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Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald

The Earl of Dundonald
12th Earl of Dundonald.jpg
The Earl of Dundonald in 1904
Born (1852-10-29)29 October 1852
Banff, Scotland
Died 12 April 1935(1935-04-12) (aged 82)
Wimbledon, England
Buried at Achnaba Churchyard, Ardchattan
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1870–?
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
2nd Regiment of Life Guards
Battles/wars Mahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches (7)

Lieutenant General Douglas Mackinnon Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald, KCB, KCVO (29 October 1852 – 12 April 1935), styled Lord Cochrane between 1860 and 1885, was a Scottish representative peer and a British Army general.

Cochrane was the second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald, by Louisa Harriet Mackinnon, daughter of William Alexander Mackinnon. Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton College.

Cochrane was commissioned into the Life Guards in July 1870, and was promoted to lieutenant the following year and captain in 1878. He served in the Nile Expedition, the Desert March and the Relief of Khartoum in 1885. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Life Guards in 1895.

He served in the Second Boer War and in November 1899 he was appointed Commander of the Mounted Brigade, part of the South Natal Field Force. He took part in the Relief of Ladysmith in February 1900, although his South African troops, unimpressed by his leadership, referred to him as “Dundoodle”.


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