Basil Cochrane

Basil Cochrane (22 April 1753 – 12 or 14 August 1826 in Paris, France^[1]^[2]) was a Scottish civil servant, businessman, inventor, and wealthy nabob of early-19th-century England.

^ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 96, part 2 (Sept. 1826), p. 270 Gentleman's says 12 August, Blackwood's 14 August
^ Blackwood's Magazine, October 1826, p. 655

[1] The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 96, part 2 (Sept. 1826), p. 270 Gentleman's says 12 August, Blackwood's 14 August

[2] Blackwood's Magazine, October 1826, p. 655

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