James Cockburn

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(b New York, 18 March 1779; d Woolwich, 18 March 1847). English painter, illustrator, writer and soldier, active in Canada. As a young cadet at Woolwich Royal Military Academy (1793-5) he took instruction in topographical drawing from Paul Sandby. He travelled and sketched in continental Europe and established a reputation with his illustrations to picturesque travel-books of Italy and the Alpine regions of Switzerland.

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Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn was an eminent British jurist.

Cockburn was born December 24, 1802. He graduated in 1829 from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England. In 1847 Cockburn began his career in Parliament as a liberal. He served in the British government as attorney general from 1851 to February 1852; he resumed these duties in December of 1852 and continued until 1856. In that same year he presided as chief justice of the Common Pleas. In 1859 he was appointed lord chief justice of England.

Cockburn died November 21, 1880, in London.

James Cockburn may refer to:

• James Cockburn (politician) (died 1883), Canadian politician in early 19th century Canada
• James Hutchison Cockburn (died 1973), Scottish clergyman and scholar

See also

James Coburn (disambiguation)

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