Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 26 October 1779 – Bonaly, Midlothian, 26 April/18 July 1854) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland between 1830 and 1834...

...Cockburn's father Archibald Cockburn, a keen Tory, was Sheriff of Midlothian and Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and his mother Janet Rennie was connected by marriage with the influential Lord Melville. He was educated at the Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh...

...Cockburn married Elizabeth Macdowall (Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 1 March 1786 - 1857), daughter of James Macdowall and second wife Margaret Jamieson, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 12 March 1811. They lived at Bonaly, Midlothian, and had six sons and four daughters."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cockburn,_Lord_Cockburn title=Henry_Cockburn,_Lord_Cockburn&oldid=513329921> [accessed 27 October 2012]

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