Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane

Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, MCS, CMG (3 August 1876 – 26 October 1932), was the 17th British Resident of Perak and Chief Secretary to Government of Malaya from 1929 to 1932.

Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane CMG
Chief Secretary to the Government (F.M.S.)
In office 1930–1932
Preceded by	Sir William Peel
Succeeded by	Sir Andrew Caldecott
British Resident (Perak)
In office 23 May 1929 – 9 April 1930
Preceded by	Arthur Furley Worthington
Succeeded by	Bertram Walter Elles
British Resident (Pahang)
In office 15 February 1929 – 22 June 1929
Preceded by	Arthur Furley Worthington
Succeeded by	Charles Francis Joseph Green
British General Adviser (Johor)
In office 1926–1928
Preceded by	Hayes Marriott
Succeeded by	George Ernest Shaw
Personal details
Born	3 August 1876
Died	26 October 1932(1932-10-26) (aged 56)
Spouse	Cecile Laura Vetter ​ ​ (m. 1910⁠–⁠1932)​
Children	Anthony Charles Talbot Cochrane (son) Daphne Cochrane (Daughter)
Relatives	Arthur Cochrane Alfred Cochrane
Alma mater	Repton School Merton College, Oxford
Occupation	Colonial Administrator

Career

In 1899, Cochrane joined the Federated Malay Civil Service as a cadet. He was an agent for the Malaya Information Agency, and became Under Secretary to the Government in 1921 and then in 1925 political Adviser in Johore. He became the 17th British Resident in Perak in 1929. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Secretary to Government on 30 November 1930, when Sir William Peel was on leave.

Personal life

Cochrane was the fourth son of Rev. David Crawford Cochrane and Jane Elizabeth Tomlinson and was born at Barrow on Trent Vicarage. He was educated at Repton School where he was in the cricket XI and Merton College, Oxford where he graduated BA. Cochrane married Cecile Laura Vetter (1885-1957), daughter of Carlos Vetter, on 26 July 1910 and had two children. Cochrane was the brother of Arthur Cochrane of the College of Arms, and Alfred Cochrane cricketer and writer. He played cricket for the Straits Settlements cricket team in 1904 and 1905 and occasionally for the Federated Malay States cricket team from 1907 to 1913. Cochrane retired in 1932 and lived at 21 Cheyne Court Chelsea. He died aged 56 later that year at St Peter's Hospital, Henrietta Street Covent Garden.

Awards and honours

Cochrane was invested with Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1930.

Legacy

"Jalan Cochrane" in Kuala Lumpur was named after him and consequently Cochrane Road School, SMK Cochrane Perkasa and the  SBK21  Cochrane MRT station take their names from him.

External links

• Perak State Council