Patrick, Robert William Cochran ♂

Education

Rector’s Assessor for A. J. Balfour 1886-1889.

Birth/childhood

Born 4.2.1842 son of William Charles Richard Patrick of Waterside and Agnes Cochran.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - B.A. 1861. Cambridge University - Trinity College - LL.B. 1865.

M.P. for North Ayrshire 1880-1885. Permanent Under Secretary of State for Scotland 1887-1892. Publications on Coinage etc. LL.D. Glasgow 1879. [Politician]

Rector’s Assessor for A. J. Balfour 1886-1889. [St Andrews University]

Death

Died Beith, Ayrshire 15.3.1897.

Sources

• DNB
• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)