| The Earl of Dundonald | |
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The 12th Earl of Dundonald |
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| Born | 29 October 1852 |
| Died | 12 April 1935 (aged 82) |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Service/branch | Canadian Militia |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada |
| Battles/wars | Mahdist War Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Lieutenant-General Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald KCB, KCVO (29 October 1852 – 12 April 1935) was a Scottish representative peer and a British Army general.
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Cochrane was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1870.[1] He served in the Nile Expedition[1] the Desert March and the Relief of Khartoum in 1885.[2] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Life Guards in 1895.[1]
He served in the Second Boer War and in 1899 he was appointed Commander of the Mounted Brigade, part of the South Natal Field Force.[1] He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900.[1]
He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1902.[1]
He served in World War I as Chairman of the Admiralty Committee on Smoke Screens in 1915.[1] He is buried in Achnaba Churchyard, Ardchattan near Benderloch, Lorn, Argyll & Bute.
Dundonald Park, in Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario, is named after him.
He married Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald and lived for many years at her home of Gwrych Castle in North Wales.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Richard O'Grady Haly |
General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada 1902–1904 |
Succeeded by Replaced by Chief of the General Staff |
| Preceded by The Lord Grenfell |
Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards 1907–1919 |
Succeeded by Sir Cecil Bingham |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Barnes Cochrane |
Earl of Dundonald 1885–1935 |
Succeeded by Thomas Hesketh Douglas Blair Cochrane |