| LC control no. | n 50054509 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860 |
| Variant(s) | Cochrane, Alexandre Thomas, Earl of, 1775-1860 Cochrane, Lord, 1775-1860 Cochrane, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, 1775-1860 Cochrane, Tomás, Earl of Dundonald, 1775-1860 Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of, 1775-1860 Maranhão, Thomas Cochrane, marquês do, 1775-1860 |
| Associated country | West Indies Greece Brazil |
| Associated place | Kensington (London, England) |
| Birth date | 1775-12-14 |
| Death date | 1860-10-31 |
| Place of birth | Annesfield (Scotland) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Royal Navy Great Britain. Parliament |
| Profession or occupation | Politician Senator MIlitary officer |
| Found in | Beaufain, C.R. The noble stock-jobber ... 1816: t.p. (Lord Cochrane) Almirante Lorde Cochrane, 1997: p. opp. t.p. (Cochrane, Alexandre Thomas, 1775-1860) Oxford DNB online, February 5, 2020: (Thomas Cochrane, 10th earl of Dundonald, (born December 14, 1775, Annesfield, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died October 31, 1860, London, England), iconoclastic British politician and admiral, who ranks among the greatest of British seamen; In 1806 and again in 1807 he was elected a member of Parliament; Cochrane accepted (May 1817) the invitation of Chile to command its fleet in the war of independence against Spain; his capture of the Spanish flagship Esmeralda in Callao harbour in November 1820 and subsequent actions by him contributed largely to the independence of not only Chile but also Peru; from 1823 to 1825 he transferred his services to Brazil in its war against Portugal; soon after his return to Europe he was employed by the Greeks in their war of independence, but he resigned in 1828 at least partly because of factional disputes and delays in the delivery of steamships, which he proposed to use in warfare for the first time; from 1848 to 1851 he commanded the West Indies station; died in 1860 and was buried in Westminster Abbey) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Cochrane-10th-earl-of-Dundonald> Los Almirantes Blanco y Cochrane y las campañas navales de la Guerra de la Independencia, 2017: page 293, etc. (Thomas Alexander Cochrane; born December 14, 1775 in Annsfield, Scotland; joined the Royal Navy in June 1793; died October 31, 1860 in London) Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, tomo 13, 1907?-1930: page 1211 (Tomás Cochrane; born December 14, 1775 in Annsfield, Hamilton; died October 31, 1860 in Kensington; 10th earl of Dundonald; joined the navy in 1973; military officer who fought in Chile's War of Independence) |
| Associated language | eng |
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