Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold

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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = The Lord Cobbold

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| image = The Lord Cobbold in 1970.jpg

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| office = Governor of the Bank of England

| term_start = 1 March 1949

| term_end = 30 June 1961

| predecessor = The Lord Catto

| successor = The Earl of Cromer

| birthname = Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|9|14}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|11|1|1904|9|14}}

| death_place = Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England

| alma_mater = King's College, Cambridge

| profession = Banker

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Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold (14 September 1904 – 1 November 1987) was a British banker. He served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1961 and as Lord Chamberlain from 1963 to 1971.

Early life

Born in London in 1904 to Lt.-Col. Clement John Fromanteel Cobbold and his wife Stella Willoughby Savile Cameron, Cobbold was educated at Eton College. He also spent one year at King's College, Cambridge.

Career

=Bank of England=

Cobbold joined the Bank of England at the invitation of bank Governor Montagu Norman in 1933. He was appointed Deputy Governor in 1945 and became governor in 1949. During his tenure he was sworn of the Privy Council (1959){{London Gazette |issue=41589 |date=30 December 1958 |page=1 |supp=y}} and was created Baron Cobbold, of Knebworth in the County of Hertford (1960).{{London Gazette |issue=42202 |date=25 November 1960 |page=8045}} He retired as governor in 1961.

=Cobbold Commission=

He subsequently led the Cobbold Commission in 1962 which studied the question of North Borneo and Sarawak's merger with Malaya to form Malaysia. In 1963, he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II.{{London Gazette |issue=42909 |date=1 February 1963 |page=979}} He served until 1971, and during his tenure the Lord Chamberlain's theatrical censorship role was abolished (1968) and he was appointed to the Order of the Garter (1970).{{London Gazette |issue=45087 |date=24 April 1970 |page=4655}} Cobbold was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hertford (1972).{{London Gazette |issue=45716 |date=30 June 1972 |page=7869}}

In 1966, he received the Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.{{cite web |url=http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |title=Reply to a parliamentary question |language=de |page=214 |access-date=18 October 2012 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522081548/https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |url-status=live }}

Marriage and children

On 3 April 1930, Cobbold married Lady Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton, daughter and heir of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton. Their seat was at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. They had two daughters and two sons:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

Jane Cobbold (10 May 1931 – 16 February 1937)
Hon. Susan Victoria Cobbold (born 24 May 1933)
David Antony Fromanteel Lytton Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold (14 July 1937 – 9 May 2022)
Hon. Rowland John Fromanteel Cobbold (born 20 June 1944)

Lord Cobbold died at Knebworth in November 1987, aged 83. He was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, David.

Arms

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| crest = A lion statant guardant Argent ducally crowned Azure resting the dexter paw on an escutcheon Vert charged with three escutcheons each Argent a border engrailed Or.

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| escutcheon = Sable a chevron Or between in chief two bezants and in base a lion passant guardant Or on a chief dancetty Or two ducal coronets Azure.

| supporters = On either side a golden labrador proper resting the inner hind foot on a battering ram fesswise also proper garnished and the heads inwards Azure.

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| motto = REBUS ANGUSTIS FORTIS (Brave in adversity)

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References

{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40108 |title=Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel, first Baron Cobbold (1904–1987) |last=Taylor |first=Peter |date=May 2005 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40108 |access-date=7 November 2009}}

{{s-ttl | title = High Sheriff of the County of London

| years = 1946–1947}}

{{s-ttl | title = Governor of the Bank of England

| years = 1949–1961}}

{{s-ttl | title = Lord Chamberlain

| years = 1963–1971}}

{{s-ttl | title = Baron Cobbold

| years = 1960–1987}}

Category:1904 births

Category:1987 deaths

Category:Businesspeople from London

Category:People educated at Eton College