Henry Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold (born 12 May 1962), is a British screenwriter. He is the current occupant of

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. He is the son of

David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, (14 July 1937 – 9 May 2022) was a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords. Early life He was born David Antony Fromanteel Cobbold, the elder son of Cameron Fromanteel ...

, and succeeded his father in the Cobbold barony in May 2022. He is married to Martha Boone, with two children, Morwenna Gray and Edward. He is a great-great-great-grandson of novelist

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 180318 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secret ...

. Trained as a

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, Lytton-Cobbold was an assistant to the filming of ''

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'', part of which was filmed at Knebworth House, and subsequently worked on ''

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''. From 1987 until 1993, he lived in

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, and scripted several TV shows, including ''Lake Consequence''. He returned to Britain and lived in Knebworth village until 2000, when he took over the daily running of Knebworth House from his father. He continued to practise his trade during this period, scripting ''Night of Abandon'', an episode of the ''

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'', in 1997. In 2008 he engaged in – and won – a debate with Scott Rice, founder of the

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, a bad-writing contest sponsored annually by

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, on the subject of the literary reputation of his ancestor Bulwer-Lytton. The debate took place in

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, named after the novelist; the mayor made it clear that the town was backing the Bulwer-Lytton side. In 2017 Lytton-Cobbold published a two-volume book about Emily Bulwer-Lytton, the daughter of his ancestor Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Publications

Henry Lytton Cobbold and Mary Letitia Greene: ''In the Bosom of Her Father - The Life and Death of Emily Bulwer Lytton'', complete illustrated edition in two volumes, Knebworth 2017,

References

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Alumni of the University of Kent