Basil Cochrane

Basil Cochrane (22 Afrilu 1753 - 12 ko 14 Agusta 1826 a Paris, Faransa ) ya kasance ma'aikacin gwamnati na Scotland, ɗan kasuwa, mai kirkiro, kuma mai arziki Nabob na farkon ƙarni na 19 a Ingila.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Dan na shida na mashahurin Scotland kuma ɗan siyasa Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, da matarsa ta biyu Jane Stuart, Cochrane mai yiwuwa an sanya masa suna ne ga ɗan'uwan mahaifinsa Basil Cochrane (ya mutu 1788), a lokacin Gwamna na Isle of Man kuma daga baya memba na Hukumar Kwastam ta Scotland. A lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha shida an ba Basil wuri a Kamfanin Gabashin Indiya a Madras. Daga 1783-5 ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da kudaden shiga a Nagapattinam, wanda aka kwace daga Dutch a 1781. A lokacin da yake can an zarge shi da samun mazauna biyu, ciki har da daya mai suna Vaidyanada, wanda aka yi masa duka har ya mutu. Bayan shari'a a Madras a shekara ta 1787, wani juri na Burtaniya ya wanke shi.

 Nabob 
A cikin shekara ta 1792 Basil Cochrane ya karɓi kwangilar samar da kayayyaki ga rundunar sojan ruwa ta Burtaniya a Indiya daga ɗan'uwansa John, wanda ya riƙe su tun 1790.  Bukatar tanadi ya yi yawa sosai har Basil yana da ma'adinan gari da wuraren yin burodi da aka gina a Calcutta da Madras don cika kwangilarsa. Ya kuma ba da kuɗin "Cochrane's Canal" (yanzu Buckingham Canal) wanda ya inganta kewayawa zuwa Madras. An sake biyan kwangilar a cikin 1803 kuma Cochrane ya sake lashe tayin.

A cikin 1806 Cochrane ya ba da kwangila ga haɗin gwiwar James Baker da James Balfour .  Ya koma Ingila, bayan ya tara dukiya mai yawa (ya rike kwangila a cikin shekaru da suka kai £ 1,418,236)  don ciyar da shekaru goma sha uku masu zuwa yana jayayya da asusun sa tare da Kwamitin Victualling. Ya gina babban gida a 12 Portman Square, inda ya sami damar yin hulɗa tare da ɗan'uwansa Andrew Cochrane-Johnstone, dan uwansa Lord Cochrane, da sauransu. A cikin 1807 ya ba da kuɗin kamfen ɗin 'yan uwansa Andrew da George a cikin sanannen garin Grampound don sanya su a cikin majalisa, watakila don ƙara matsin lamba ga gwamnati don daidaita asusun sa. Ya sayi, tare da abokin tarayya George Hunter, gidan Scotland na Auchterarder a cikin 1808 kuma ya ɗauki lakabi. Bayan an daidaita asusun Cochrane a cikin 1819, ya buga littattafai da yawa da ke sukar halin da Kwamitin Victualing ke yi masa da kuma kira ga gyare-gyare a cikin tsari.

 Iyali da yara 
Yayinda yake a Indiya, Cochrane yana da 'ya'ya shida tare da wata mace mai suna Lucy Sutton: Jane (1799-1875), George (1800-1875), Maria (1801-1830), Alexander (1803-1884), Thomas (1805-1873), da Charles (1807-1855). Thomas ya koma Brazil kuma ya zama likita da kuma dan kasuwa mai cin nasara. Charles ya zama marubuci kuma mai gyara zamantakewa a London.

Tare da Elizabeth Caunter (1786-1843) Cochrane tana da William Stuart Cochrane (an haife shi 1808). Tare da Ann Julian yana da Archibald Richard Basil Cochrane (1810-1893).

Basil Cochrane ya auri Caroline Gostling (d. 1837), gwauruwar Rev. Samuel Lawry, a cikin 1812; ba su da yara. Cochrane ya mutu a Paris a 1826 kuma an binne shi a Kabari na Père Lachaise a can. Akwai karamin hoto na Cochrane, wanda John Smart ya zana a 1789 a Indiya.

 Wurin wanka da tururi 
Cochrane ya buga ayyuka da yawa da ke inganta amfani da "wankewar tururi" ko wankewar tururin don dalilai na kiwon lafiya, tare da na'urar da ya inganta kansa. Har ila yau, yana da wanka da tururi da aka shigar a gidansa a Portman Square kuma ya ba da damar jama'a su yi amfani da shi. Cochrane ya yi amfani da baƙon Indiya Sake Dean Mahomed, wanda watakila shine wanda ya gabatar da "shampoo" na Indiya ko massage zuwa Ingila a can.  (Maganar "shampoo" daga baya ta zama tana nufin sabulu na musamman da aka yi amfani da shi wajen wanke gashin kai.) 

 Cochranes 
Earl na St Vincent, Admiral na Fleet, ya rubuta game da 'yan uwan Cochrane a cikin 1806, "Ba za a amince da Cochranes ba, dukansu mahaukaci ne, soyayya, samun kuɗi kuma ba faɗar gaskiya ba - kuma babu wani banda a kowane bangare na iyali. "  Babban ɗan'uwan Basil Cochrane, Archibald Cochrane na 9th Earl of Dundonald (1748-1831), mai kirkiro ne kuma ɗan kasuwa. John Cochrane (1750-1801) yana da irin wannan aiki ga Basil kuma ya yi aiki tare da shi don samun wadata a Indiya. Alexander Cochrane (1758-1832) ya kasance admiral. Andrew (1767-1833) soja ne, ɗan kasuwa, kuma mai kasada wanda ya tsere daga ƙasar bayan an same shi a cikin Babban Cin hanci na Kasuwanci na 1814.

James Boswell, sanannen marubuci kuma mai ba da labari na Samuel Johnson, jikan Euphemia Cochrane ne, 'yar'uwar mahaifin Basil Thomas da kuma kwamishinansa Basil Cochrane. Boswell ya ziyarci danginsa na Cochrane kuma ya musayar wasiƙu, amma bai ambaci ƙarami Basil Cochrane ba, watakila saboda yana da shekaru 13 kuma ya tafi Indiya a 1769 yana da shekaru 16. 

 Stuart 
Basil Cochrane yana da sanannun kawuna biyu a gefen mahaifiyarsa, Andrew Stuart, lauya kuma MP, da Manjo Janar James Stuart, wanda ke da aikin soja mai rikitarwa a Indiya daga 1775-1782.
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