Robert Gunning may refer to:
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded the naval support at the reduction of Martinique in February 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars. He also directed the capture and Burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 as an advisor to Major General Robert Ross during the War of 1812. He went on to be First Naval Lord and in that capacity sought to improve the standards of gunnery in the fleet, forming a gunnery school at Portsmouth; later he ensured that the Navy had the latest steam and screw technology and put emphasis on the ability to manage seamen without the need to resort to physical punishment.
Robert Gordon may refer to:
Cockburn is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States most branches of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'; other branches have altered the name slightly to 'Cogburn'. The French branch of the family uses the spelling 'de Cockborne', with the middle "ck" being pronounced.
Sir David Barnett Dundas, 2nd Baronet, was a Scottish advocate, Liberal politician and agricultural improver.
Robert Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott may refer to:
Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet, FRSE was a Scottish baronet, landowner and historian who served Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1868 to 1884. He had strong links to India, especially Bombay.
Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet was a British jurist and politician who served as the Lord Chief Justice for 21 years. He heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the nineteenth century.
Robert Anstruther may refer to:
Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet was a Church of England clergyman. He was Dean of York (1823–1858) and was famously defended on a charge of simony by his nephew Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet in 1841.
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There have been two Cockburn baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.
Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Linlithgow Burghs from 1772 to 1784 and a Director of the East India Company.
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James Cockburn may refer to:
Richard Kennedy or Rick Kennedy may refer to:
Archibald Cockburn was a Scottish judge.
Alexander Cockburn was a political journalist.
Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet was a British naval commander.
Governor Cockburn may refer to:
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