COCKBURN, John (c.1679-1758), of Ormiston, Haddington.

Family and Education

b. c. 1679, 1st s. of Adam Cockburn, MP [S], of Ormiston, Ld. Ormiston SCJ and lord justice clerk, by his 1st w. Lady Susan Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1695. m. (1) 1700, Lady Beatrice (d. 1702), da. of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford [S], s.p.; (2) Arabella, 3rd da. and coh. of Anthony Rowe*, 1s. suc. fa. 16 Apr. 1735. Hist. Scot. Parl. 131–3; R. Cockburn and H. A. Cockburn, Recs. Cockburn Fam. 134–5; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iv. 593; W. Robinson, Hackney, ii. 10–11.

Offices Held

Burgess, Glasgow 1694, Ayr 1706, Edinburgh 1708, Dunbar 1710. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 232; lxii. 41; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 23 Apr. 1706; SRO, Dunbar burgh recs. B 18/13/2, f. 269, council mins. 3 Jan. 1710.

MP [S] Haddingtonshire 1703–7.

PC [S] 1704, 1707; commr. exchequer [S] 1704, 1707; ld. of Trade 1714–17, of Admiralty 1717–32, 1742–4. Hist. Scot. Parl. 131–3; SP 55/27, warrant, 23 June 1707.

Parlimentarian

COCKBURN, John (c.1679-1758), of Ormiston, Haddington.

Main residence: Ormiston, Haddington.

Author

D.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

COCKBURN, John (c.1679-1758)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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