Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald

The Earl of Dundonald
The 12th Earl of Dundonald
Born	29 October 1852
Died	12 April 1935 (aged 82)
Allegiance	Canada
Service/branch	Canadian Militia
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
Battles/wars	Mahdist War Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Lieutenant-General Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald KCB, KCVO (29 October 1852 – 12 April 1935) was a Scottish representative peer and a British Army general.

Military career

Cochrane was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1870.^[1] He served in the Nile Expedition^[1] the Desert March and the Relief of Khartoum in 1885.^[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Life Guards in 1895.^[1]

He served in the Second Boer War and in 1899 he was appointed Commander of the Mounted Brigade, part of the South Natal Field Force.^[1] He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900.^[1]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1902.^[1]

He served in World War I as Chairman of the Admiralty Committee on Smoke Screens in 1915.^[1] He is buried in Achnaba Churchyard, Ardchattan near Benderloch, Lorn, Argyll & Bute.

Dundonald Park, in Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario, is named after him.

Family

He married Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald and lived for many years at her home of Gwrych Castle in North Wales.

See also

• Earl of Dundonald
• Clan Cochrane

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives entry". http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/COCHRANE1.shtml. Retrieved 3 May 2006. 
2. ^ The Peerage.com

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Military offices
Preceded by Sir Richard O'Grady Haly	General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada 1902–1904	Succeeded by Replaced by Chief of the General Staff
Preceded by The Lord Grenfell	Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards 1907–1919	Succeeded by Sir Cecil Bingham
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Thomas Barnes Cochrane	Earl of Dundonald 1885–1935	Succeeded by Thomas Hesketh Douglas Blair Cochrane

Persondata
Name	Dundonald, Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl
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Date of birth	29 October 1852
Place of birth
Date of death	12 April 1935
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