SSA Gallery

The Society of Scottish Armigers
Home > WA Auld Scots
Click to view full size image
Cochrane
Lord Cochrane (1775-1860)

Arms: Argent a chevron Gules between three boars’ heads erased Azure.

SOURCE, NOTES and CREDITS: Blazon and B&W illustration Debrett’s 1904, page 294-6. Text & Bio: same and Wikipedia article.

Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, GCB, 14 Dec 1775 - 13 Oct 1860, was the 10th Earl of Dundonald and 1st Marquess do Maranhaño ( Empire of Brazil ) he was styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831. An outrageously daring and successful naval officer of the Napoleonic Wars, a radical politician who gave the British political establishment fits, he later became a senior flag officer of the Royal navy. He served as a flag officer in the rebelling naval forces of Chile, Brazil and Greece. He served as the model for the novels of Capt. Marryat ( who served under him as a Midshipman ), G.A. Henty, C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brien. dqw 20090926

The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor

Wedvick Armorial, 117, Dundonald, 20090926
Cowen~0.jpg Sir_Sean_Connery_3_sm.jpg Dundonald2142.jpg Casely_2.png CampbellBarcaldine3894.jpg
Rate this file (current rating : 0.7 / 5 with 3 votes)
Rubbish
Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Great