Cochrane

Thomas, 10th Earl of Dun donald; a British naval officer; ‘born in Ames field, Scotland, Dec. 14, 1775. In 1814 he was accused of conspiring to circulate a false: report of Napoleon’s death for speculative ends, and though he protested his innocence he was imprisoned for a year, fined. and was expelled from the navy and the House of Commons. In 1832 he | was cleared of the charges brought against him in 1814, and was restored to the Order of the Bath and to the English navy. While in disgrace in | England he performed great exploits as commander of the Chilian navy in Chile’s war of jeacpeniegee. He died in Kensington, England, Oct. 31, 1860.