528 DUNDONALD VI. 1725. 6. Thomas (Cochrane), Earl of Dundonald, ^c. [S.], cousin and h. male, being 2nd but only surv. s. and h. of William Cochrane, of Kilmaronock {d. Aug. ~ll'), by Grizell, 3rd da. of James (Graham), Marquess of Montrose [S.], which William was next br. to John, the 2nd Earl. He, who was b. 1702, w., Oct. 1727, Catherine, da. of Lord Basil Hamilton, by Mary, granddaughter and h. of Sir David Dunbar, Bart. [S.], of Baldoon, co. Wigtown. He d. 29 May 1737, in his 35th year, at Paisley Abbey. Will pr. 12 Aug. 1737. His widow d. 13 Apr. 1779, at Bath. VII. 1737. 7- William (Cochrane), Earl of Dundonald, ^c. [S.j, s. and h., /;. at Paisley 1729, who, v.p.^ was nyled Lord Cochrane. He was an officer in the Army in 1745, but, in 1750, was in the service of the States of Holland; in 1757 he was Capt. in the 17th Foot. He d. unm., being killed at the siege of Louisburg, Cape Breton, 9 July 1758, aged 29. VIII. 1758. 8. Thomas (Cochrane), Earl of Dundonald, i^c. [S.], cousin and h. male, being 7th but ist surv. s. and h. male of William Cochrane, of Ochiltree {d. after 1716), by Mary, da. of Alexander (Bruce), Earl of Kincardine [S.], which William was s. and h. of the Hon. Sir John Cochrane, 2nd son of the ist Earl of Dundonald. He was bap. 23 July 1691, at Ochiltree. He was a Major in the Army; was M.P. for co. Renfrew, 1722-27 (Whig); Commissioner of Excise [S.] 1730-64. He »z., istly, about 1721, his ist cousin, Elizabeth, da. of John Ker, of Morristoun, co. Berwick, by Grizel, da. of Sir John Coch- rane, of Ochiltree. She d. s.p.m.s., 1743. He m., 2ndly, 6 Sep. 1744, at Edinburgh, Jean, i st da. of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, co. Lanark, by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Andrew Myrton, Bart. [S.], of Gogar. He d. at "La Mancha," co. Peebles, 27 June 1778, aged about 87. His widow d. in Portman Sq., Midx., 21, and was bur. 31 Mar. 1808, in St. James's, Westm., in her 86th year. IX. 1778. 9. Archibald (Cochrane), Earl of Dundonald, &c. [S.], 3rd(*) but ist surv. s. and h. by 2nd wife; b. I Jan. 1747/8, styled Lord Cochrane, 1758-78; he served in the Army (Cornet, 3rd Dragoons, 1764) and afterwards in the Navy, but early relinquished both services for scientific pursuits of great ingenuity, but (in his lifetime) of little practical result.() He »2., istly, 17 Oct. 1774, at Annesfield, co. Lanark, Anne, 2nd da. of James Gilchrist, Capt. R.N. She, who was b. 1755, d. 13 Nov. 1784, aged 29, at Brompton, Midx. Hew?., 2ndly (spec, lie), 12 Apr. 1788, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Isabella, widow of (») His elder br. of the half blood, William, b. 1722, d. 1730; his elder br. of the whole blood, Argyll, h. 1746, d. i Jan. 1747/8. V.G. C") His son writes: "His discoveries, now of national utility, ruined him, and deprived his posterity of their remaining paternal inheritance." See Diet. Nat. Biog.
