Francis Claud Cockburn (1904 - 1981)

Born 12 Apr 1904 in Beijing, China

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Hope (Hale) Davis — married 18 Feb 1932 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Husband of Patricia Evangeline Anne (Arbuthnot) Cockburn — married after 1941 in Canada [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1981 at age 77 in Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Claud Cockburn is Notable.

Francis Claud Cockburn was born in Beijing, China, on 12 April 1904, the son of Henry Cockburn, a British Consul General, and wife Elizabeth Gordon (née Stevenson).

Francis Claud Cockburn of Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Munster, Ireland, was an Anglo-Scots journalist.

Cockburn was educated at Berkhamsted School, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, and Keble College, Oxford.

He married Frances Hope Hale (1903–2004). They had a daughter,

Claudia Cockburn (1933–1998).

He married 2nd, Jean Iris Ross (1911–1973). They had a daughter,

Sarah Caudwell Cockburn (1939–2000).

He married 3rd, Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot (1914–1989). They had the following children:

Alexander Claud Cockburn 1941–2012

Andrew Myles Cockburn 1947–

Patrick Oliver Cockburn 1950–

Sources

• Wikipedia page for Claud CockburnClaud Cockburn

Acknowledgments

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