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Tradition has assigned to the Cochranes a derivation from one of the Scandinavian sea-rovers, who, ui a remote age, settled on the lands of Eenfrew and Ayr..

Bestselling account of the life of a real Horatio Hornblower The life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, later 10th Earl of Dundonald, was more extraordinary than.

  • Bestselling account of the life of a real Horatio Hornblower The life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, later 10th Earl of Dundonald, was more extraordinary than.
  • In his autobiography he compared the Arab to a collier.
  • Tradition has assigned to the Cochranes a derivation from one of the Scandinavian sea-rovers, who, ui a remote age, settled on the lands of Eenfrew and Ayr.
  • Cochrane, The. Autobiography of a Seaman, (London, 1860), I, 189.
  • Elphinstone, who conquered the Cape in 1795, and Thomas Cochrane, tenth earl of Dundonald, whose heroic feats and disastrous scandals have served as.

    • Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald

    British naval officer, politician and mercenary (1775–1860)

    "Le Loup des Mers" redirects here. For the comic book, see The Sea Wolf (comic book).

    AdmiralThomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of MaranhãoGCB (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval officer, politician and mercenary.

    Serving during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy, his naval successes led Napoleon to nickname him le Loup des Mers (the Sea Wolf). He was successful in virtually all of his naval actions.[2]

    Cochrane was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814 after a controversial conviction for fraud on the London Stock Exchange.[3] Travelling to South America, he helped to organise and lead the revolutionary navies of Chile and Brazil during their respective wars of independence during the 1820s.[4] While commanding the Chilean Navy, Cochra