UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 December 1802, Altona, Brandenburg

Died: 20 November 1880

12th Baronet - 30 April 1858

Knighted - 12 July 1850

Member of Privy Council - 2 February 1857

Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1822 - 1829)

Middle Temple (1825 -)

Lawyer

31 July 1847	Southampton	Whig	Unopposed
1850 Resignation of Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Solicitor-General.
17 July 1850	Southampton	Whig	Unopposed
28 March 1851 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General.
2 April 1851	Southampton	Whig	Unopposed
9 July 1852	Southampton	Whig	1,017	55.82
28 December 1852 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General.
7 January 1853	Southampton	Whig	Unopposed
1854 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Recorder of Bristol.
12 April 1854	Southampton	Whig	Unopposed
1857 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.