Features

Here the Trust provides features that are of interest to the family and possibly to a wider audience also. They are dated but will not normally be archived. They can however be downloaded as PDF documents.

  • LIFE’S FUN. The Endearing Story of Nicky Cobbold

    Family history trust features are usually about long-dead ancestors. This one is different.

    Mar 2010

  • DR THOMAS SPENCER COBBOLD MD FRS FLS (1828-1886)

    The arrival on my desk recently, thanks to my daughter-in-law, of a copy of Thomas Spencer Cobbold's obituary from the BMJ of 27th March 1886 reminded me of what an extraordinarily accomplished man he was.

    Feb 2010

  • PAMELA HAMBRO (née COBBOLD) 1900 - 1932

    An article by Jane Dismore entitled "Pamela Hambro and the lost world of Milton Abbey" was published in December in Dorset Life.

    Jan 2010

  • FREDERICK COBBOLD

    Recent researches allow us to put together the following biography.

    Dec 2009

  • A COMMUNION OF COBBOLDS

    Within a few hours of the date of the Felix Centenary being announced the Trust received word that 2 flights from Canada had already been booked. Here is their story.

    Nov 2009

  • TRIBUTE TO SIR BOBBY ROBSON (1933-2009)

    Bobby Robson, as he then was, managed Ipswich Town Football Club from 1969 to 1982. During that time the club won the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup.

    Sep 2009

  • F E's CANDELABRA

    In a feature dated June 09 we reported that F E Cobbold's house at 7 Fulham Avenue, Melbourne had been owned for 50 years by Phil Spencer's family.

    Aug 2009

  • ELIZABETH II REIGNS!

    Our Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Cobbold née Knipe, 1764-1824; second wife of John Cobbold, 1745-1835) is well known for her many talents in literary...

    Jul 2009

  • FE COBBOLD'S HOUSE

    Again and again people stumble upon something on www.cobboldfht.com which catches their eye.

    Jun 2009

  • COSTUMES OF THE NAVY

    This album, just a little over 8" square is a treasure. It contains 15 original watercolours of naval uniforms painted in 1834 by Richard Cobbold (1797–1877).

    May 2009

  • THE VENERABLE ROBERT HENRY COBBOLD

    Last month’s 155th Boat Race reminds me of Robert Henry Cobbold (1820-1893) who is, I think, the only Cobbold to have rowed in the annual Oxford & Cambridge encounter on the Thames.

    Apr 2009

  • THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH PAINTING

    This magnificent Thomas Gainsborough painting (oil on canvas 29¼” x 24”) hangs in Gainsborough’s birthplace Museum in Sudbury, Suffolk.

    Mar 2009

  • BERNARD FREYBERG V.C. SOLDIER OF TWO NATIONS

    This is the title of an enthralling and absorbing biography, recently added to the Trust’s collection, written in 1991 with great sensitivity and in meticulous detail by his son, Paul.

    Jan 2009

  • FAMILY NAME

    A section of this website is devoted to ‘Family Name and Crests’. Ancestors Magazine published in April 2004 an article which used as an example some research which had included the name Cobbold. The relevant part of that article is reproduced below with thanks to Ancestors Magazine.

    Dec 2008

  • ST. MARY’S CHURCH WOOLPIT

    Lightning struck on 17th July 1852 and destroyed the spire of St. Mary's, a rare Suffolk church built between 1439 and 1451 which amongst many fine features boasts a spectacular Perpendicular south porch and a superb medieval brass lectern.

    Nov 2008

  • WILLIAM NEVILL COBBOLD – ENGLAND FOOTBALLER

    W N (Nutts) Cobbold (1863-1922), 3rd son of the Rev Edward Augustus Cobbold and Mathilda Adelaide Smith was born in 1863 and played his earliest football in Long Melford.

    Oct 2008

  • IPSWICH NEW TOWN HALL POLKA AND MRS J PATTESON COBBOLD

    The Trust has been fortunate to acquire a mint copy of the Ipswich New Town Hall Polka composed and dedicated by permission to Mrs J Patteson Cobbold (Mayoress), by William Godball.

    Oct 2008

  • ELIZABETH COBBOLD nee WILKINSON (1753-1790)

    This is the first of the two Elizabeths who married John Cobbold (1745-1835) about whom much less is known than of her more famous successor.

    Oct 2008

  • PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA

    Mayfair socialite, aristocratic owner of an estate in the Scottish Highlands, and accomplished deerstalker and angler, Lady Evelyn cut an elegant if eccentric figure on her frequent travels in the Arab world The story is told more fully in the PDF.

    Jun 2008

  • A THREAT TO THE BREWERY

    John Patteson Cobbold JP MP (1831-1875) was our 6th generation brewer, a lawyer, an Alderman and a former Mayor of Ipswich who stood as a Conservative for the Borough of Ipswich in 1874.

    Jun 2008

  • JOHN COBBOLD (1745 - 1835)

    The Trust has been sent a copy of an absolutely splendid silhouette of John Cobbold which we reproduce here.

    January 2008

  • TRUST GREETINGS CARDS

    Each year the Trust produces a greetings card without a greeting! It is left blank so that it can be used at other times of the year as well as Christmas.

    January 2008

  • THE GOLDSMITHS AND THE COMPOSER

    The Trust reported in June that it had purchased the catalogue (2004) for an Exhibition of East Anglian Silver 1550-1750. This book revealed that William Cobbold was one of the leading Goldsmiths in Norwich. This was previously a 'News' item Jul 07

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    William Cobbold(1560 – 1639)'With leaves of rose and laurel' - Carys Lane, Anna Crookes, William Purefoy, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Giles Underwood

    From 'The Triumphs of ORIANA' Compiled by Thomas Morley.

    December 2007

  • REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 2007 - WHITEHALL

    It is self evident to me that remembering those that have fallen is a prime task for a trust that is dedicated to collecting and conserving family history. Accordingly nine Cobbold family members assembled (with thousands of others) in Whitehall for the annual national Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph.

    November 2007

  • Cobbolds and Ipswich Town Football Club

    The amateur club in Ipswich was founded on 16th October 1878 at a meeting in the Town Hall. It was promoted mainly by old boys of Ipswich School which had been playing football to Association rules since 1874.....

    October 2007

  • Cobbolds at Caius

    Many families have developed powerful links with Caius by sending their sons (and now daughters) here for many generations......

    October 2007

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