Talk:Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet

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[edit] Achilli trial

"During the short administration of Lord Derby, Cockburn was engaged against Sir Frederic Thesiger Attorney General at the time, and for John Henry Newman, in the case of a friar named Giacinto Achilli who had accused Newman of libel. The jury who heard the case under Lord Campbell found that Newman's plea of justification was not proved except in one particular, a verdict which, together with the methods of the judge and the conduct of the audience, attracted considerable comment. The verdict was set aside, and a new trial ordered, but none ever took place."

The remark as to the verdict being set asside does not seem plausible in all the circumstances. It contradicts the very detailed account given in this reputable source:

Ward, W. (1912). Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman, 2 vols., London: Longmans, Green and Co, Chapter 10: The Achilli Trial. 

- so I have removed it. Cutler 13:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Place of birth

EB and ODNB (even current editions) are silent on place of birth. Somebody has put Altana but that is a software company. There is a place called Alţâna in Romania which is tempting as his father served in Württemberg before Columbia. However, central europe is bigger than you think and that doesn't really work. I am going to leave this in a little while flagged as missing citation but I will eventualy remove it is it is not confirmed. Cutler 14:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, now this is interesting - perhaps we haven't settled this yet [1].Cutler (talk) 21:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 10th or 12th?

Why does my 2001 EB say "10th Baronet"? Cutler 15:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] George Cockburn

Was George Cockburn Sir Alexander Cockburn's uncle? Cutler 17:09, 24 July 2007 (UTC)