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| - Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane GCB RN (April 23, 1758 – January 26, 1832) was a senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was a son of the Scottish peer Thomas Cochrane, the eighth Earl of Dundonald, and an uncle of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th earl. Much of his career was spent with British naval forces in North America, where he saw service in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He was knighted in 1806 (into the Order of the Bath) for his services in West Indian operations against the French and Spanish.
During the War of 1812, Sir Alexander, then a vice admiral, served as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. During the Battle of Baltimore, he was responsible for the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, the event which gave rise to Francis Scott Key's poem which became "The Star-Spangled Banner". He also led the British force that was defeated at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815.
Cochrane was promoted to full admiral in 1819. From 1821 to 1824, he was commander-in-chief of the entire British fleet. He died in Paris on January 26, 1832.
A brother Charles {killed at Battle of Yorktown} was married to Catherine, the daughter of Major John Pitcairn (en)
- Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane GCB (* 23. April 1758 in Schottland; † 26. Januar 1832 in Paris) war ein britischer Marineoffizier, der im amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, in den Koalitionskriegen mit Frankreich und im Krieg von 1812 mit den USA zum Einsatz kam. (de)
- Amiral Sir Alexander (Forrester Inglis) Cochrane (23 avril 1758 – 26 janvier 1832), est un amiral britannique.
Capitaine en 1782, il soutint un combat glorieux contre une escadre de cinq vaisseaux français dans la baie de Chesapeake en 1795. Il suivit lord Ralph Abercromby dans la Méditerranée, et opéra le débarquement des troupes britanniques en Égypte en 1799.
Contre-amiral en 1804, il contribua à la destruction de la flotte française dans la baie de San-Domingo. Pendant la guerre avec l'Amérique en 1813, il tenta vainement de s'emparer de la ville de Washington, mais ravagea en 1815 la Louisiane et la Nouvelle-Orléans. (fr)
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