Andrew Cockburn
| Andrew Cockburn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Andrew Myles Cockburn January 7, 1947 London, England |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Cockburn |
Andrew Myles Cockburn (/ˈkoʊbɜːrn/ KOH-burn; born January 7, 1947) is an Irish journalist who has lived in the United States for many years.
Born in London in 1947, Cockburn grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. His mother, Patricia Evangeline Anne (née Arbuthnot), was the granddaughter of British colonial administrator Henry Arthur Blake and British politician George Arbuthnot; she had written an autobiography, Figure of Eight. Cockburn is a descendant of British-Jewish Whig politician and actor Ralph Bernal (1783–1854). Cockburn was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, and Worcester College, Oxford.
Cockburn has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn (1941-2012) and Patrick Cockburn, also journalists, and two half-sisters. One sister, Sarah, was best known as the mystery writer Sarah Caudwell. The other sister, Claudia, was a disability activist and married Michael Flanders, half of the well-known performance double-act Flanders and Swann; the two children of this marriage are the journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders, his half-nieces.
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