=Cochrane, Thomas= (1777-1804). Born in Nova Scotia. A member of the English bar. Chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, 1801; judge of the King's Bench of Upper Canada, 1804. Drowned in wreck of the _Speedy_, while on his way to hold court. =Index=: =Bk= Drowned in foundering of the _Speedy_, 69. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_. =Cockburn, James= (1819-1883). Born in Berwick-on-Tweed, England. Came to Canada, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1846. Practised his profession at Cobourg. Represented West Northumberland in the Assembly, 1861-1867; solicitor-general for Upper Canada, 1864-1867. A delegate to the Quebec Conference. After Confederation sat in the House of Commons for West Northumberland, 1867-1874, and during that time was Speaker of the House. Again elected to the House of Commons, 1878, and retained his seat until 1881, when he retired to accept the chairmanship of the commission on the consolidation of the statutes of Canada. =Index=: =T= Solicitor-general, West, delegate to Quebec Conference, 76. =E= Last Speaker of the House of Commons to exercise privilege of addressing the governor-general on measures of the session, 1869, 130. =Bib.=: Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Rattray, _The Scot in British North America_; Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Cockrel.= =S= Establishes school at Niagara and afterwards at Ancaster, 167. =Coffin, William Foster= (1808-1878). Born in Bath, England. Came to Quebec with his father, an army officer, 1813. Returned to England, 1815, and until 1824 was a student at Eton. Came back to Canada, 1830. Called to the bar, 1835. Took part in the suppression of the Rebellion of 1837. Joint sheriff of Montreal, 1840-1851. Appointed commissioner of ordnance lands, 1856, and one of the Intercolonial Railway commissioners, 1868. Held many important offices under the government of Canada and in the militia. =Bib.=: Works: _History of the War of 1812_; _Three Chapters on a Triple Project; Thoughts on Defence from a Canadian Point of View; Quirks of Diplomacy_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Annual Register_, 1878. =Coke, Sir John= (1563-1644). Sat in Parliament, 1621-1629; secretary of State, 1625; a commissioner of the treasury, 1635-1636. =Index=: =Ch= English Commissioner in matter of Canada, 214. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._