Jim Cockburn with tractor at his farm at Hilfield, near Sherboren, Dorset.
jim cockburn, born 1906
FARMER & MAGISTRATE IN DORSET
Malcolm James Cockburn, known throughout his life as Jim, came from a family of Scottish iron founders. He took his degree in Chemistry at Edinburgh University, and married Elizabeth Whetham, whom he had met during a sea passage to New Zealand. They had two children, Malcolm and Jan. Instead of joining the family firm, Jim decided to pursue a passion for farming. He bought a sheep and cattle farm at Ratchill in Peebleshire, then moved to the Hilfield Estate in Dorset, which he bought from his father-in-law Sir Malcolm Dampier. He combined his farming life with many years as a magistrate, and as chairman of the Rural District Council.
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Source: Provided to Lives Retold by Malcolm Cockburn, the author of this life story and son of Jim Cockburn, in 2019.