Lord Cochrane
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The incredible life of Lord Cochrane | Age of Sail | Napoleonic Wars | Tallships | Seamanship
- amateur historian, main topic: the life and achievements of Lord Cochrane
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- occasional posts about the Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian
- amateur historian, main topic: the life and achievements of Lord Cochrane
- deckhand
- occasional posts about the Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian
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'MY HEALTH HAVING SUFFERED BY LONG AND CLOSE CONFINEMENT, AND MY OPPRESSORS BEING RESOLVED TO DEPRIVE ME OF PROPERTY OR LIFE, I SUBMIT TO ROBBERY TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM MURDER, IN THE HOPE THAT I SHALL LIVE TO BRING THE DELINQUENTS TO JUSTICE.'
King's Bench Prison, July 3rd, 1815
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King's Bench Prison, July 3rd, 1815
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OTD (14 November) in 1860 Thomas, Lord Cochrane was buried in Westminster Abbey.
The funeral procession, led by a hearse drawn by six black horses, took an hour and a half to travel from the house in Kensington, along Piccadilly,..
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The funeral procession, led by a hearse drawn by six black horses, took an hour and a half to travel from the house in Kensington, along Piccadilly,..
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November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
OTD (14 November) in 1860 Thomas, Lord Cochrane was buried in Westminster Abbey.
The funeral procession, led by a hearse drawn by six black horses, took an hour and a half to travel from the house in Kensington, along Piccadilly,..
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The funeral procession, led by a hearse drawn by six black horses, took an hour and a half to travel from the house in Kensington, along Piccadilly,..
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #AgeOfSail #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
OTD (9 November) in 1846 the Earl of Dundonald, better known as Lord Cochrane was promoted to Vice Admiral of the White
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November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
OTD (9 November) in 1846 the Earl of Dundonald, better known as Lord Cochrane was promoted to Vice Admiral of the White
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Monument honouring Lord Cochrane, Valdivia, Chile
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Monument honouring Lord Cochrane, Valdivia, Chile
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Did you perhaps come across this name when doing research for your fabulous book REGENCY SPIES?
Did you perhaps come across this name when doing research for your fabulous book REGENCY SPIES?
Doing some research regarding the stock exchange fraud of 1814 in which this man played a crucial role. He changed his name multiple times:
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Did you perhaps come across this name when doing research for your fabulous book REGENCY SPIES?
Did you perhaps come across this name when doing research for your fabulous book REGENCY SPIES?
Doing some research regarding the stock exchange fraud of 1814 in which this man played a crucial role. He changed his name multiple times:
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Doing some research regarding the stock exchange fraud of 1814 in which this man played a crucial role. He changed his name multiple times:
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
Charles Random
Charles Random Berenger
Charles Random de Berry
Charles Random de Berenger
Did anyone come across this name in papers/documents...
#regency
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A new biography about Thomas Cochrane....coming soon!
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A new biography about Thomas Cochrane....coming soon!
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Peter Moore on X: "It's back to sea for me. Thomas Cochrane really did live the most astonishing of lives on a vast, global stage. Still a colossal figure in South America, everyone seems to have forgotten his story here in the UK. It's time, I think, to tell it again." / X
It's back to sea for me. Thomas Cochrane really did live the most astonishing of lives on a vast, global stage. Still a colossal figure in South America, everyone seems to have forgotten his story here in the UK. It's time, I think, to tell it again.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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A new biography about Thomas Cochrane....coming soon!
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A new biography about Thomas Cochrane....coming soon!
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"Lord Cochrane is such a miracle of nautical skill and courage; his cause of banishment from his country is so lamentable - his adventures have been so romantic - and his achievements so splendid, that no Englishman can read them...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Lord Cochrane is such a miracle of nautical skill and courage; his cause of banishment from his country is so lamentable - his adventures have been so romantic - and his achievements so splendid, that no Englishman can read them...
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THE CAPTURE OF THE 40-GUN FRIGATE ESMERALDA
'While the liberating army, under General San Martin, was removing to Ancon,Lord Cochrane,with part of his squadron,anchored in the outer roads of Callao.The inner harbour was guarded by an extensive system of batteries,..
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'While the liberating army, under General San Martin, was removing to Ancon,Lord Cochrane,with part of his squadron,anchored in the outer roads of Callao.The inner harbour was guarded by an extensive system of batteries,..
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November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
THE CAPTURE OF THE 40-GUN FRIGATE ESMERALDA
'While the liberating army, under General San Martin, was removing to Ancon,Lord Cochrane,with part of his squadron,anchored in the outer roads of Callao.The inner harbour was guarded by an extensive system of batteries,..
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #OTD
'While the liberating army, under General San Martin, was removing to Ancon,Lord Cochrane,with part of his squadron,anchored in the outer roads of Callao.The inner harbour was guarded by an extensive system of batteries,..
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One of my most prized possessions: A first edition of Cochrane's OBSERVATIONS ON NAVAL AFFAIRS which belonged to his youngest son Ernest who entered the navy the same year the book was published.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
One of my most prized possessions: A first edition of Cochrane's OBSERVATIONS ON NAVAL AFFAIRS which belonged to his youngest son Ernest who entered the navy the same year the book was published.
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On this day (31 October) in 1860, Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald died at his son's home in Kensington.
Only few men led such an eventful life as Cochrane did. Various authors of naval fiction like Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester, ...
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Only few men led such an eventful life as Cochrane did. Various authors of naval fiction like Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester, ...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM
On this day (31 October) in 1860, Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald died at his son's home in Kensington.
Only few men led such an eventful life as Cochrane did. Various authors of naval fiction like Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester, ...
#LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
Only few men led such an eventful life as Cochrane did. Various authors of naval fiction like Patrick O'Brian, C.S. Forester, ...
#LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory
My 1861 edition of Cochrane's THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN including charts of Basque Roads.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My 1861 edition of Cochrane's THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN including charts of Basque Roads.
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"He was an ideal officer, and was so beloved by the men that his name on the lower deck was 'Dad'. He would not allow flogging, greatly to the disgust of some of the other officers, who considered that leniency was bad....
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October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"He was an ideal officer, and was so beloved by the men that his name on the lower deck was 'Dad'. He would not allow flogging, greatly to the disgust of some of the other officers, who considered that leniency was bad....
#LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory
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My first edition copy of 'The Autobiography of a Seaman with a Sequel' written by Cochrane's grandson Douglas, 12th Earl of Dundonald
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October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My first edition copy of 'The Autobiography of a Seaman with a Sequel' written by Cochrane's grandson Douglas, 12th Earl of Dundonald
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'I had already married Lady Dundonald twice and was so well satisfied with my choice of a wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times'
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October 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
'I had already married Lady Dundonald twice and was so well satisfied with my choice of a wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times'
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A small monument honouring Lord Cochrane for his service as first admiral of the National and Imperial Navy of Brazil.
Location:
Rua Almirante Cochrane, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Location:
Rua Almirante Cochrane, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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October 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A small monument honouring Lord Cochrane for his service as first admiral of the National and Imperial Navy of Brazil.
Location:
Rua Almirante Cochrane, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Location:
Rua Almirante Cochrane, Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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December 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Culross Abbey House as it looked when Lord Cochrane spent his boyhood there. It had to be sold to pay his father's debts shortly after Cochrane, at the age of seventeen, joined the Royal Navy.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Culross Abbey House as it looked when Lord Cochrane spent his boyhood there. It had to be sold to pay his father's debts shortly after Cochrane, at the age of seventeen, joined the Royal Navy.
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I have been absent for a while due to moving to the north of Germany, but now my cabin is restored to its beauty and I will resume posting again.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have been absent for a while due to moving to the north of Germany, but now my cabin is restored to its beauty and I will resume posting again.
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OTD in 1815
Lord Cochrane Released from King's Bench Prison
On 3 July 1815 Lord Cochrane was finally released from prison. Out of principle he first refused to pay the £ 1,000 fine but was eventually persuaded by his friends and family to do so. He endorsed the...
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Lord Cochrane Released from King's Bench Prison
On 3 July 1815 Lord Cochrane was finally released from prison. Out of principle he first refused to pay the £ 1,000 fine but was eventually persuaded by his friends and family to do so. He endorsed the...
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
OTD in 1815
Lord Cochrane Released from King's Bench Prison
On 3 July 1815 Lord Cochrane was finally released from prison. Out of principle he first refused to pay the £ 1,000 fine but was eventually persuaded by his friends and family to do so. He endorsed the...
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory
Lord Cochrane Released from King's Bench Prison
On 3 July 1815 Lord Cochrane was finally released from prison. Out of principle he first refused to pay the £ 1,000 fine but was eventually persuaded by his friends and family to do so. He endorsed the...
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory
"I had already married Lady Dundonald twice and was so well satisfied with my
choice of wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times."
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald -
They actually married three times!
#LordCochrane
#LadyDundonald
#NavalHero
choice of wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times."
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald -
They actually married three times!
#LordCochrane
#LadyDundonald
#NavalHero
July 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"I had already married Lady Dundonald twice and was so well satisfied with my
choice of wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times."
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald -
They actually married three times!
#LordCochrane
#LadyDundonald
#NavalHero
choice of wife that I had no objection to marry her twenty times."
- Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald -
They actually married three times!
#LordCochrane
#LadyDundonald
#NavalHero
"Lord Cochrane is such a miracle of nautical skill and courage; his cause of banishment from his country is so lamentable - his adventures have been so romantic - and his achievements so splendid, that no Englishman can read them without pride, that such....
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy
June 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"Lord Cochrane is such a miracle of nautical skill and courage; his cause of banishment from his country is so lamentable - his adventures have been so romantic - and his achievements so splendid, that no Englishman can read them without pride, that such....
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OTD in 1838, Lord Cochrane was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red
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June 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
OTD in 1838, Lord Cochrane was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red
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