Clan Cochrane Featured Sites and Photos
Here is a web document prepared with borrowed Blackmask Online etext for
Arthur's Classic Novels: The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane Tenth Earl of Dundonald,
G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. by Thomas
Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
USAAF Major Philip Cochran http://www.aerofiles.com/flipcorkin.htmlWorld War II American
Air Force Squadron Commander, Hero, and comic-strip inspiration.
Here is a link to a site with new images of the 12th Earl of Dundonald
Here is photo of a
shield with the Cochrane Coast of Arms presented by John Cameron of Clan
Cameron and his sister, Kim Cameron, on belhalf of Clan Cameron to Clan Cochrane
in memory of his grandfather, Truman James Cochran, who died in March of 2006.
Pictured are John Cameron, Ann (Cochran) Cameron whose mother is Ann Cochran,
daughter of Truman James Cochran of Marietta, GA, and Cynthia (Cochran)
Scheuer-Jones.
The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class is a
class steam locomotive designed for passenger work. 191 engines were built
between 1934 and 1936. They were designed by William Stanier as a development of
Henry Fowler's Patriot class. The numbering, starting from 5552, continued on
from the numbering of the Patriots which ended on 5551. Engine 5656 was named
Cochrane to honor the 10th Earl of Dundonald.
Here is photo of a
campaign banner, for presidential nominee John C. Fremont and his running
mate John Cochrane. Fremont and Cochrane were the candidates of a faction of
radical Democrats consisting mostly of Germans and abolitionists. The nominees'
bust portraits appear in the center in roundels framed in oak leaves, supported
by two cornucopias and surmounted by an eagle holding a shield, streamer, and
arrows. The eagle appears against a field of stars and rays of light that stream
from behind a dark cloud. Flanking the composition are two American flags.
Here is the link for the movie Master and
Commander starring Russell Crowe who plays Jack Aubrey, a character based on
Admiral Thomas Cochrane the 10th Earl of Dundonald.
A page about the Cochrane
tartan
HMS Cochrane, an
armoured cruiser that took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
Here is a story about a famous Cochrane Heroine by Elia W. Peattie, Grizel Cochrane's
Ride Published in St. Nicholas 14 (Feb. 1887): 271-278 [Illustrated by R. B.
Birch].
Margaret Cochran Corbin
American revolutionary war hero.
A website to raise awareness of the history of Gwrych Castle (owned by the 12th
Earl and Countess of Dundonald).
http://www.gwrych.co.uk/
Here is a link about our Clans member in the Baseball hall of fame, Mickey
Cochrane:
http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/cochrane/cochrane.html
Here is photo of Our hereditary Clan Chief, Douglas Dundonald, and his sons
Archie and James, on a ski vacation in 2000.
How many of you have heard of the famous woman journalist Nellie Bly? Here is
the story of Nellie Bly
(aka Elizabeth Cochrane).
An html reproduction of a
document, written by the 14th Earl of Dundonald, that defines the Cochrane
tartan.
Culross is the home of the 9th and 10th Earls. I visited there in 1998. The Abbey house was a
private residence and I snapped a photo of it through a break in the hedge that
separates it from the Abbey grounds. The Dundonald Arms is a
historically important town bar that is named after the family. I had lunch
there, outside in a sunny alley, with a couple of pints (note the finger
obscuring the upper right corner of the photo). Photos by Guy R. Cochrane
I also visited he ruins of Dundonald
Castle. Built by The Stewart King Robert II
and lived in by his son Robert III. The estate came into the Cochrane family in
1638. Photo by Guy R. Cochrane
Nearby the ruins of Auchens House. Located a mile from Dundonald Castle, it was
the home of the Cochrane's in the late 1600's. At that time it stood in a huge
deer park, and was a strongly built structure with turrets and crow-stepped
gables. It was often referred to as Auchens Castle. Photo by Guy R. Cochrane.
A view of Lochnell Castle, current residence of the Earl of Dundonald,
from the nearby woods. Photograph by Guy R. Cochrane.
Stone Coat of
Arms of William Cochrane. Mounted in a modern tower near the town of
Johnstone, in Renfrewshire. The original lands of the Cochrane family first
occupied in the early 1100's. Photo by Guy R. Cochrane.
A red X marks the location of the tower
commemorating Cochrane Castle, home of William Cochrane, near the modern
town of Johnstone in Renfrewshire. This is a scan from a map of Johnstone
available from M.V. Nicolson Street Guides, 3 Frazer Street, Largs, Ayrshire,
KA30 9HP, Tel./Fax. 0475 689242.
New graphic images of the Cochrane Coat of Arms and the Cochrane Crest
provided by Scottish Heritage
The Cochrane
Coat of Arms from the back of the book "The Fighting Cochranes". Scanned by
Tina Lee McKusker.
A photograph of the gravestone of Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, in
Westminster Abbey, near the entrance and the tomb of the unknown. Contributed by
Nowell Cochrane.
A scanned image of part of a map of the county Renfrew copied from an Edition of Blaev,
published in Amsterdam in 1654. See if you can find the location of the Barony
of Cochrane (spelled Cocheran on this map).
In the 1960's, the Charles Adams class of guided missle destroyers were built.
The 20'th built was named after Vice Admiral Edward Lull Cochrane. This photo is
of the USS Cochrane
Command Seal. Edward Lull Cochrane, Jr. is a member of clan, he and his wife
were "sponsors" of the USS Cochrane when it was commissioned. His wife, Doris
chrissened the ship. Edward is also aretired Naval Admiral. More information
about the USS Cochrane can be obtained at this site: http://www.charlesfadamsclass.com/cf22000.htm.
http://www.usscochrane.com/
A web site created by Stewart Cochrane about his father Pte.William "Cocky"
Cochrane, all of his pals, and the veterans who served in the forgotten Army-The
Royal Highland Regiment Special Force "The Chindits" 2nd Battalion, 14th Brigade
Long Range Penetration http://www.chindit.net/