John Cobbold (1797–1882)

John Chevallier Cobbold DL JP (24 August 1797 – 6 October 1882)^[1] was a British brewer, railway developer and Conservative Party politician.

1 Background
2 Political career
3 Family
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

Background

Cobbold was the son of John Cobbold and Harriet, daughter of Reverend Temple Chevallier.

Political career

Cobbold was Mayor of Ipswich between 1842 and 1843. He entered Parliament as one of two representatives for the Ipswich constituency at the 1847 general election,^[2] and held the seat until his defeat at the at the 1868 general election.^[2]

Family

Cobbold married Lucy, daughter of Reverend Henry Patterson, in 1827. They had eight sons and five daughters. Their sons included John, Thomas, Felix and Nathaniel, grandfather of Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold. Lucy died in 1879. Cobbold survived her by three years and died in October 1882, aged 85.

Notes

^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "I"". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Icommons.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

References

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Cobbold

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Neilson Gladstone Sackville Walter Lane-Fox	Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1847–1868 With: Sir Hugh Adair, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Adair, Bt Henry Wyndham-West

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Name	Cobbold, John
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Date of birth	24 August 1797
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Date of death	6 October 1882
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