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    Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656 – 16 April 1735), was a Scottish administrator, politician and judge. He served as Commissioner...
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    Lord Provost of Edinburgh James Chiesley, brother of the above, Scottish merchant in London George Clerk, bailie of Edinburgh Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston...
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    multiple duties, and have now become largely ceremonial. The Lord High Steward (formally the Lord High Steward of England) has the sole power to preside over...
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    dared not be seen to oppose. As late as June, the Scottish Uniornist Cockburn of Ormiston declared he could not find ten men in Parliament willing to join...
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    identified. These include: Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston Francis Montgomerie of Giffen Sir John Clerk of Penicuik Sir Patrick Johnston, Lord Provost of Edinburgh...
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    Scottish footballer Adam Cockburn, Australian actor Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), Scottish administrator, politician, and judge Adam Cockie (born...
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    Lord Whitelaw 1705–10: Sir Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston 1710–14: Sir James Erskine, Lord Grange 1714–35: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston...
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  • years from 1707 to 1741. Cockburn was the son of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, from whom he inherited the Ormiston estate in 1735. In 1736...
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  • fulfilled and their deputies took over the responsibilities. The office of Lord High Steward of Ireland is a hereditary position of Great Officer of State...
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    the surname Cockburn include: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), Scottish judge and Lord Justice Clerk Adam Cockburn (actor), Australian...
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    Treasurer-depute Lord Archibald Campbell Daniel Campbell of Shawfield, Commissioner for Inveraray John Clerk of Penicuik, Commissioner for Whithorn Adam Cockburn, Lord...
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    Hamilton, married William Anstruther Lady Susanna Hamilton, married Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston Lady Christian Hamilton, died in infancy Lady Elizabeth Hamilton...
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  • Viscount Maitland 1690–1698: Alexander Melville, Lord Raith 1699–1703: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston 1703: David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow v t e...
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  • Robert Chieslie (category Lord provosts of Edinburgh)
    which was involved in the slave trade. Other signatories include Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston. These investors were all bankrupted by the Darien scheme. Chieslie...
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    took the title Lord Grange. On 27 July 1710 he succeeded Adam Cockburn of Ormiston as Lord Justice Clerk. He took no part in the Jacobite rising of 1715...
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    soldier and patriot Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge John Cockburn, agricultural improver...
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    the fourth son of Sir John Inglis and his wife Anne, the daughter of Adam Cockburn. He embarked on a naval career, at first joining the 40-gun HMS Ludlow...
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    Mint. Their daughter Jean married John Cockburn of Ormiston, and they were parents of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk. Humbie was retained by...
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  • John Maxwell of Nether Pollok (1648–1732), also known by his judicial title Lord Pollok was a Scottish politician and lawyer. The son of Sir George Maxwell...
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  • Janet Hepburn, daughter of Sir Adam Hepburn, Lord Humbie, the widow of Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, together they had three sons; thirdly, in 1666...
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    Anne Cockburn (d.1772), daughter of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, and had issue: four sons (below) and five daughters. Sir Adam Inglis...
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    secretary to Ceylon Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802–1880)...
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  • convention: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston 1689 convention: Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevenston 1689–1692: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston (vacated on appointment as Lord Justice...
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  • Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland. The full title of the post was Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation...
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  • Baronet of Cramond, (2) Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, (3) Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk. She is a great-great-grandmother of Sir James...
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    William Crichton, Knt. 1447: Patrick Cockburn of Clerkington, Haddingtonshire. 1460: Sir John Cockburn, Knight of Ormiston 1466: Sir Alexander Boyd ... 1488-...
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  • house of Brunstane's friend, John Cockburn of Ormiston on 16 January 1546. Later that night Arran's men came for Ormiston, Brunstane and young Sandilands...
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  • and philologist, academic at University of Edinburgh Henry Thomas, Lord Cockburn (1779–1854), author of Memorials of His Time Stewart Conn (born 1936)...
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    June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024. "The Lord Lyon has granted arms to Herr Olivier Fuchs, Baron of Cockburn, Hallrule, Over Liberton, and Buncle and...
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    George Wishart, John Cockburn of Ormiston, Ninian Cockburn, and Alexander Crichton of Brunstane lent their support to England. Lord Gray and the Master...
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