Patrick Mark Cobbold (20 June 1934 – 16 December 1994) was an English businessman and a grandson of

Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, he was ed ...

. He was educated with his elder brother

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at Wellesley House and

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. He was 10 when their father, Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Cobbold, was killed in the Guards Chapel, London, on 18 June 1944 when a flying bomb (V1) hit the Chapel during the Sunday morning service.War Diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke He served as a director of the family brewery

Tolly Cobbold Tolly Cobbold is a former brewery in Suffolk, England. History The name Tolly Cobbold is an amalgamation of the two family-run brewers: the Tollemache Brewery owned by the Tollemache family and the Cobbold Brewery owned by the Cobbold family ...

and joined the board of

Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in EFL League One, League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not ...

in 1964. He became the fifth member of his family to chair the club (1976–1991). During his chairmanship of the club, Ipswich won the

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and the

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, as well as finishing

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runners-up on two occasions and supplying the

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with a new manager in

Bobby Robson Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich ...

in 1982. He died in December 1994 at the age of 60, three years after retiring as chairman of Ipswich Town.

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at ''The Peerage'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, Patrick 1934 births 1994 deaths People educated at Eton College People from Suffolk Coastal (district) English football chairmen and investors Ipswich Town F.C. directors and chairmen

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20th-century English businesspeople