desmond, cochrane, desmond, oriel, alistair, george, weston, cochrane, baronet, october, 1918, march, 1979, officer, british, army, honorary, consul, general, ireland, syria, lebanon, life, career, edithe, ernest, cecil, cochrane, baronet, elsa, dorothea, mari. Sir Desmond Oriel Alistair George Weston Cochrane 3rd Baronet 22 October 1918 12 March 1979 was an officer in the British Army and Honorary Consul General of Ireland for Syria and Lebanon Life and career editHe was the son of Sir Ernest Cecil Cochrane 2nd Baronet and Elsa Dorothea Marie Schumacher He was educated at Eton College During the Second World War he was a Major in the Lancashire Fusiliers in the British Army stationed in the Middle East Following the cessation of hostilities he married Yvonne Sursock only child of a Lebanese aristocrat Alfred Bey Sursock in 1946 His elder brother Ernest Henry Cochrane MC had died on active service as a Major in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Austria in 1945 Desmond thus succeeded his father to the Cochrane baronetcy on 6 March 1952 He was the Honorary Consul General of Ireland for the Republics of Syria and Lebanon and Controller of Beirut Race Course References editHankinson C F J ed Debrett s Baronetage Knightage and Companionage 1954 Odhams Press 1954 https web archive org web 20081121004154 http www irishlebanese com page28 html In Memoriam Sir Desmond Cochrane 1918 1979Baronetage of the United KingdomPreceded byErnest Cecil Cochrane Baronet of Woodbrook Cavan 1952 1979 Succeeded byHenry Marc Sursock Cochrane Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desmond Cochrane amp oldid 1123248018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
