Baron Cochrane of Cults
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Baron Cochrane of Cults, of Crawford Priory in the County of Fife, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the Liberal Unionist politician and former Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane. He was the second and youngest son of Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald. As of 2006 the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 1990. As a descendant of the eleventh Earl of Dundonald he is also in remainder to the Earldom of Dundonald and its subsidiary titles.
[edit] Barons Cochrane of Cults (1919)
- Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults (1857-1951)
- Thomas George Frederick Cochrane, 2nd Baron Cochrane of Cults (1883-1968)
- Thomas Charles Anthony Cochrane, 3rd Baron Cochrane of Cults (1922-1990)
- Ralph Henry Vere Cochrane, 4th Baron Cochrane of Cults (b. 1926)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Hon. Thomas Hunter Vere Cochrane (b. 1957)
His heir presumptive is his brother Commander Hon. Michael Charles Nicholas Cochrane (b. 1959)
His son and heir is Edward Michael Thomas Cochrane (b. 2002)