David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, (14 July 1937 – 9 May 2022) was a British

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and member of the

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Early life

He was born David Antony Fromanteel Cobbold, the elder son of Cameron Fromanteel "Kim" Cobbold (who would be created 1st Baron Cobbold in 1960) and Lady Hermione Bulwer-Lytton. He changed his surname to "Lytton-Cobbold" by

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on 10 January 1961. He was a member of the Lytton family ( Earls of Lytton) through his mother. In keeping with family tradition, Cobbold was educated at

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and read Moral Sciences at

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Banking career

David Cobbold was an executive in the International Banking Department of

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(BOLSA) in the late 1960s, under Edward Clifton-Brown. BOLSA was one of the first banks in the Eurodollar market, developed by Sir George Bolton, Chairman of BOLSA. He was increasingly drawn into the management of Knebworth House, for public events, so he left banking and dedicated himself to the house and estate.

House of Lords

Lytton-Cobbold inherited the Cobbold barony upon his father's death on 1 November 1987. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) by the

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on 8 June 1993. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the

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. A runner-up in the initial election that year, he replaced

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following her death on 15 October 2000. On 13 October 2014, he became the second person to resign his membership of the House under the

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, and the first elected hereditary peer to do so.

Marriage and children

On 7 January 1961, he married Christine Elizabeth Stucley, one of the last generation of

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s to be presented to the Queen in 1958. They had four children:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 *

Henry Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold Henry Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold (born 12 May 1962), is a British screenwriter. He is the current occupant of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England. He is the son of David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, and succeeded h ...

(born 12 May 1962) *

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Peter Guy Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold (born 25 November 1964) * Hon Richard Stucley Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold (born 31 July 1968) * Hon Rosina Kim Lytton-Cobbold (born 14 December 1971) Lord Cobbold died on 9 May 2022, aged 84, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Henry.

References

1937 births 2022 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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