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 Parliament, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Lanark Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Linlithgow Burghs from 1772 to 1784 and a Director of the East India Comp ...

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

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. His younger brothers were: *

Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a captain, he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary ...

(1772–1853), MP and

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of the United Kingdom; * Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (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 December 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 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 High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for 1847. G. E. C., ''The Complete Baronetage'', vol. II (1902
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1771 births 1852 deaths Nobility from the Scottish Borders Governors of Bermuda High sheriffs of Carmarthenshire Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia James 9 {{Bermuda-politician-stub