Henry Lytton-Cobbold

Henry Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold (born 1962) is the current occupant of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, England.

He is the son of David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, and is heir to the Barony of Cobbold. He is married to Martha Boone, with two children, Morwenna Gray and Edward. He is a great-great-great grandson of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Trained as a screenwriter, Lytton-Cobbold was an assistant to the filming of The Shooting Party, part of which was filmed at Knebworth House, and subsequently worked on Water.^[1] From 1987 until 1993, he lived in Los Angeles, and scripted several TV shows, including Lake Consequence.^[2] He returned to England and lived in Knebworth village until 2000, when he took over the daily running of Knebworth House from his father.^[1] He continued to practice his trade during this period, scripting Night of Abandon, an episode of the Red Shoe Diaries, in 1997.^[2]

In 2008 he engaged in a debate with Scott Rice, founder of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a bad-writing contest sponsored annually by San Jose State University, on the subject of the literary reputation of his ancestor Bulwer-Lytton. The debate took place in Lytton, British Columbia, named after the novelist, and was generally considered to have been won by Lytton-Cobbold.^[3]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Library at Knebworth House". Retrieved 2006-09-23. 
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Henry Cobbold". Retrieved 2006-09-23. 
3. ↑ Alison Flood (19 August 2008). "'Literary tragedy' of Bulwer-Lytton's dark and stormy night under debate". Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2013. ]