Thomas Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald Military person

Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a Scottish naval flag officer of the Royal Navy and radical politician.He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him Le Loup des Mers ('The Sea Wolf').He was dismissed from the Royal Navy in 1814, following a conviction for fraud on the Stock Exchange. He helped organise and lead the rebel navies of Chile, Brazil and Greece during their respective wars of independence through the 1820s. While in charge of the Chilean Navy, Cochrane also contributed to Peruvian Independence through the Freedom Expedition of Perú.In 1832, he was pardoned by the Crown and reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Blue. After several more promotions, he died in 1860 with the rank of Admiral of the Red, and the honorary title of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom.His life and exploits inspired the naval fiction of 19th- and 20th-century novelists, particularly the figures of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's protagonist Jack Aubrey.

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Birth date	December 14, 1775
Birth place	Scotland , Hamilton South Lanarkshire , South Lanarkshire
Date of death	October 31, 1860
Place of death	Kensington

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award	Order of the Bath Order of Merit (Chile)
military operations	War of Independence of Brazil Napoleonic Wars Peruvian War of Independence Greek War of Independence Chilean War of Independence
military branch	Hellenic Navy
military command	North America and West Indies Station
service start	1793
service end	1860