Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet

Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet, of Langton, Berwickshire (21 March 1771 – 26 February 1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 to 1812, from 1814 to 1816 and from 1817 to 1819.

Portrait of James Cockburn of Langton by Arthur William Devis

He was the eldest son of Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1729–1804) and his second wife Augusta Anne Ayscough. His maternal grandfather was Francis Ayscough, Dean of Bristol.

His younger brothers were:

• Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772–1853), MP and Admiral of the Fleet of the United Kingdom;
• Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1773–1858), Dean of York; and
• Alexander Cockburn (1776–1852) served as British consul to Hamburg and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Württemberg and the Columbia District. He married Yolande de Vignier, daughter of the vicomte de Vignier, of Santo Domingo, and parented:
  • Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of England.

On 14 October 1801, Cockburn married Marianna Devereux. She was a daughter of George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford by his wife and possible distant relative Marianna Devereux. They had a daughter:

• Marianna Augusta Cockburn. Married Sir James John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet.

He also served as Paymaster and Inspector General of the Royal Marines from 1819 to 1831 and was granted the rank of major-general in 1831.^[1] He was appointed the High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for 1847.^[2]

References

1. "No. 18779". The London Gazette. 25 February 1831. p. 363.
2. G. E. C., The Complete Baronetage, vol. II (1902) p. 329.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• A listing of the Cockburn family.

Government offices
Preceded by Samuel Trott	Governor of Bermuda 1811–1812	Succeeded by William Smith
Preceded by George Horsford	Governor of Bermuda 1814–1816
Preceded by William Smith	Governor of Bermuda 1817–1819
Political offices
Preceded by E. Cooke	Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies with Sir George Shee, Bt 1806–1807	Succeeded by E. Cooke Charles Stewart
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by James Cockburn	Baronet (of Langton) 1804–1852	Succeeded by George Cockburn