Thomas Cochrane - Master & Commander
Bill McNaught
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Retirement hobby
- Fee:
- Paid: £45 plus modest travel expenses
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 9th August 2018
- Tagged:
- Biography | Napoleonic Wars
The story of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, one the Royal Navy’s most daring and successful captains during the Napoleonic Wars, and known as the ‘Sea Wolf’ by the French.
The novelist Patrick O’Brian used many of his exploits as the basis for his stories. ‘Lucky’ Jack Aubrey, captain of HMS Surprise in the film Master and Commander, is based on Thomas Cochrane.
Cochrane had a colourful life becoming an MP, involved in a Stock Exchange fraud, dismissed from the Royal Navy, commanding three foreign navies, before being reinstated in the Royal Navy and becoming and Admiral.
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I started work in 1961 as a Westland Helicopters engineering apprentice spending 25 years with the company before moving on to manage a number of other aviation and defence companies. I retired in 2008 and started giving talks as a hobby. My talks are all the result of extensive research of the subject and I try and include as many pictures and film as possible. I particularly like ‘fascinating historical characters’ .
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