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The Cochrane-Baillie family of Lamington was a younger branch of the earls of Dundonald. Alexander Cochrane-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington (1816-1890, see DNB, Supplement), was the son of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane (1789-1872, see DNB) and grandson of Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane (1758-1832, see DNB). The latter was a younger son of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald.The first Lord Lamington inherited Lamington in Lanarkshire through his mother, a descendant of the Baillies of Lamington, and took the addition to his surname in consequence (at first as Baillie-Cochrane, later as Cochrane-Baillie). He was a politician and author, whose published works included poetry, fiction and journalism. In politics he was a follower of Disraeli and served as Conservative MP for Bridport, 1841-1852, Lanarkshire, 1857, Honiton, 1859-1868, and the Isle of Wight, 1870-1880. In 1880 he was raised to the peerage.On his death in 1890 he was succeeded by his son Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860-1940, see DNB), who was Conservative MP for North St Pancras, 1886-1890, Governor of Queensland, 1895-1901, and Governor of Bombay, 1903-1907. His wife, Mary Haughton Hozier (d 1944), was the daughter of the 1st Baron Newlands.Captain Victor Cochrane-Baillie, 3rd Baron Lamington (1896-1951), pursued a career in the Scots Guards.
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