Dundonald (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from DundonaldFive generations later the descendants of this Robert were reduced to a single heiress, for whom her father made a prudent and discreet match with a cadet of the Blairs of that ilk. The choice was a good one, for Alexander Blair took to himself not only the name of Cochrane, but a Cochrane's zeal for the welfare of the family, which he now started afresh with a progeny of seven sons and two daughters. Oi these seven sons six were fighting men, all (for we are now arrived at the Civil War) in the service of King Charles the First. One, indeed, had learnt his trade under a great captain admired of all Englishmen, Gustavus Adolphus, before he drew sword against his own countrymen. As might be expected, the family gained little by its loyalty to the Stuarts. The title of Lord Cochrane of Cowden was indeed granted to the second son and heir pre sumptive in 1641, and supplemented in 1647 (only a few months before the end) by the further dignity of Baron Cochrane of Dundonald. But between loans to Charles Stuart and fines to Oliver Cromwell the Cochranes paid heavily to both sides for their part in the Civil War.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.