Lord Cockburn
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| Authors | Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn |
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| ID | 2112870 |
About Lord Cockburn
Born and educated in Edinburgh, he became an advocate in 1800 and gained a reputation for persuasive handling of seemingly desperate cases, most famously that of Helen MacDougall, common law wife of the body-snatcher William Burke, in 1828. . . .