..., and consequently was in the 85th year of his age at the time of his decease. He was educated by his uncle, Sir Alexander Forester Cochrane, who, in 1814, took Washington City, the Capital of the United States , and burned the public buildings. In February, 1814, Lord Cochrane, the subject of this article, then a member of Parliament, was accused of having spread a false report of the death of Napoleon fo...