 1707. After the Union, he was returned as

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for Wigtown Burghs at a by-election on 14 December 1708. At the 1710 British general election he was returned unopposed for Wigtown and was appointed joint

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in 1711. He did not stand at the 1713 British general election.

Personal life

He married Lady Grizel Graham, daughter of

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and the former Lady Isabel Ker, (widow of

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, and fifth daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of: *

Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald (1702 - 28 May 1737) was a Scottish aristocrat. Early life Cochrane was born in 1702. He was the second but only surviving son of William Cochrane of Kilmaronock, MP for Wigtown Burghs, and the former Lady ...

(1702–1737), who married Catherine Hamilton, a daughter of Lord Basil Hamilton of Baldoon (sixth son of

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and Anne Hamilton, ''

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'' Duchess of Hamilton). * Catherine Cochrane (1691–1772), who married David Smythe of Methven. * Isabella Cochrane (d. 1770), who married, as his third wife, John Ogilvy of Balbegno. * Grizel Cochrane (d. 1753), who married her cousin John Cochrane of Ferguslie.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1225. Cochrane died in August 1717, leaving a son and five daughters. He was succeeded by his son Thomas, later the 6th

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