Captain George Cockburne (died 20 July 1770) was a naval administrator, who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy.
Career Cockburne was appointed Comptroller of the NavyPersons after whom Cook named geographical features and promoted to captain in 1756.Naval Warrant. Appointment of the Cook on H.M.S. Triumph‚ 1761 Historical AutographsThe royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present In 1770, while still comptroller, he stood unsuccessfully in the Scarborough by-election with support from the Marquess of Granby.John Manners at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Family He married Caroline, 8th Lady Forrester of Corstorphine.'Hackney', The Environs of London: volume 2: County of Middlesex (1795), pp. 450–516 Date accessed: 7 November 2010. Their only child was Anna Maria Cockburne (d.1808), 9th Lady Forrester of Corstorphine.
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