Felix Thornley Cobbold (8 September 1841

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– 6 December 1909) was a British banker, barrister and

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politician. He was a member of the Ipswich Cobbold brewing family but not a brewer himself.

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Felix was born in Holywells Mansion, Ipswich. He was the son of John Cobbold,

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for

, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Henry Patteson (sometime Rector of Drinkstone and of

Wortham, Suffolk Wortham is a village and parish in Suffolk, England, close to the border with Norfolk. Its church, St Mary the Virgin, lies about a mile north of the present-day village. It is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk and the one with ...

). John Cobbold, Thomas Cobbold and Nathaniel Cobbold, grandfather of Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold, were his elder brothers. He was educated at

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, and later became a senior fellow of this college. Cobbold also sat as

for Stowmarket in Suffolk between 1885 and 1886, and for

between 1906 and his death. Although he opposed Irish Home Rule originally, he returned to the Liberal Party as an advanced Radical. In 1895 he presented

Christchurch Mansion Christchurch Mansion is a substantial Tudor brick mansion house built in Ipswich, Suffolk by Edmund Withypoll (also written "Withipoll") around 1548–50. The Grade I listed building is located within Christchurch Park and sits by the souther ...

to the town of Ipswich as part of an arrangement to preserve the mansion and surrounding

Christchurch Park Christchurch Park is a historical area of rolling lawns, wooded areas, and delicately created arboreta close to the town centre in Ipswich, Suffolk. The park hosts various facilities such as a children's play area, tennis courts, table tennis, bo ...

from development.The man who saved the mansion
Steven Russell, 15 October 2009 He also bequeathed Gippeswyk Park to Ipswich. Cobbold died in December 1909, aged 68.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, Felix Thornley 1841 births 1909 deaths UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1906–1910 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich

Felix Cobbold Felix Thornley Cobbold (8 September 1841 Ipswich – 6 December 1909) was a British banker, barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was a member of the Ipswich Cobbold family, Cobbold brewing family but not a brewer himsel ...

Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College, Cambridge English barristers Mayors of Ipswich, Suffolk

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