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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, GCB, PC, FRS (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain he...
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    Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk-...
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  • Arthur Blake and British politician George Arbuthnot.[citation needed] . The Cockburns are related to Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, who ordered the Burning...
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  • Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet was a British naval commander. George Cockburn may also refer to: George Cockburn (Saskatchewan politician) (1876–1966)...
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  • University Award, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the George Polk Award. Cockburn was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Virginia's 5th district in...
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  • named after Admiral Sir George Cockburn Electoral district of Cockburn, seat in the Western Australian parliament Cockburn, South Australia, a locality...
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    was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. It was the only...
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    Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, who was responsible for the burning of Washington, DC in the War of 1812. His two younger brothers, Andrew Cockburn and...
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  • George Cockburn Henderson (1 May 1870 – c. 9 April 1944) was an Australian academic with a considerable career in Adelaide. Cockburn was born in Hamilton...
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    Patrick Oliver Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbɜːrn/ KOH-burn; born 5 March 1950) is a journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times since...
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    Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn, Scots: [ˈkobʌɾn]) is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States...
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    Census. Cockburn is named after Cockburn Sound, which was named in 1827 by Captain James Stirling after Admiral Sir George Cockburn. Sir George was born...
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    George Cockburn. The Perth Seawater Desalination Plant can be found here. Several media reports have been made on pollution of the water in Cockburn Sound...
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  • George Cockburn (March 27, 1876 – March 6, 1966) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Redberry in the Legislative Assembly...
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    Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer from the...
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    10 November 1793. Command of Meleager passed to Captain George Cockburn in June 1794; Cockburn took command of the fifth-rate HMS Minerve in August 1796...
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    Johnstone Hope Sir George Cockburn Sir Thomas Hardy The Hon. George Dundas Charles Adam Sir George Cockburn Sir Charles Adam Sir George Cockburn Sir William...
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    uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed...
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    Chief of the Defence Staff". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 October 2021. Parker, George (2 October 2021). "UK military chiefs battle to become next head of armed...
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    planning how to use their forces. Cochrane's junior, Rear Admiral George Cockburn, had been commanding ships of the squadron in the operations on the...
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  • The property had been abandoned since it was burned down by Admiral George Cockburn in the War of 1812. Their company manufactured pig iron there. In 1845...
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    George Bertram Cockburn OBE (8 January 1872 – 25 February 1931) was a research chemist who became an aviation pioneer. He represented Great Britain in...
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    Sir Alexander Milne (1872–76), Sir Hastings Yelverton (1876-77), or Sir George Wellesley (1877–79). Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) Second...
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    Francis Claud Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbərn/ KOH-bərn; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a British journalist. His saying "believe nothing until it has been...
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    Prince Louis of Battenberg (category Peers created by George V)
    changed his name and relinquished his German titles, at the behest of King George V, in 1917. The King made Louis Marquess of Milford Haven. Louis married...
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    Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL, FRAeS (born 4 April 1958) is a Welsh retired Royal Navy officer. He was the First Sea Lord and...
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  • operational command of Rear Admiral George Cockburn, which included, among others, the attacks on Washington and Baltimore. Cockburn's superior was Vice Admiral...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay...
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    under Rear Admiral George Cockburn attacked the town of Havre de Grace, Maryland, at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. Cockburn's forces routed the town's...
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    Johnstone Hope Sir George Cockburn Sir Thomas Hardy The Hon. George Dundas Charles Adam Sir George Cockburn Sir Charles Adam Sir George Cockburn Sir William...
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