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Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald
1775–1860
Daring, brilliant, and forever a little controversial, this Scottish sea captain became one of the most famous naval fighters of his age. His real-life exploits in the Royal Navy and the independence wars of South America were so dramatic that they helped inspire generations of adventure fiction.
4 Audiobooks
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2
by Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald
Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1
by Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald
The autobiography of a seaman (volume 2 of 2)
by Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald
The autobiography of a seaman (volume 1 of 2)
by Earl of Thomas Cochrane Dundonald
About the author
Born in Scotland in 1775, Thomas Cochrane built his reputation in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became celebrated for audacious attacks at sea and for wringing startling victories out of small ships, earning a reputation as one of the era's most gifted and unconventional commanders.
His career was anything but straightforward. Cochrane also served as a politician, and his name became entangled in a notorious stock exchange fraud case that damaged his standing in Britain for years. Even so, his story did not end there: he went on to play major roles in the naval struggles connected with the independence movements of Chile and Brazil, and later served Greece as well.
He eventually returned to favor in Britain, rose to the rank of admiral, and inherited the earldom of Dundonald in 1831. Remembered as both heroic and contentious, Cochrane died in London in 1860, leaving behind a life so vivid that it helped shape fictional seafaring heroes for generations of readers.