Cochrane, Basil
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- India
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Government contracting re naval & military supplies
Notes:
Basil Cochrane, c1752-1825, was an international merchant for long based in India where he worked as a merchant from 1780s and acted as 'contractor and agent victualler', 1792-1806, to Royal Navy. On his return to London in dispute with Victualling Board when he published his grievances
Publications:
- 'Basil Cochrane and the victualling of the fleet in the East Indies, 1792-1806' in R J B Knight & M Wilcox, Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- Narrative of the Transactions of the Honourable Basil Cochrane, Late Contractor and Agent for Victualling His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the East Indies with the Honourable Victualling Board by Cochrane, Basil
- Politics and trust in victualling the Navy, 1793-1815 by Knight, Roger J B
- Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- 'The great complex concern'. Victualling the Royal Navy on the East Indies Station, 1780-1815 by Wilcox, Martin
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- India
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Government contracting re naval & military supplies
Notes:
Basil Cochrane, c1752-1825, was an international merchant for long based in India where he worked as a merchant from 1780s and acted as 'contractor and agent victualler', 1792-1806, to Royal Navy. On his return to London in dispute with Victualling Board when he published his grievancesPublications:
- 'Basil Cochrane and the victualling of the fleet in the East Indies, 1792-1806' in R J B Knight & M Wilcox, Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- Narrative of the Transactions of the Honourable Basil Cochrane, Late Contractor and Agent for Victualling His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the East Indies with the Honourable Victualling Board by Cochrane, Basil
- Politics and trust in victualling the Navy, 1793-1815 by Knight, Roger J B
- Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- 'The great complex concern'. Victualling the Royal Navy on the East Indies Station, 1780-1815 by Wilcox, Martin