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COBB—COCHET—COCHRAN—COCHRANE.
as Acting Resident Agent at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. Since 1826 Lieut. Coates has been on half-pay.
COBB. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 14; h-p., 23.)
Thomas Cobb, born 5 Oct. 1796, is son of the late Benj. Cobb, Esq., of New Romney, for 50 years a Magistrate for co. Kent, and one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports present at the Coronation of George IV. He is a direct descendant of John Cobb, Esq., of Cobb’s Court, in the Marshes of Romney, who flourished temp. Edward II.; and is brother of Lieut. Chas. Cobb, R.N., who, while First of the Castilian 18, Capt. David Braimer, was killed in action with the Boulogne flotilla, 21 Sept. 1811 – as also of Commander Smith Cobb, R.N. (1812), who died 8 Jan. 1833.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, employed in the Channel and off the north coast of Spain; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1813, of the Stirling Castle 74, commanded by the same officer, whom he accompanied to the East Indies; and, from Aug. 1814, until the close of 1815 (when he returned home as Master’s-Mate of the Thracian 18, Capt. John Carter), served in the West Indies on board the Onyx 10, Capt. Smith Cobb (his brother). He then joined the Bulwark 74, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley and Sam. Warren, at the Nore, and, passing his examination 2 Oct. 1816, was next employed in the Coast Blockade, from Oct. 1818 to Sept. 1822, as Midshipman and Admiralty-Mate of the Severn, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. After an additional attachment to the Apollo guard-ship, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget, lying at Portsmouth, Jasper 10, and Terror bomb, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuthnott (with whom he visited St. Petersburg and Algiers), and Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, lying at Portsmouth, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1824. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Cobb, who is a Magistrate for the borough of New Romney, and Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Guardians, married, 4 March, 1836, Eliza, daughter of John Green, Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent, and widow of the late R. Newbald, Esq., by whom he has issue nine children.
COCHET. (Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 29; h-p., 42.)
John Cochet was born 3 Aug. 1760, at Rochester, co. Kent. He is uncle of Lieut. John Christian Chesnaye, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1775, as Ordinary, on board the Blonde 32, Capt. Philemon Pownall, with whom, after cruizing for some time on the coast of North America, he removed to the Apollo 32, of which ship he became a Midshipman in Oct. 1778. On 31 Jan. 1779 he assisted at the capture, off the French coast, of the 26-gun frigate L’Oiseau, which only surrendered at the close of a sanguinary action of an hour and a-half; and, on 15 June, 1780, he further contributed, near Ostend, to the defeat of the French ship Stanislaus, of 26 guns, whose fire killed, including Capt. Pownall, 6, and wounded 20, of the Apollo’s people. From Dec. following, until the receipt of his first commission, 26 Aug. 1789, Mr. Cochet was employed on the American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Amphion 32, Capt. John Bazely, Charlestown 28, Capt. Edm. Griffiths, Powerful 74, Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, and Southampton 32, Capt. Aiidw. Snape Douglas. In March, 1790, he joined the Zebra sloop, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes and Wm. Brown, and in Dec. 1792, on his return from the Mediterranean, the Phaeton 38, Capt. Sir A. S. Douglas. After sharing in the capture of various vessels, amongst which were Le Général Dumourier privateer – her prize, the St. Jago,[1] a Spanish galleon of immense value – and La Prompte, of 28 guns, he removed to the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, with whom he served in the action of 1 June, 1794. Having attained the rank of Commander 27 May, 1795, Capt. Cochet, on 4 Jan. 1796, joined the Rattler 16, and on 6 May following, when in company with the Diamond 38, took, off Cherbourg, Le Pichegru privateer, of 10 guns and 34 men. On 9 Dec. 1796, he was Posted into the Abergaveny, of 50 guns, in which ship we find him superintending the naval arrangements at the evacuation of Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo. He was subsequently appointed, 14 June, 1798, to the Thunderer 74, and, 11 Jan. 1799, to the Valiant 74. In the latter ship he returned to England with a large convoy, and was placed on half-pay 30 May, 1799; after which he officiated with great credit, especially at the battle of Maida,[2] as principal Agent for Transports in the Mediterranean, from 2 May, 1805, until June, 1810. He commanded, next, the Ardent 64, at Bermuda, from 3 March, 1813, until April, 1814, and, lastly, performed the duties at Halifax of Resident Agent for Transports and prisoners of war, from the latter date until May, 1815. Admiral Cochet, who has not been since employed, became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819; a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
He married, first, 19 May, 1796, Miss Charlotte Jefferys, and, secondly, 15 July, 1811, Lydia, widow of Capt. Long, of the 89th Regt., which lady died 9 Sept. 1839.
COCHRAN. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Thomas Cochran entered the Navy in 1833; passed his examination 29 July, 1840; served for three years in the East Indies and Pacific on board the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope; obtained his commission 27 Aug. 1844; and was next employed as Additional Lieutenant, for a short time in 1 845, of the Collingwood 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He is now on half-pay.
COCHRANE, Kt C.B. (Rear-Admiral, of the White, 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 28.)
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, born in 1789, is eldest son of Admiral of the White Hon. Sir Alex. Forester Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B.,[3] by Maria, daughter of David Shaw, Esq., and widow of Capt. Sir Jacob Wheate, R.N.; nephew of Major Hon. Chas. Cochrane, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis, who was slain in the first American war, 18 Oct. 1781; first-cousin of Vice-Admiral the present Earl of Dundonald; and brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, R.N., and of Capt. Henry Wm. Bruce, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thetis 42, commanded by his father, with whom he served on the North American station until 1798. In 1800 he re-joined Capt. Cochrane in the Ajax 80; and during that and the following year he attended, as Midshipman, the expeditions against Quiberon, Belleisle, Ferrol, and Egypt. From April, 1803, until 14 June, 1805, we next find him serving under his father’s flag in the Northumberland 74, on the Irish station and off the north coast of Spain, and then appointed to a Lieutenancy in the Jason 32, Capt. Wm. Champain, stationed in the West Indies. On 24 Sept.
- ↑ The treasure of silver, &c., found on board this vessel was conveyed to the Bank from Portsmouth in 21 wagons, and was estimated at a million sterling.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 1151.
- ↑ Sir Alexander Cochrane died 29 June, 1832, in his 75th year. Sir Alexander, who commanded in chief on the Leeward Islands station from 1805 to 1810, was the associate of Sir John Duckworth in the victory gained over the French squadron off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. He co-operated with General Bowyer in the reduction, during Dec. 1807, of the Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Sta. Croix; took, in 1809 and 1810, jointly with Lieut.-Gen. Beckwith, the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe; and, while commanding the North American fleet in 1814, kept the whole of the sea-coast in a continual state of alarm. From 1821 to 1824 he was Port-Admiral at Plymouth.
