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- He died in debt, in 1858, having sold Ormiston to the earl of Hopetoun.
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Cockburn died in his son's house in the Navy Office, London, England. He had firstly married Beatrix, daughter of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, by whom he had no issue and secondly married Arabella Rowe, the youngest daughter and coheiress of Anthony Rowe (c.1641-1704) of Muswell Hill, Middlesex, MP, with whom he
John Cockburn (/ ˈ k oʊ b ər n / KOH-bərn; c. 1679 – 12 November 1758) of Ormiston, East Lothian, was a Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and as a Whig in the British House of Commons for 34 years from 1707 to 1741.
His older brother Alexander Cockburn died in 1563, his epitaph by George Buchanan recording his travels and achievements engraved on a brass plate is at the National Museum of Scotland. John Cockburn succeeded his father as laird of Ormiston in East Lothian in 1583.
He died in London, at King's College Hospital, on 26 November 1929, survived by his wife Sarah Holdway (d.1931), née Brown, whom he had married in 1875, and by a son and a daughter. His estate was valued for probate at £20 442. A bust in bronze by Alfred Drury is in the possession of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
However, as the pioneer, John spent more than could be afforded. He died in debt, in 1858, having sold Ormiston to the earl of Hopetoun. Further Reading. Letters to His Gardener, John Cockburn, Scottish History Society, 1888; Cockburn Family Records, Sir Robert & Harry A Cockburn, 1913; House of Cockburn of that Ilk, Thomas Cockburn-Hood, 1888
