Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão, styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval officer, politician and mercenary. Serving during the French Revo
Portrait by James Ramsay, c. 1830
Cochrane's father, the 9th Earl of Dundonald (1748–1831)
Speedy under Cochrane capturing El Gamo in the action of 6 May 1801
1951 copy by Archibald Eliot Haswell Miller of Peter Edward Stroehling's 1807 portrait of Cochrane
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The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public hum
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
…country upon hearing the guilty verdict. On 20 June 1814 Cochrane was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, fined £1,000 and ordered to stand in the pillory opposite the Royal Exchange for one hour. In subsequent weeks he was dismissed from the Royal Navy by the Admiralty and expelled from Parliament following…
Daniel Defoe in the Pillory (Eyre Crowe, 1862)
The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory
Stone pillory from the 18th century preserved in situ in Mespelare, Belgium. It is decorated with the coat of arms of the Goubau family, who at the time were the lords of the village.
The pillory at Charing Cross in London, c. 1808