| Lady Jean Cochrane | |
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| Born | 27 November 1887 50 Eaton Place, London |
| Died | 5 January 1955(1955-01-05) (aged 67) Dundonald, South Ayrshire |
| Spouse(s) | Lord Herbert Hervey (1914-1932; divorced) Sir Peter Macdonald (m. 1933) |
| Children | Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol |
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Lady Jean Alice Elaine Cochrane (later Hervey, then Macdonald; 27 November 1887 – 5 January 1955) was a British aristocrat. She was the daughter of Winifred, Countess of Dundonald and Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald.
Work and duties
Cochrane was a famous figure in her time. In her youth, she modelled for prominent publications and appeared in The Bystander, Tatler, Country Life, and The Sketch.
During the First World War, In 1916, she became a nurse who treated war casualties at the Red cross hospital at Portman Square, London.
In 1917, she was within Diplomatic services and was serving within the Foreign office at Whitehall, London.
She helped support the Society for Waifs and Strays by opening several fundraisers for the cause. a society which directly improves the lives of children and young people for whom it provides services and to create a positive shift in social attitudes to improve the situation facing all children and young people.
On 14 July 1937 she launched the Royal Navy warship HMS Enchantress.
Personal life
Lady Jean was the fourth child to Winifred and Douglas Cochrane, who spent most of her youth at Gwrych Castle.
She was a keen sportswoman who was particularly fond of golf.
On 19 October 1914 she married Lord Herbert Hervey with whom, produced a son; Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, his godmother was the Spanish Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.
In 1932, after lady Jean discovered that her husband was having an affair at their Portman Square apartment, she filed for divorce on grounds of adultery and in July of that same year, the divorce was granted without Herbert contesting. The Portsmouth Evening News's divorce section, stated "Lady Jean complained of her husband's association with other women shortly after they were married, and differences arose".
In December 1933, Cochrane remarried at a London register office to a Captain Peter Macdonald. Macdonald, later knighted, was a Conservative politician for the Isle of Wight which Jean helped him in his work.
Late on a Monday night, which was the 3rd of January, 1955 Jean suffered a heart-attack whilst being treated at Kilmarnock Infirmary for bronchitis, a telegram was sent to her husband to London informing him of her condition, as soon as he learned about her, he travelled to Scotland to see her, however, there was a storm that prevented him from reaching her in time. She died at the age of 67.
Her funeral was held at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge on 10 January and was later cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.
References
- Hampshire Advertiser - Wednesday 30 November 1887 - Page 2
- Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 06 January 1955 - Page 16 Death of Lady Jean Macdonald
- The Bystander - Wednesday 20 October 1909
- The Tatler - Wednesday 02 August 1916
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001852/19061107/011/0009 - The Tatler - Wednesday 07 November 1906
- Country Life Magazine 12 April 1919
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001860/19180206/001/0001 - The Sketch - Wednesday 06 February 1918
- The Boston Post - Sep 2 1917
- Daily Mirror - Thursday 19 October 1916
- Daily Mirror - Thursday 08 November 1917 - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19171108/041/0004
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002065/19040917/108/0008 - Denbighshire Free Press - Saturday 17 September 1904
- https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3835315/3835322 - The Welsh Coast Pioneer 22 August 1907
- "HMS Bittern, sloop". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 06 February 1933 (Page 7)
- The Sketch - Wednesday 06 February 1918 (Cover page)
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001852/19141104/019/0017 - The Tatler - Wednesday 04 November 1914
- Daily Mirror - Thursday 10 May 1917
- Portsmouth Evening News - Friday 29 July 1932 - page 12
- Liverpool Echo - Thursday 14 December 1933 - Page 9
- "Captain Sir Peter Macdonald: speeches in 1955 (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 06 January 1955
- Coventry Evening Telegraph, Thursday 06 January 1955 - www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19550106/346/0026
- The Scotsman - Friday 07 January 1955