Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet

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Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (2 June 1773 - 30 April 1858) was a Church of England clergyman. He was Dean of York (1823-1858) and was famously defended on a charge of simony by his nephew Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet in 1841.

Cockburn was the third son of Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough. His maternal grandfather was Francis Ayscough, Dean of Bristol. George Cockburn was his brother.

In 1805, he married Elizabeth (died 1828), daughter of Sir Robert Peel.[1]

Cockburn was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, graduating as twelfth wrangler in 1795 and receiving his MA in 1798 and DD in 1823. He was appointed the first Christian Advocate in 1803 and Dean of York in 1822.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Times, 10 April 1841, p.6 col.b, reprinted from the Cambridge Advertiser

[edit] Bibliography

  • [Anon.] (1841) A Report of the Proceedings in the Visitatorial Court of His Grace the Archbishop of York, London: Crofts & Blenkarn ;Whitaker & Co.
  • Dates at Institute of Historical Research
  • Duffus, T. (1854-) Fasti Ecclesiae AnglicanaeIII, iv. 7
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
George Cockburn		 Baronet
(of Langton)
1853–1858		 Succeeded by
Alexander Cockburn

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