Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald
About Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald
Lived 1702 – 1737 (aged 34–35).
Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald (1702 – 28 May 1737) was a Scottish peer.
Early life Cochrane was born in 1702. He was the second but only surviving son of William Cochrane of Kilmaronock, MP for Wigtown Burghs, and the former Lady Grizel Graham.
His paternal grandparents were William Cochrane, Lord Cochrane and his wife Lady Katherine Kennedy (a daughter of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis). His maternal grandparents were James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose and the former Lady Isabel Ker (widow of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and fifth daughter of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton).
Career Upon the death of his unmarried cousin, William Cochrane, 5th Earl of Dundonald, in 1725, he inherited the earldom of Dundonald. Hon. Basil Cochrane (d. 1748), who served in the Royal Navy.
Lord Dundonald died at Paisley Abbey on 28 May 1737,
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Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald died on 29 May 1737 in Paisley Abbey.
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