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 "Kim" Cobbold (who would be created

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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 (the Earls of Lytton) through his mother. In keeping with family tradition, Cobbold was educated at

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and studied Moral Sciences at

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Banking career

Lytton 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 the death of his father 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 Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton, 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

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in 1958. They had four children: * Henry Fromanteel Lytton Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold (born 12 May 1962) * Hon. 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.

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People educated at Eton College Crossbench hereditary peers People from Knebworth Deputy lieutenants of Hertfordshire Cobbold Cobbold Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014