Archibald Cockburn

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Archibald Cockburn (1738[1] in Edinburgh, Midlothian – 20 June 1820) was a Scottish judge.

He lived at Caroline Park House north of Edinburgh.[2]

Family[]

Son of Archibald Cockburn of Cockpen and wife (m. 17 August 1735) Martha Dundas, daughter of Robert Dundas of Arniston (? - 1727) and wife Margaret Sinclair, daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Murkle and Stevenston, 3rd Baronet (1643 - 1713), and first wife (m. Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 10 September 1663) Lady Helen Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay (c. 1611 - Tyninghame, East Lothian, 1678), 17th Earl of Crawford, 1st Earl of Lindsay, 10th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 1st Lord Parbroath and Hereditary , etc., and wife Lady Margaret Hamilton.[3][4]

Biography[]

A keen Tory, he was Sheriff of Edinburgh until 1790, when he succeeded David Stuart Moncrieff as a Baron of the Exchequer.[5]

Marriage and issue[]

He married at Cockpen, Midlothian, on 25 December 1768 Janet Rennie/Rannie, "connected by marriage with Lord Melville" (sister Elizabeth Rannie, the first wife of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville), daughter of David Rennie/Rannie of Melville Castle, Edinburgh[3] and had three daughters and six sons:

  • Elizabeth Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 5 November 1770 - 1850) second wife of Thomas Randall Davidson, grandmother of Randall Davidson[6]
  • Robert Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 22 March 1771 - 1844)
  • Matilda Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 7 February 1772 - 1842), married at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 13 July 1798 to Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, 1st Baronet Dundas (30 June 1761 - Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 4 January 1835), and had issue
  • Margaret Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 9 April 1773 - ?)
  • George Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 15 October 1774 - ?)
  • Archibald Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 10 September 1776 - ?)
  • David Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 9 February 1778 - ?)
  • Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 26 October 1779 - Bonaly, Midlothian, 26 April/18 July 1854)
  • John Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 8 March 1784 - ?), married at Borthwick, Midlothian, on 7 September 1821 to Eliza Dewar, and had two daughters and five sons:
    • Caroline Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 19 November 1822 - ?)
    • Archibald David Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 September 1826 - 1886), married at Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 21 October 1856 to his first cousin Johanna Richardson Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 14 January 1831 - 1888), daughter of Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn, and wife Elizabeth Macdowall, and had one son and one daughter:
      • John Cockburn (1858 - 1928), married to Isobel Mary ... (1864 - 1952), and had one son and one daughter:
        • Henry Archibald Cockburn (1873 - 1943)
        • Laela Armine Cockburn (1894 - 1969)
      • Elizabeth Jane Macdowall Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 20 August 1866 - ?)
    • Mary Elizabeth Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 16 December 1827 - ?)
    • James Graham Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 16 June 1829 - ?)
    • John Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 31 May 1830 - ?)
    • Henry Alexander Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 10 November 1831 - ?), General, married to Lucy Margaret Tucker
    • Alexander Cockburn Cockburn (Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 July 1833 - ?)

References[]

  1. ^ Cockburn, Sir Robert, Bt; Cockburn, Harry A. (1913). The Records of the Cockburn Family. London: T. N. Foulis. p. 208. LCCN 14002847. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ Williamsons Edinburgh Directory 1797
  3. ^ a b Cockburn: Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood, The House of Cockburn of That Ilk and the Cadets Thereof… (Edinburgh, 1888), p. 151 and 152.
  4. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2342.
  5. ^ "The New Tablet of Memory, Shewing Every Memorable Event in History from the Earliest Period to the Year 1807 ... Illustrated with a Chart of British and Foreign History. [Another Edition of "The Tablet of Memory."]". 1807.
  6. ^ Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott

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