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Thomas Cochrane, tenth earl of Dundonald
(1775-1860)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860
NRA:    Cochrane, Thomas (1775-1860) 10th Earl of Dundonald, Admiral
DNB:    Cochrane, Thomas, tenth earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), naval officer
LBT ID: LdDundo10    VIAF ID: 29169    LOC ID: n50054509		B/BAP:   1775-12-14
DIED:   1860-10-31
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
After an adventurous naval career in the Napoleonic wars he was caught up in financial scandal and dismissed; he secured the independence of Chile and Peru (1819-22) but was less successful as admiral of the Greek navy (1827-28); he was MP (1806, expelled 1814) and succeeded to the earldom in 1831.
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