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| − | [[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Edward Owen Cochrane''', K.B.E., Royal Navy (17 August, 1881 – 27 January, | + | [[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Edward Owen Cochrane''', K.B.E., Royal Navy (17 August, 1881 – 27 January, 1972) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. |
His great-grandfather's eldest brother was Admiral Lord Cochrane. In 1956 while driving in Switzerland Cochrane hit and injured a man disembarking from a tram on the road between Vevey and Lausanne. The man was "permanently injured" and in October, 1957 Cochrane was tried ''in absentia'' by a Swiss court to two months in jail. The following year the case was retried at the request of Cochrane, and the sentence was quashed after he paid a five-hundred francs fine. | His great-grandfather's eldest brother was Admiral Lord Cochrane. In 1956 while driving in Switzerland Cochrane hit and injured a man disembarking from a tram on the road between Vevey and Lausanne. The man was "permanently injured" and in October, 1957 Cochrane was tried ''in absentia'' by a Swiss court to two months in jail. The following year the case was retried at the request of Cochrane, and the sentence was quashed after he paid a five-hundred francs fine. | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 26 April 2012
Rear-Admiral SIR Edward Owen Cochrane, K.B.E., Royal Navy (17 August, 1881 – 27 January, 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
His great-grandfather's eldest brother was Admiral Lord Cochrane. In 1956 while driving in Switzerland Cochrane hit and injured a man disembarking from a tram on the road between Vevey and Lausanne. The man was "permanently injured" and in October, 1957 Cochrane was tried in absentia by a Swiss court to two months in jail. The following year the case was retried at the request of Cochrane, and the sentence was quashed after he paid a five-hundred francs fine.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Sir Edward Cochrane" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 29 January, 1972. Issue 58388, col G, pg. 14.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/125.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/91.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/46.
Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1972 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1896
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cairo (1918)
- Directors of Training and Staff Duties (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King George V
- Royal Navy Rear-Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
