Cockburn Baronets

There have been two Cockburn Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

Baronets Cockburn of Langton, Berwick

• Sir William Cockburn, 1st Baronet (1627-1628)
• Sir William Cockburn, 2nd Baronet (1628-1650)
• Sir William Cockburn, 3rd Baronet (1650-1657)
• Sir Archibald Cockburn, 4th Baronet (1657-1705)
• Sir Archibald Cockburn, 5th Baronet (1705-1710)
• Sir Alexander Cockburn, 6th Baronet (1710-1739)
• Sir Alexander Cockburn, 7th Baronet (1739-1745 at Fontenoy)
• Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1745-1804)
• Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1804-1852) Governor of Bermuda
• Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1852-1853) Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord
• Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1853-1858) Dean of York
• Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1858-1880) Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

On his death the Baronetcy became dormant.

Baronets Cockburn of Cockburn

• Sir James Cockburn, 1st Baronet (1671-1703)
• Sir William Cockburn, 2nd Baronet (1704-1751)
• Sir James Cockburn, 3rd Baronet (1751-1780)
• Sir William James Cockburn, 4th Baronet (1780-1800)
• Sir James Cockburn, 5th Baronet (1800-1809)
• Sir William Cockburn, 6th Baronet (1809-1835)
• Sir William Sarsfield Rossiter Cockburn, 7th Baronet (1835-1858)
• Sir Edward Cludde Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1858-1903)
• Sir Robert Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1903-1938)
• Sir James Stanhope Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1938-1947)
• Sir John Brydges Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1947-1949)
• Sir John Elliot Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1949-)

Ancestors of the Cockburn baronets^[1]

• Sir Alexander de Cokburne, Baron of Langton, Carriden, Bolton and Skirling (c1310 - c1370)
• unknown Cockburn
• Sir Alexander de Cockburn, Baron of Carriden (1358-). Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1389-96.
• unknown Cockburn
• Alexander de Cockburn, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. Became the Heritable Usher of the White Rod of the Parliament of Scotland on 10 February 1473.
• unknown Cockburn
• unknown Cockburn
• Sir William Cockburn, Baron of Langton (d. 1513 at Flodden)
• William Cockburn of that Ilk (b. late 1400s - d. 1564)
• Alexander Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1583)
• William Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1600)
• William Cockburn of that Ilk (d. 1659)
• John Cockburn of that Ilk (b. 1598- d. >1628), father of Sir James Cockburn of that Ilk, 1st Baronet

References

1. ^ thePeerage.com

Bibliography

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets