Archibald Cochrane

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Captain Hon. Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane GCMG KCSI DSO (8 January 1885 – 16 April 1958) was a Scottish politician.

The second son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, he served with the Royal Navy from 1901. During World War I he was mentioned in despatches three times, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and bar.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament for East Fife from 1924 until he lost the seat at the 1929 General Election. He then sat for Dunbartonshire from a 1932 by-election until 1936. He was Governor of Burma from 1936 until 1941. He was also a director of Standard Life.

He was awarded the KCSI in 1936 and the GCMG in 1937.

In 1926 he married Julia Dorothy, daughter of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. The couple had one son and one daughter.

Preceded by
Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephenson		 Governor of British Crown Colony of Burma
1936–1941		 Succeeded by
Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith

[edit] External links

 This article about a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain, or the Parliament of the United Kingdom, representing a Scottish constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Languages