Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (22 April 1772 - 19 August 1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. Born in 1772 in London, Cockburn went to sea at the age of 14. He rose rapidly in the Royal Navy, perhaps because his father Sir James Cockburn was a baronet, … Wikipedia
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