Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet

Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet (21 March 1771 – 26 February 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 to 1819.

He was the eldest son of Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1729–1804) and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough. His maternal grandfather was Francis Ayscough, Dean of Bristol.

His younger brothers were:

• Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772–1853), MP and Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom;
• Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1773–1858), Dean of York; and
• Alexander Cockburn (1776–1852) served as British envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Württemberg and the Columbia District. He married Yolande de Vignier, daughter of the Vicomte de Vignier and parented:
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of England.

On 14 October 1801, Cockburn married Marianna Devereux. She was a daughter of George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford by his wife and possible distant relative Marianna Devereux. They had a daughter:

• Marianna Augusta Cockburn. Married Sir James John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet.

He was appointed the High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for 1847.

Bibliography

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• A listing of the Cockburn family.