# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-cochrane-8th-earl-of-dundonald
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:47:11.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-cochrane-8th-earl-of-dundonald"
name: "Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald"
slug: "thomas-cochrane-8th-earl-of-dundonald"
description: "Major Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald was a British Army officer and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire, 1722–1727. He served as Commissioner of the Excise for Scotland from 1730 until 1764. He acceded to the title of Earl of Dundonald in 1758 on the death of his cousin, William Cochrane, 7th Earl of Dundonald."
tagline: "British nobleman, politician and army officer (1691-1778)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1691"
deathDate: "1778-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.678222666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane%2C_VIII_conte_di_Dundonald"
    title: "Thomas Cochrane, VIII conte di Dundonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane%2C_8th_Earl_of_Dundonald"
    title: "Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane_(8e_comte_de_Dundonald)"
    title: "Thomas Cochrane (8e comte de Dundonald)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane%2C_8th_Earl_of_Dundonald"
    title: "Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane%2C_8.%C2%BA_conde_de_Dundonald"
    title: "Thomas Cochrane, 8.º conde de Dundonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_8-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Кокрейн, Томас, 8-й граф Дандональд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7615411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump