Family Subtree Diagram : Heron
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1745 - 1811
Elizabeth
Cochrane
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The daughter of the 8th Earl of Dundonald, she married Patrick Heron. She was the composer of an air, 'The Banks of Cree', for which Burns wrote the song beginning 'Here is the glen and here the bower'. In 1794, he sent both air and words to George Thomson, who, however, disliked the air, and despite Burns's orders to the contrary, published the song to the tune of 'The Flowers of Edinburgh'. There is now no trace of Lady Elizabeth's air.
1736 - 1803
Patrick
Heron
67
67
1st wife was Jean Home-Drummond, sister of Lord Kames. They divorced.
2nd wife was Lady Elizabeth Cochrane
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Margaret
McKie
Daughter of John McKie of Palgoun
Patrick
Heron
Through the influence of the Marquis of Tullabardine, a royal charter was granted under the great seal by which the property of Kirroughtree and Lurg were formed into a Barony under the title of Heron of Heron.
D. 1761
Patrick
Heron
Patrick Heron of Kerrouchtree, later of Heron. In 1719, he re-built the mansion of Kirroughtree
1713
Andrew
Heron
of Kerrouchtree.
1722 - 1808
Jean
Stuart
86
86
Had 13 children.
1691 - 1778
Thomas
Cochrane
87
87
8th Earl of Dundonald. His first wife was Elizabeth Ker (daughter of John Ker of Moriestoun)
1671 - 1739
Mary
Bruce
68
68
1671 - 1728
William
Cochrane
57
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William Cochrane of Ochiltree
Veronica van
Arson van
Sommelsdyck
Father is Corneille Lord of Sommelsdyck Spyck
1629 - 1680
Alexander
Bruce
51
51
2nd Earl of Kincardine.
1624
Margaret
Strickland
John
Cochrane
1748 - 1831
Archibald
Cochrane
83
83
9th Earl of Dundonald.
D. 1784
Anne
Gilchrist
Daughter of Captain James Gilchrist
1775 - 1860
Thomas
Cochrane
84
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Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald.
Cochrane soon established a reputation as one of the navy's most audacious and feared commanders. As a Lieutenant in command of his first ship, the sloop Speedy mounting fourteen 4-pounder guns and with a crew of only ninety-two, he captured fifty ships, 122 guns and 534 prisoners in just a year. The most famous engagement, illustrating the brilliance and daring that typified his career, was the capture of the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo on 6 May 1801. Cochrane ordered the hoisting of the American flag to confuse the Spanish. El Gamo's broadsides missed and Speedy got close enough for her guns to open fire killing the Spanish Captain. Cochrane then stormed the Spanish ship with a boarding party who included the entire crew, except Speedy's surgeon. He ordered one man to climb the mast and haul down the colours, whereupon the Spanish crew of 319 surrendered.
Promoted to Post-Captain and given command of the frigates Pallas and later Imperieuse, Cochrane terrorized shipping along the French and Spanish coasts to such a extent that Napoleon referred to him as the Sea Wolf. In 1808 he attacked Valencia in Spain and captured several ships, some of which turned out to be American.
At the legendary Battle of Basque Roads in 1809 Cochrane used fireships and explosion vessels to cause terror among the French squadron, most of which was run aground. Unfortunately the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Lord Gambier, hesitated to deploy the main fleet and the opportunity to annihilate the French was lost. Infuriated Cochrane, who had been elected as a radical MP in 1806, opposed a motion of thanks for Gambier in the House of Commons. Gambier insisted on a court martial to clear his name and as the establishment closed ranks he was duly acquitted. In 1812 Cochrane presented the Admiralty with an innovative gas warfare plan. It was rejected on the grounds that it was inhuman although technically realistic.
Cochrane had made some powerful enemies and his campaign against corruption in the navy offended other leading figures including some, such as Earl St Vincent, who was sympathetic to his views. The establishment was determined on revenge and seized on an opportunity to put Cochrane on trial for stock exchange fraud in 1814. Convicted after a suspect trial, he was swiftly dismissed from the navy and Parliament. After sensationally escaping from prison in 1815, Cochrane was soon released but the authorities put him under serious financial and political pressure and he decided there was little reason to remain in Britain.
In 1817 he left the country and for the next ten years conducted a series of incredible operations for the Chilean, Brazilian and Greek navies. The formidable Spanish fortress of Valdivia was captured by 300 Chilean troops under Cochrane command in 1820 and in the same year he cut out the flagship of the Spanish South American fleet, the Esmeralda, from the port of Callao. In charge of the embryonic Brazilian fleet and against all the odds, Cochrane captured the Portuguese garrison of Bahia and accepted the surrender of the fortress at Maranhao after an outstanding campaign of deception.
Cochrane was reinstated in the Royal Navy in 1832 under a new King, William IV, and a sympathetic Whig government. His final appointment in 1847 was to be Commander-in-Chief of the North American and West Indies Station. During the Crimean War the government publicised the possibility of Cochrane commanding a Baltic fleet. With Cochrane's unrivalled reputation for coastal warfare, the Russians correctly interpreted this as a threat to their capital St Petersburg. One of Britain's most flamboyant and daring naval heroes and a reforming politician, Cochrane died in 1860 at the age of 85 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
D. 1865
Katherine
Frances
Corbet
Daughter of Thomas Barnes of Romford
D. 1629
Margaret
Cholmley
1601 - 1673
William
Strickland
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1st Baronet of Boynton, Co. York
1678 - 1748
Marion
Shaw
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70
1664 - 1758
James
Heron
94
94
Had 12 children. He had previously married Janet McKeand 1670-1699.
1707
Alexander
Heron
Mary
Preston
Daughter of Sir John Preston of Valleyfield
D. 1643
George
Bruce
of Carnock
1610
Eupheme
Scott
1605 - 1685
William
Cochrane
80
80
1st Earl of Dundonald
1588
Jean
Skene
1584 - 1622
William
Scott
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Of Ardoss, Fife.
Elizabeth
Cochrane
Alexander
Blair
Cochrane
Assumed the name and arms of Cochrane in 1603.
Archibald
Stuart
Of Torrence, Co Lamark.
Susan
Legard
D. 1629
Richard
Cholmley
1580
Frances
Wentworth
1555 - 1635
Walter
Strickland
80
80
Elizabeth
William
Strickland
John
Skene
Elizabeth
Montgomerie
William
Cochrane
1551
Grizel
Semple
1547 - 1609
John
Blair
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Of Blair, Ayr.
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van
Arson
Margaret
Babthorpe
D. 1614
Henry
Cholmley
of Whitby
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Catherine
Clifford
Richard
Cholmley
Henry
Clifford
Anne
St
John
Henry
Clifford
Margaret
Bromflete
John
Clifford
Joan
Dacre
Thomas
Clifford
Elizabeth
Percy
John
Clifford
Mary
Primrose
D. 1625
George
Bruce
Lived in Carnock, Fife.
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John
Preston
Baronet Preston of Valleyfield
Archibald
Primrose
Lived in Burnbrae, Lancs.
1783 - 1856
Mary
Heron
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Margaret
Percy
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1638 - 1699
James
Heron
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1638
Margaret
McGarroway
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