DUNDONALD, DOUGLAS MACKINNON BAIL LIE HAMILTON COCHRANE, 12TH EARL OF (1852 1935), son of the 11th earl of Dundonald and Louisa Mackinnon, was born on Oct. 29, 1852, and succeeded to the earldom in 1885. On leaving Eton he entered the 2nd Life Guards, in 187o, and served in the Nile expedition of 1884-85, and in the desert march to the relief of Khartoum. In 1899-190o he commanded the Mounted Brigade in South Natal, and led the 2nd Cavalry Bri gade into Ladysmith in 1900. In the same year he was promoted major-general; in 1907 he was made K.C.V.O., and in 1913 K.C.B.