Iain Alexander Douglas Blair Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald (born 17 February 1961), styled Lord Cochrane until 1986, is a Scottish peer. He was a member of the

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from 1986 until the reforms made by the

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Early life

Dundonald is the only son of Iain Cochrane, 14th Earl of Dundonald and his first wife Aphra Farquhar (died 1972). He was educated at

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and RAC Cirencester. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1986, and became chairman of Duneth Securities in the same year.

Personal life

On 4 July 1987, Dundonald married Beatrice L. Russo, of

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, by whom he has two sons and a daughter: *Archibald Iain Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (born 1991) *Lady Marina Aphra Mariola Cochrane (born 1992) *Hon. James Douglas Richard Cochrane (born 1995) Dundonald and his wife separated and were divorced in 2011. He lives at

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and is the honorary Chilean consul to Scotland. He has been a director of Anglo Digital, Ltd., since 2000.

References

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