Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold

Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold
Born Margaret Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton
31 August 1905(1905-08-31)
Died 27 October 2004(2004-10-27) (aged 99)
Spouse Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold
Children David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold
Parents Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Pamela Chichele-Plowden

Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold (born Margaret Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton; 31 August 1905 – 27 October 2004) known as Lady Hermione Bulwer-Lytton until 1930 was the British matriarch of Knebworth House and wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold.

Born in, 1905 she was the daughter of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton and Pamela Chichele-Plowden, Winston Churchill's first great love. During her father's tenure as acting Viceroy of India she became Vicereine, her mother who would have held that role, being in England. It was while she was in India that she met and married (1930) her husband, the then, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold.

She inherited Knebworth House following the death of her father in 1947; both her brothers predeceased their father.

Lady Cobbold was an energetic supporter of many charities and local organizations such as the YMCA. She died in Hertfordshire at 99 years old.

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