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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under

Arthur Balfour Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (; 25 July 184819 March 1930) was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As Foreign Secretary ...

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 Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald. He was educated at Eton and

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Military career

Cochrane was an honorary lieutenant colonel of the 4th Battalion

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, 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 Adjutant-General. He was also a lieutenant colonel of the 2/7

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from 1914 to 1917.

Political career

Cochrane sat as Unionist Member of Parliament for

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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

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, of Crawford Priory in the County of Fife. Lord Cochrane of Cults was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for

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. In 1934 he was awarded an honorary

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from the

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Family

Lord Cochrane of Cults married Lady Gertrude, daughter of

George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow (9 October 1825 – 23 April 1890), was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow, and Julia Sinclair, daughter of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet. In February 1847, Bo ...

, 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

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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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