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COBB—COCHET—COCHRAN—COCHRANE. as Acting Resident at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. Since 1826 Lieut. Coates has been on half-pay.

 COBB. 

, born 5 Oct. 1796, is son of the late Benj. Cobb, Esq., of New Romney, for 50 years a Magistrate for co. Kent, and one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports present at the Coronation of George IV. He is a direct descendant of John Cobb, Esq., of Cobb’s Court, in the Marshes of Romney, who flourished temp. Edward II.; and is brother of Lieut. Chas. Cobb, R.N., who, while First of the 18, Capt. David Braimer, was killed in action with the Boulogne flotilla, 21 Sept. 1811 – as also of Commander Smith Cobb, R.N. (1812), who died 8 Jan. 1833.

This officer entered the Navy, 5 Oct. 1810, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, employed in the Channel and off the north coast of Spain; became Midshipman, in Sept. 1813, of the  74, commanded by the same officer, whom he accompanied to the East Indies; and, from Aug. 1814, until the close of 1815 (when he returned home as Master’s-Mate of the  18, Capt. John Carter), served in the West Indies on board the  10, Capt. Smith Cobb (his brother). He then joined the 74, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley and Sam. Warren, at the Nore, and, passing his examination 2 Oct. 1816, was next employed in the Coast Blockade, from Oct. 1818 to Sept. 1822, as Midshipman and Admiralty-Mate of the, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. After an additional attachment to the guard-ship, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget, lying at Portsmouth, 10, and  bomb, both commanded by Capt. Alex. Dundas Young Arbuthnott (with whom he visited St. Petersburg and Algiers), and 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, lying at Portsmouth, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Oct. 1824. He has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Cobb, who is a Magistrate for the borough of New Romney, and Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Guardians, married, 4 March, 1836, Eliza, daughter of John Green, Esq., of Eltham, co. Kent, and widow of the late R. Newbald, Esq., by whom he has issue nine children.

 COCHET. 

was born 3 Aug. 1760, at Rochester, co. Kent. He is uncle of Lieut. John Christian Chesnaye, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1775, as Ordinary, on board the 32, Capt. Philemon Pownall, with whom, after cruizing for some time on the coast of North America, he removed to the  32, of which ship he became a Midshipman in Oct. 1778. On 31 Jan. 1779 he assisted at the capture, off the French coast, of the 26-gun frigate L’Oiseau, which only surrendered at the close of a sanguinary action of an hour and a-half; and, on 15 June, 1780, he further contributed, near Ostend, to the defeat of the French ship Stanislaus, of 26 guns, whose fire killed, including Capt. Pownall, 6, and wounded 20, of the ’s people. From Dec. following, until the receipt of his first commission, 26 Aug. 1789, Mr. Cochet was employed on the American, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the 32, Capt. John Bazely,  28, Capt. Edm. Griffiths, 74, Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, and 32, Capt. Aiidw. Snape Douglas. In March, 1790, he joined the sloop, Capts. Hon. Robt. Forbes and Wm. Brown, and in Dec. 1792, on his return from the Mediterranean, the 38, Capt. Sir A. S. Douglas. After sharing in the capture of various vessels, amongst which were Le Général Dumourier privateer – her prize, the St. Jago, a Spanish galleon of immense value – and La Prompte, of 28 guns, he removed to the 100, bearing the flag of Earl Howe, with whom he served in the action of 1 June, 1794. Having attained the rank of Commander 27 May, 1795, Capt. Cochet, on 4 Jan. 1796, joined the 16, and on 6 May following, when in company with the  38, took, off Cherbourg, Le Pichegru privateer, of 10 guns and 34 men. On 9 Dec. 1796, he was Posted into the, of 50 guns, in which ship we find him superintending the naval arrangements at the evacuation of Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo. He was subsequently appointed, 14 June, 1798, to the 74, and, 11 Jan. 1799, to the  74. In the latter ship he returned to England with a large convoy, and was placed on half-pay 30 May, 1799; after which he officiated with great credit, especially at the battle of Maida, as principal Agent for Transports in the Mediterranean, from 2 May, 1805, until June, 1810. He commanded, next, the 64, at Bermuda, from 3 March, 1813, until April, 1814, and, lastly, performed the duties at Halifax of Resident Agent for Transports and prisoners of war, from the latter date until May, 1815. Admiral Cochet, who has not been since employed, became a Rear-Admiral 12 Aug. 1819; a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830; and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.

He married, first, 19 May, 1796, Miss Charlotte Jefferys, and, secondly, 15 July, 1811, Lydia, widow of Capt. Long, of the 89th Regt., which lady died 9 Sept. 1839.

 COCHRAN. 

entered the Navy in 1833; passed his examination 29 July, 1840; served for three years in the East Indies and Pacific on board the 42, Capt. Chas. Hope; obtained his commission 27 Aug. 1844; and was next employed as Additional Lieutenant, for a short time in 1 845, of the 80, flag-ship in the Pacific of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour. He is now on half-pay.

 COCHRANE, Kt C.B.

, born in 1789, is eldest son of Admiral of the White Hon. Sir Alex. Forester Inglis Cochrane, G.C.B., by Maria, daughter of David Shaw, Esq., and widow of Capt. Sir Jacob Wheate, R.N.; nephew of Major Hon. Chas. Cochrane, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis, who was slain in the first American war, 18 Oct. 1781; first-cousin of Vice-Admiral the present Earl of Dundonald; and brother-in-law of Rear-Admiral Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge, R.N., and of

This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 42, commanded by his father, with whom he served on the North American station until 1798. In 1800 he re-joined Capt. Cochrane in the 80; and during that and the following year he attended, as Midshipman, the expeditions against Quiberon, Belleisle, Ferrol, and Egypt. From April, 1803, until 14 June, 1805, we next find him serving under his father’s flag in the 74, on the Irish station and off the north coast of Spain, and then appointed to a Lieutenancy in the  32, Capt. Wm. Champain, stationed in the West Indies. On 24 Sept.