John Cochrane, 4th Earl Of Dundonald
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John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald (4 July 1687 – 5 June 1720), was a Scottish aristocrat and politician.


Early life

Cochrane was born on 4 July 1687. He was the second son of John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald and Lady Susan Hamilton. His elder brother was William Cochrane, 3rd Earl of Dundonald, who did not marry. His paternal grandparents were William Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (eldest son and heir apparent of William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald) and the former Lady Katherine Kennedy (a daughter of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis). His maternal grandparents were
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and Anne Hamilton, ''
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'' Duchess of Hamilton. He entered the
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at age 14.


Career

He voted in the election of Scottish representatives on 17 June 1807, but his votes were set aside as he was a minor. Lord Dundonald served as a Tory Representative Peer for Scotland from 1713 to 1714. He was a Colonel of the 4th Horse Guards from 1715 to 1719.


Personal life

On 4 April 1706, Lord Dundonald was married to Lady Anne Murray (1687–1710) at Cramond. Lady Anne was the second daughter of Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore and the former Catharine Watts (daughter and heiress of Richard Watts, of Great Munden). Before her death on 30 November 1710 from
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, they were the parents of: * Lady Anne Cochrane (–1724), who married, as his first wife,
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, in 1723. * William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald (1708–1725), who died unmarried. *
Lady Susan Cochrane Susan Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (''née'' Cochrane,  – 23 June 1754) was a Scottish noble. She was the daughter of John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald, wife of Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and "Scot ...
(d. 1754), who married Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, in 1725. After his death, she married George Forbes,
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, to Prince
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, in 1745. * Lady Catherine Cochrane (d. 1786), who married, as his second wife, her cousin Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway, in 1729. After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1688–) on 15 October 1715. Mary, the widow of
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, was the youngest daughter of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds and the former Bridget Hyde (only daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hyde, 2nd Baronet, of Aldbury). Lord Dundonald died on 5 June 1720 before reaching age 33. He was succeeded in his titles by his only son,
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. His widow died in Scotland in .


References

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4 Scottish representative peers