Cockburn, William (1796-1832)

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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 21, 1791. Of Middlesex. 3rd s. of Sir James, Bart. B. June 2, 1773. School, Charterhouse. Scholar, 1791; matric. Michs. 1794; Prizeman; B.A. (12th Wrangler) 1795; M.A. 1798; Seatonian Prize, 1802; D.D. 1823. Fellow, 1796-1806. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 15, 1800; priest, May 31, 1801. Christian Advocate, 1803-10. Minister of St Andrew's, Tavistock Square, London, 1808. P.C. of Fazeley, Staffs., 1812-18. R. of Thelbridge, Devon, 1821-9. V. of Ellerburn, Yorks., 1829-30. Dean of York, 1822-58. R. of Kelston, Somerset, 1832-58. V. of Thornton, Yorks., 1831-6 (?). Succeeded his brother, Sir George, as 9th Bart., Aug. 19, 1853. His actions as Dean, in relation to the property of the Chapter, occasioned disputes and subsequent litigation when proceedings in the Visitatorial Court of the Archbishop of York resulted in a judgment by which he was ‘deprived and deposed...from his place of Dean.’ An appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench, though not securing an actual reversal of the judgment, prohibited it from being carried into effect. Married (1) Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Dec. 30, 1805; (2) Margaret Emma, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Pearse, of Hatley St George, Cambs., Sept. 14, 1830. Author, miscellaneous. A great pamphleteer. Died s.p.m. Apr. 30, 1858, aged 84, at Kelston. Buried there. M.I. Brother of James (1788); father of James P. (1824), Robert D. (1827) and George (1830). (St John's Coll. Adm.; G.E.C., II. 329.)

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