“I am happy to add, we had only one man wounded; la Favorite had 1 killed and 1 wounded; and was very much cut up in her sails and rigging. * * * * * * I have the honor to be, &c.
“To Rear-Admiral Sir Alex. Cochrane, K.B.”
After the capture of the Danish West India islands in 1807[1], Sir Alexander Cochrane bestowed the offices of Harbour-master of ports Fredericksted and Christiansted, in St. Croix, upon his son; but this and the other appointments of a similar nature were set aside by Lord Castlereagh, who united them all in the person of his uncle, Lord George Seymour.
During the siege of Martinique, Feb. 1809, Captain Cochrane commanded the Ethalion 38, which ship he paid off in Aug. 1810. The honor of knighthood was conferred upon him, May 29, 1812; but we believe that he was not again employed until the autumn of that year, when he received a commission appointing him to the Surprise frigate; and in her we find him again serving at the Leeward islands, on which station he captured the American privateer brig Decatur, of 12 guns and 82 men, Jan. 16, 1813.
Sir Thomas Cochrane’s next appointment was, June 28, 1820, to the Forte of 44 guns. In 1821, he served both on the Jamaica and Halifax stations. In 1822, he attended his Majesty to Scotland; and in Sept. 1824, he brought home a quantity of specie from Vera Cruz and the Havannah. His appointment to the government of Newfoundland and its dependencies was announced in the London Gazette of April 16, 1825.
The subject of this sketch married, Jan. 6, 1812, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ross, Bart, which lady paid the debt of nature, Sept. 4, 1819.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude.
WILLIAM HUGH DOBBIE, Esq.
A Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Essex.
[Post-Captain of 1806.]
Second and youngest son of the late George Dobbie, Esq. a native of Ayrshire, and possessed of considerable property
