COCHRANE, William 1St Earl of Dundonald

1605 - 1685  (80 years)

• Name	COCHRANE, William 1St Earl of Dundonald  [1, 2]
  Born	1605	Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1685	Scotland, United Kingdom   [3, 4]
  Died	Nov 1685	Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I4073	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	BLAIR (LATER COCHRANE), Alexander,   b. 1584, Blair Park, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Jul 1641, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	COCHRANE, Elizabeth,   b. 1580, Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. Jul 1641, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	7 Feb 1601	Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F3937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SCOTT, Eupheme,   b. 1614, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 13 May 1687, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 73 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1633
  Children	1. COCHRANE, John 1st Earl of DunDonald,   b. 1632, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Jun 1707, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   2. COCHRANE, Lord William Lord,   b. 1633, Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 25 Aug 1679, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland  (Age 46 years)  [natural]   3. COCHRANE, Grizel of Dundonald,   b. 1638, Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Feb 1665, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland  (Age 27 years)  [natural]   4. COCHRANE, James,   b. 1640, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Feb 1648  (Age 8 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  William Cochrane of Coldoun, who was knighted by Charles I, acquired the estate of Dundonald in 1638. He was created Baron Cochrane of Dundonald in 1647. The part he had taken in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, is evidenced by the proceedings of the Presbytery of Ayr, who, on 28 February 1649, debarred "Lord Cochrane" from renewing the Solemn League and Covenant, he having "been a Colonel in the late unlawful rebellion, and having went to Ireland to bring over forces," etc. In 1654, he was fined in £5,000 by Cromwell's Act of Grace and Pardon. In 1669, he was made a Commissioner of the Treasury and Exchequer, and created Baron Cochrane, of Paisley and Ochiltree (having previously acquired the latter barony), and Earl of Dundonald, with remainder to the heirs-male of his body, failing which, to tho eldest heirs-female of his body without division, and the heirs-male of such heirs-female, bearing the name and arms of Cochrane. The Earl, in his old age, was accused, 1684, of having kept a chaplain with his son, then dying, 1679, who prayed for the success of these rebels in the west—those covenanters who defeated Claverhouse at the battle of Drumclog. The Earl died in 1685, and was interred in the church of Dundonald. William Cochrane married Eupheme, daughter of Sir William Scott of Ardross and Elie, county of Fife, and had issue: William, Lord Cochrane, who died, during the life of his father, in 1679, leaving issue by Katherine, daughter of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis, John, 2nd Earl of Dundonald (c. 1660–1690) William, of Kilmaronock, died 1717, having married Grizel, daughter of James Grahame, 2nd Marquis of Montrose, and had issue, Thomas, 6th Earl. Sir John, of Ochiltree, from whom Thomas, the eighth Earl was a descendant. Margaret, married, in 1676, to Alexander, 9th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue. Helen, married to John, 15th Earl of Sutherland, and had issue. Jean, married, first to John, 1st Viscount Dundee; secondly, to William, 3rd Viscount of Kilsyth, and had issue. Grizel, married George Ross, 11th Lord Ross.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for William (1st Earl of Dundonald Cochrane http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=5075 [S308] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S307] FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org. wikipedia [S307] FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, i. 471-2; Bishop Guthry's Memoirs; Fountainhall's Decisions; State Papers (Dom. Ser.), 1655, pp. 71, 116, 118; Memoirs of Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee.]. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 11 Cochrane, William https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cochrane,_William_(DNB00)