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George Cockburne
Died20 July 1770
Brighton
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of servicec.1741–1770
RankCaptain
CommandsHMS Drake
HMS Gibraltar
HMS Medway
HMS Glory
HMS Yarmouth
HMS Nassau
Comptroller of the Navy
Battles / wars

Captain George Cockburne (died 20 July 1770) was a naval administrator, who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy.

Career

Cockburne was appointed Comptroller of the Navy and promoted to captain in 1756. In 1770, while still comptroller, he stood unsuccessfully in the Scarborough by-election with support from the Marquess of Granby.

Family

He married Caroline, 8th Lady Forrester of Corstorphine. Their only child was Anna Maria Cockburne (d.1808), 9th Lady Forrester of Corstorphine.

References

  1. Persons after whom Cook named geographical features Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Naval Warrant. Appointment of the Cook on H.M.S. Triumph‚ 1761 Historical Autographs
  3. The royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present
  4. John Manners at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  5. 'Hackney', The Environs of London: volume 2: County of Middlesex (1795), pp. 450–516 Date accessed: 7 November 2010.
  6. Cokayne, George Edward (1959). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Vol. 12, Part 2. p. 266.
Military offices
Preceded byDigby Dent Comptroller of the Navy
1756–1770 		Succeeded bySir Hugh Palliser
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