Welcome to the Cobbold Family History Trust website

The Cobbold Family is a national treasure. It may not be the biggest or the best but it is certainly amongst the most interesting. The Trust is pledged to collecting and conserving the family's history, and providing access so that future generations can delve, discover and learn from what they find. We hope you will enjoy the site and spare a couple of minutes to see how you might help us achieve our aims.

Patrons:

• Lord Cobbold DL
• Ivry, Lady Freyberg

Keeper:

Anthony Cobbold

Before you enter the website please read the following announcements: Thank you

FELIX THORNLEY COBBOLD CENTENARY

• The Cobbold Family History Trust is pleased to announce that Colchester & Ipswich Museums has enthusiastically agreed to mark the Centenary of Felix Thornley Cobbold (1841-1909) with an exhibition at Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, which was itself one of FTC’s many gifts.
• The exhibition will run from 17th October 2009 to 17th January 2010 and will take the form of a trail integrated into the displays in Christchurch Mansion highlighting the many works of art funded by the FTC bequest. Additionally it will help to tell the story of FTC and his work.
• The opening ceremony will take place during a reception to be held at 6.0pm on Friday 16th October at Christchurch Mansion.
• The purpose of this notification is to ask you to PLEASE PUT THIS DATE OCT 16TH IN YOUR DIARY NOW. Full details will be advised later but in the meantime queries can be addressed to The Cobbold Family History Trust, 14 Moorfields, Moorhaven, Ivybridge, Devon PL21 0XQ or anthonycobbold@tiscali.co.uk