Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults (2 April 1857 – 17 January 1951), was a Scottish soldier and

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politician. He was

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between 1902 and 1905.

Background and education

Cochrane was the second son of

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, and Louisa Harriet, daughter of William Mackinnon, and the younger brother of

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. He was educated at Eton and

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Military career

Cochrane was an honorary lieutenant colonel of the 4th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and served in the 93rd Highlanders and the

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. He served in the

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, where he was Deputy Assistant

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. He was also a lieutenant colonel of the 2/7

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from 1914 to 1917.

Political career

Cochrane sat as Unionist

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for North Ayrshire from 1892 to 1910.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Colonial Secretary

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from 1895 to 1901 and served in

's Unionist administration as

from August 1902 to 1905. In 1919 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cochrane of Cults, of Crawford Priory in the County of Fife. Lord Cochrane of Cults was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Fife. In 1934 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law from the

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Family

Lord Cochrane of Cults married Lady Gertrude, daughter of George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, in 1880. They had four sons and four daughters, of whom one son and two daughters predeceased their parents. Their second and third sons respectively, Sir Archibald Cochrane and Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, both gained distinction. Lady Cochrane of Cults was appointed an OBE in 1920. She died in December 1950, aged 89. Lord Cochrane of Cults only survived her by a month and died in January 1951, aged 93. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Major the Hon. Thomas Cochrane.

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