| 词条 | Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Cochrane of Cults | honorific-suffix = DL, JP | image = Thomas Cochrane, Vanity Fair, 1911-08-02.jpg | imagesize = | caption = North Ayrshire, Vanity Fair, 1911 | order1 = Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | term_start1 = 11 August 1902 | term_end1 = 4 December 1905 | monarch1 = Edward VII | primeminister1 = Arthur Balfour | predecessor1 = Jesse Collings | successor1 = Herbert Samuel | birth_date = {{birth-date|2 April 1857|}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|17 January 1951|2 April 1857}} | death_place = | nationality = British | party = Unionist | alma_mater = | spouse = Lady Gertrude Boyle (1861–1950) }} Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults DL, JP (2 April 1857 – 17 January 1951) was a Scottish soldier and Unionist politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department under Arthur Balfour between 1902 and 1905. Background and educationCochrane was the second son of Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald, and Louisa Harriet, daughter of William Mackinnon, and the younger brother of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald. He was educated at Eton and Cheltenham College.[1] Military careerCochrane was an honorary lieutenant colonel of the 4th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and served in the 93rd Highlanders and the Scots Guards. He served in the Second Boer War, where he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General. He was also a lieutenant colonel of the 2/7 Black Watch from 1914 to 1917.[1] Political careerCochrane sat as Unionist Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire from 1892 to 1910.[1][2][3] He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain from 1895 to 1901 and served in Arthur Balfour's Unionist administration as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from August 1902 to 1905.[4][2] In 1919 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cochrane of Cults, of Crawford Priory in the County of Fife.[5] Lord Cochrane of Cults was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Fife. In 1934 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of St Andrews.[1] FamilyLord Cochrane of Cults married Lady Gertrude, daughter of George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, in 1880. They had four sons and four daughters, of whom one son and two daughters predeceased their parents. Their second and third sons respectively, Sir Archibald Cochrane and Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane, both gained distinction. Lady Cochrane of Cults was appointed an OBE in 1920. She died in December 1950, aged 89. Lord Cochrane of Cults only survived her by a month and died in January 1951, aged 93. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Major the Hon. Thomas Cochrane.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 thepeerage.com Lt.-Col. Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults 2. ^1 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. 3. ^leighrayment.com House of Commons: Arundel to Ayrshire South 4. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Mr Balfour´s Ministry - full list of appointments |day_of_week=Saturday |date=9 August 1902 |page_number=5 |issue=36842| }} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31348 |date=20 May 1919 |page=6247 }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire | years = 1892–1910 | before = Hon. Hugh Elliot | after = Andrew Macbeth Anderson }}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title = Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | years = 1902–1905 | before = Jesse Collings | after = Herbert Samuel}}{{s-reg|uk}}{{succession box | title = Baron Cochrane of Cults | years = 1919–1951 | before = (new creation) | after = Thomas George Frederick Cochrane }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cochrane of Cults, Thomas, 1st Baron}} 18 : 1857 births|1951 deaths|Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom|Deputy Lieutenants of Fife|Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies|Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs|UK MPs 1892–95|UK MPs 1895–1900|UK MPs 1900–06|UK MPs 1906–10|British Army personnel of the Second Boer War|British Army personnel of World War I|93rd Regiment of Foot officers|Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers|Black Watch officers|Scots Guards officers|Younger sons of earls|Cochrane family |
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