expedition against Louisbourg, 1745. For some years engaged in the coast
defence of Nova Scotia. Served at the second siege of Louisbourg under
Amherst and Boscawen. Removed to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Died of the
plague at the siege of Havana, 1762. =Bib.=: Murdoch, _History of Nova
Scotia_; _Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by
Akins.

=Cobden, Richard= (1804-1865). British statesman. =Index=: =Sy= A more
advanced radical than Sydenham, 20. =Bib.=: Morley, _Life of Richard
Cobden_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Cochrane, Thomas= (1777-1804). Born in Nova Scotia. A member of the
English bar. Chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island,
1801; judge of the King's Bench of Upper Canada, 1804. Drowned in wreck
of the _Speedy_, while on his way to hold court. =Index=: =Bk= Drowned
in foundering of the _Speedy_, 69. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Read,
_Lives of the Judges_.

=Cockburn, James= (1819-1883). Born in Berwick-on-Tweed, England. Came
to Canada, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1846. Practised his
profession at Cobourg. Represented West Northumberland in the Assembly,
1861-1867; solicitor-general for Upper Canada, 1864-1867. A delegate to
the Quebec Conference. After Confederation sat in the House of Commons
for West Northumberland, 1867-1874, and during that time was Speaker of
the House. Again elected to the House of Commons, 1878, and retained his
seat until 1881, when he retired to accept the chairmanship of the
commission on the consolidation of the statutes of Canada. =Index=: =T=
Solicitor-general, West, delegate to Quebec Conference, 76. =E= Last
Speaker of the House of Commons to exercise privilege of addressing the
governor-general on measures of the session, 1869, 130. =Bib.=: Taylor,
_Brit. Am._; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_; Dent, _Last
Forty Years_.

=Cockrel.= =S= Establishes school at Niagara and afterwards at Ancaster,
167.

=Coffin, William Foster= (1808-1878). Born in Bath, England. Came to
Quebec with his father, an army officer, 1813. Returned to England,
1815, and until 1824 was a student at Eton. Came back to Canada, 1830.
Called to the bar, 1835. Took part in the suppression of the Rebellion
of 1837. Joint sheriff of Montreal, 1840-1851. Appointed commissioner of
ordnance lands, 1856, and one of the Intercolonial Railway
commissioners, 1868. Held many important offices under the government of
Canada and in the militia. =Bib.=: Works: _H