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- John Cockburn (/ ˈkoʊbərn / 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.
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John Cockburn (/ ˈkoʊbərn / 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.
John Cockburn was the son of Adam Cockburn, Lord Justice Clerk and a commissioner in the Scots Parliament, and Susanna Hamilton, a daughter of John, 4th earl of Haddington. The young John followed his father into politics and also served in the Scots Parliament, where he became one of the strongest supporters of union with England.
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b. c.1679, 1st s. of Adam Cockburn, MP [S], of Ormiston, Ld. Ormiston SCJ and lord justice clerk, by his 1st w. Lady Susan Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1695. m. (1) 1700, Lady Beatrice (d. 1702), da. of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford [S], s.p.; (2) Arabella, 3rd da. and coh. of Anthony Rowe*, 1s. suc...
Burgess, Glasgow 1694, Ayr 1706, Edinburgh 1708, Dunbar 1710.2 MP [S] Haddingtonshire 1703–7. PC [S] 1704, 1707; commr. exchequer [S] 1704, 1707; ld. of Trade 1714–17, of Admiralty 1717–32, 1742–4.3
Better known as the ‘father of Scottish husbandry’, Cockburn also pursued a long and successful career both in the Scottish and British Parliaments. Like his father he was a Presbyterian, staunch to the Revolution interest, though predisposed to look towards the court for rewards. At the Scottish general election of 1702 Cockburn was doubly returne...
There have been two Cockburn baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The dates given are the dates from accession to the title, to death. Where three dates are shown, the first is a date of birth.
Jul 14, 2020 · Sir John, 89, was rushed to St George’s Trust with a suspected triple-A - an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
- Jess Flaherty
John Cockburn, (d. 1583) laird of Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, was an early supporter of the Scottish Reformation. He was the eldest son of William Cockburn of Ormiston and Janet Somerville. John was usually called "Ormiston."
John Cockburn of Ormiston was born in 1679, the son of the judge and Lord Justice Clerk Adam, Lord Ormiston and his wife Lady Susanna Hamilton (the daughter of the Duke of Haddington).
