Mission Statement

The purpose of the Cobbold Family History Trust is:

• To complete and keep updated, as far as possible, the Cobbold family tree.
• To provide a safe and permanent long term archive.
• To expand and preserve the collection of family records, artefacts, memorabilia and ephemera.
• To offer items of educational, social or historical interest for public exhibition on appropriate occasions.
• To provide access to the archive by arrangement for researchers and historians for educational purposes.

The Settlement

The Trust was created by means of a discretionary settlement dated 23rd. May 2004 drawn up by lawyers at the request of the Settlor Anthony Cobbold (1935 —) who is also the Keeper.

The Trustees are the Settlor, Tim (1962 —), Humphrey (1964 —) and Jeremy (1969 —) Cobbold

The Trust is recorded with the Inland Revenue under number 7626 682355 acknowledged by their letter of 2nd. July 2004.

The Patrons are Lord Cobbold DL and Ivy, Lady Freyberg.

Family Tree Policy

Considerable effort is made to show the family tree accurately but mistakes and omissions can occur. If a visitor thinks we have something wrong please tell us what it is and why it is thought to be wrong. If a visitor knows of events or has information not shown please tell us. It will help if the visitors declare their degree of certainty.

The tree includes non-Cobbold families but these are normally limited to 2 or 3 generations in either direction unless they are of particular interest.

The Trust will withdraw the entry of any living person if asked to do so.

Advice on how to navigate around the tree is given on the opening page of the Family Tree section.

Aquisition Policy

It is NO part of the Trusts policy to seek to acquire anything with which the owner does not wish to part. Therefore the Trust is not a threat to anybody or anything. It IS however the Trusts policy to seek to acquire relevant items that might otherwise be lost, destroyed or fragmented.

List of Benefactors

Foundation Benefactors	Special Benefactors	Benefactors
Jim & Elsa Cobbold Judith Cobbold	Dick & Jeannie Cobbold Nicholas Cobbold Jan Talbot	Chris & John Alred Mary Attrill Daphne & Mick Barham Julia & Bill Burn Edward Coales David Cobbold Nicola & Humphrey Cobbold Susan Cobbold Tim Cobbold Sue Cumber Nathan Curtis Rachel & Den Gibbs Michael Hacker Mary Hilton-Jones Gillie Keddie Tony Major Prue Milling Mary Morrow Christopher Purvis Tim Roberts Sue Roskill Frances & Bob Tagert Anna & Rupert Woodard Tilda & Jol Woodard

The Settlor

Anthony Cobbold has been mildly interested in family matters for a number of years and in the process accumulated a collection of family books, papers and photos. Whilst agreeing in principle with the concept of dividing his estate equally between his children it did seem a pity to have to break up the collection. At about the same time he sustained a fairly severe attack of Family History Fever and decided to devote the better part of his remaining years to a study of the Cobbold Family. Hence the Trust. His lineage is shown below.

Robert Cobbold	(1547 – 1603)
Reynold Cobbold	(1564 – 1666)
Thomas Cobbold	(1608 – 1654)
John Cobbold	(1654 – 1736)
Thomas Cobbold	(1680 – 1752)
Thomas Cobbold	(1708 – 1767)
John Cobbold	(1745 – 1835)
Robert Knipe Cobbold	(1792 – 1859)
Rowland Townshend Cobbold	(1821 – 1895)
Rowland Francis Cobbold	(1857 – 1945)
Rowland Hope Cobbold	(1905 – 1986)
Anthony Alan Russell Cobbold	(1935 —)