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About Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
Captain Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the radical politician and sailor Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald. As a child he accompanied his father to Chile as a stowaway on the Chilean frigate O'Higgins (1816). In February 1819 the O'Higgins attempted to raid the city of Callao, but was repelled by the coastal fortresses. Thomas Cochrane was almost hit by a cannonball, which instead killed a sailor next to him.
Everything about Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald →- Position held
- member of the House of Lords
- Born
- April 14, 1814, 1814
- Died
- January 15, 1885