Archibald Cochrane (politician)

Captain Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane GCMG KCSI DSO* (8 January 1885 – 16 April 1958) was a Scottish politician and naval officer.

The second son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, he served with the Royal Navy as midshipman from 1901. In June 1902 he was posted to the battleship HMS London,[1] which was flagship for the Coronation Review for King Edward VII in August 1902 before she was posted to the Mediterranean Station later the same year. During World War I he was mentioned in despatches three times, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and bar.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for East Fife from 1924 until he lost the seat at the 1929 General Election. He then sat for Dunbartonshire from a 1932 by-election until 1936.

He was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941. He was also a director of Standard Life.

In 1926 he married Julia Dorothy, daughter of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. The couple had one son and one daughter.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in 1936 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1937.

References

  1. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 25 April 1902. (36751), p. 8.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Duncan Millar
Member of Parliament for East Fife
1924–1929
Succeeded by
James Duncan Millar
Preceded by
John Gibb Thom
Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire
1932–1936
Succeeded by
Thomas Cassells
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson
Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma
19361941
Succeeded by
Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith


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