Why, you might ask, does Hugh Cochrane figure in a history of the Lendrems? The reason is that Hugh had the dubious honour of being married to not just one, but two of the Irish Lendrums.
The story begins in Cootehill, Cavan, Ireland. For Cootehill was not just the birthplace of George Robert Lendrum founder of the Lendrem dynasty. Until the Irish Diaspora, it was home to many of the Lendrum family.
Hugh was born on 30th June 1868 in Cootehill - the son of Charles Cochrane and Elizabeth Lockington. By 1890, Hugh had taken the unusual step of becoming a policeman serving in Dublin - a rare foray into southern Ireland. It seems he met the first of the Lendrum girls - Catherine "Katie" Lendrum - while visiting home. Katie moved to Dublin and the couple married in 1894. Their first child, Charles Cochrane was born in 1896. A second child, this time a daughter, Gertrude Cochrane, came along in 1900. Sadly, Katie died a few weeks later on 7th November 1900.
Katie's sister, Sarah Lendrum, moved from Cootehill to Dublin and is listed as Hugh's housekeeper. Sarah kept house and looked after the children eventually marrying Hugh on 15th August 1908. The following year Sarah gave birth to their son - Hugh Cochrane - on 18 December 1909 at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Sadly, their son died in infancy on the 27th July 1912 followed a few years later by his father's death on 29th October 1914 back home in Cootehill. Sarah died the following year in 1915. Her sister's children - Gertrude and Charles - were now 15 and 18 years old. Charles was working as a mechanic when he joined the Royal Engineers upon the outbreak of WW1. Upon demobilisation he lived with his sister in Dublin.
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