Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington was a senior government official in Scotland during the reign of James VI. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir John Cockburn of Clerkington and Helen Maitland, and was born in about 1565 in Haddington, East Lothian. He died in October 1627 in Haddington.Sir Richard was the Secretary of State to James VI from 1591 to 1596. In 1591 he was also admitted as a Lord of Session. In 1598 he became the Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. In 1610 he was confirmed as a member in the new Privy Council and at the same time appointed to the Court of High Commission for church affairs. But in February 1626 he was removed from the bench as a result of the resolution by the new king, Charles I, that no noblemen nor officers of the state be simultaneously members of the judiciary.