Thomas Cochran (1777[1] – October 8, 1804) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and judge in Prince Edward Island and Upper Canada.
Cochran was born in Halifax, the son of Thomas Cochran, a merchant and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Liverpool, Nova Scotia and Jane Allen.
[3] In that same year, Cochran was appointed Chief Justice for Prince Edward Island.
In June 1802, he was named judge for the Court of King's Bench for Upper Canada and headed west from Prince Edward Island.
Cochran was travelling aboard the schooner HMS Speedy to attend a trial in the province when the ship sank in a winter storm on Lake Ontario in 1804.