Archibald Cochrane (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Captain The Honourable
Sir Archibald Cochrane
Office:Governor of Burma
Term Start:8 May 1936
Term End:6 May 1941
Predecessor:Sir Hugh Stephenson
Successor:Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith
Office1:Member of Parliament
for Dunbartonshire
Term Start1:17 March 1932
Term End1:18 March 1936
Predecessor1:John Thom
Successor1:Thomas Cassells
Office2:Member of Parliament
for East Fife
Term Start2:29 October 1924
Term End2:10 May 1929
Predecessor2:James Duncan Millar
Successor2:James Duncan Millar
Birth Date:8 January 1885
Party:Unionist Party
Relations:Sir Ralph Cochrane (brother)
Mother:Gertrude, Baroness Cochrane of Cults
Father:Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Navy
Serviceyears:1901–22
Rank:Captain
Battles:First World War
Mawards:Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Mentioned in dispatches (3)

Captain The Honourable Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane, (8 January 1885 – 16 April 1958) was a Scottish politician, naval officer, and colonial governor.

Early life

The second son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, he was born in Springfield, Fife in 1885. He ranked eighteenth among 62 successful candidates in examinations for entry to the Royal Navy training ship HMS Britannia intake term of September 1899, with 2374 marks,[1] and joined as a naval cadet on the battleship HMS Mars in January 1901.[2] In June 1902 he was posted as midshipman to the battleship HMS London,[3] which was flagship for the Coronation Review for King Edward VII in August 1902 before she was posted to the Mediterranean Station later the same year. During the First World War he was mentioned in dispatches three times, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Bar.

Political career

He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Fife from 1924 until he lost the seat at the 1929 General Election. He then sat for Dunbartonshire from a 1932 by-election until 1936.

He was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941. He was also a director of Standard Life.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1936 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1937.

He was promoted to the rank of captain on the Retired list in the Royal Navy on 3 September 1945.

Personal life

In 1926 he married Julia Dorothy, daughter of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. The couple had one son Douglas, and one daughter Mabel.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Naval & Military intelligence . 12 August 1899 . 8 . 35906.
  2. Naval & Military intelligence . 9 January 1901 . 8 . 36347.
  3. Naval & Military intelligence . 25 April 1902 . 8 . 36751.
  4. Web site: The Cochrane family . National Portrait Gallery.