John Chevallier Cobbold (24 August 1797 – 6 October 1882) was a British brewer, railway developer and Conservative Party politician.

Background

Cobbold was the son of John Wilkinson Cobbold and Harriet, daughter of Temple Chevallier (a priest). Until his father's death in 1860 he lived at Cobbold Lodge in

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Business career

Cobbold was a member of an established brewing family who had been brewing beer in Ipswich since 1746. He was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the

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(EUR) which saw Ipswich connected to Colchester (and thus London) by rail in 1846 and the Ipswich and Bury Railway which saw the railway open to

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in 1847. The two railways merged and a line to Norwich was opened in 1849. The EUR was taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) in 1854 with ECR chairman

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leading the negotiations and driving a hard bargain leading Cobbold to remark "a strong minority of our Board consider that you have done us". He also had shipping interests and between 1820 and 1865 more than 20 ships of up to 350 tons were acquired for regular trading with India and China.

Political career

Cobbold was

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between 1842 and 1843. He entered Parliament as one of two representatives for the Ipswich constituency at the 1847 general election, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1868 general election.

Family

Cobbold married Lucy, daughter of a rural rector, Henry Patteson, in 1827. They had eight sons and five daughters. Their sons included

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, Felix and Nathaniel, grandfather of

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. Lucy died in 1879. Cobbold survived her by three years and died in October 1882, aged 85.

Notes

References

http://family-tree.cobboldfht.com/people/view/114

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, John 1797 births 1882 deaths

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Mayors of Ipswich, Suffolk