OTD in 1847, Lord Cochrane was reappointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath by Queen Victoria.
He had been stripped of his Navy rank and knighthood after circumstantial evidence led to his conviction in the stock exchange trial in 1814.
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Every May 21, at Westminster Abbey, London, a wreath is laid at Lord Cochrane's grave. Lord Cochrane served in Chile in the war of independence and organized the Chilean fleet.
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On this day in 1832, Thomas Cochrane was restored to the Royal Navy list and promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue. ⚓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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On this day in 1800, 24 year old Thomas Cochrane climbed on board HMS SPEEDY and read his commission to the assembled crew.
"By virtue of the power and authority to us given, we do hereby constitute and appoint you Commander of His Majesty's sloop the Speedy,..."
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Monday, February 21, 1814......the darkest day in Lord Thomas Cochrane's life!
The British establishment finally found a way to get rid of him.
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The Capture of Valdivia/Chile

https://at.tumblr.com/hmsspeedy/the-capture-of-valdivia/xxzyiluxxof3

OTD in 1820 Thomas Cochrane was busy planning his most successful amphibious operation: THE CAPTURE OF VALDIVIA 🇨🇱⚓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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OTD in 1823 at 6 p.m. the MONTEZUMA fired a gun and struck Lord Cochrane's flag, which he received without apparent emotion. He then went aboard the charter COLONEL ALLEN to commence his voyage to Brazil. 🇨🇱⚓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚓🇧🇷
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On my 4th circumnavigation...
Finished MASTER AND COMMANDER; this time bookmarked every paragraph with direct allusions to Lord Thomas Cochrane's life 😆.
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OTD in 1776 a boy was baptised in Hamilton, Scotland. He would later become an admiral of four navies. His name was Thomas Cochrane. ⚓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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OTD in 1837 Lord Thomas Cochrane was promoted to Rear Admiral of the White ⚓️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Cochrane's HMS PALLAS, nicknamed 'the golden Pallas', a 32-gun fifth rate Thames-class frigate launched in 1804
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"A tall fellow over six feet high, the nephew of his captain, and a lord to boot, were not very promising recommendations."

Thomas Cochrane's recollection of the first impression he made on Jack Larmour, first lieutenant of HMS HIND.

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OTD in 1848 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Red ⚓️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
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OTD in 1848 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Red ⚓️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
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OTD in 1848 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Red ⚓️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.
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This is the impression a 42 year old Cochrane conveyed to Samuel Bamford, one of the reformers who brought their petitions to him:
'He was a tall young man;cordial and unaffected in his manner. He stooped a little, and had somewhat of a sailor's gait in walking; his face was rather oval;fair naturally, but now tanned and sun-freckled. His hair was sandy, his whiskers rather small and of a deeper colour; and the expression of his countenance was calm and self-possessed.'
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OTD in 1860, HMS WARRIOR, the first ironclad was launched at the Thames Ironworks. Lord Thomas Cochrane's third born son Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane became her first captain.
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Juste après les fêtes, et après avoir fini Morgane Pendragon de Jean-Laurent Del Socorro , je me lance dans les premières aventures de Lord Cochrane, Cochrane vs Cthulhu de Gilberto Villarreal aux éditions Pocket Imaginaire, primo publié chez Aux Forges de Vulcain...

Je vous en reparle bientôt sur Fantastinet

A noter que Gilberto sera présent sur une rencontre Fiction et Histoire que nous organisons dans le cadre de l'association de la 25eme heure du livre et ce sera au Mans

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Miss Mary Mitford's correspondence on the topic of Lord Cochrane's degradation reveals the extent of his private grief in the days following the stock exchange trial:
'Did papa tell you that he had seen poor, poor Lord Cochrane that victim to his uncle's villainy, almost every day? He wept like a child to papa. And they say that the last dreadful degradation, the hacking off the spurs of knighthood, is actually meant to be put in force upon him.'
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