Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold
Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold (born Margaret Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton; 31 August 1905 – 27 October 2004), known as Lady Hermione Bulwer-Lytton until 1930, was the British matriarch of Knebworth House and wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold.[1]
The Lady Cobbold | |
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| Born | Margaret Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton 31 August 1905 |
| Died | 27 October 2004 (aged 99) |
| Spouse(s) | Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold |
| Children | David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold |
| Parent(s) | Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton Pamela Chichele-Plowden |
Born in 1905 to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton and Pamela Chichele-Plowden, during her father's tenure as acting Viceroy of India she became Vicereine, her mother who would have held that role, being in England.[2]
It was while she was in India that she met and married (1930) her husband, the then, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold. She inherited Knebworth House following the death of her father in 1947; both her brothers predeceased their father. Hermione Cobbold was an energetic supporter of many charities and local organizations such as the YMCA. She died in Hertfordshire at the age of 99, survived by her daughter and two sons. Her elder daughter had died in 1937.[3]
References
- "(Margaret) Hermione (née Bulwer-Lytton), Lady Cobbold (1905-2004), Wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold; daughter of 2nd Earl of Lytto". National Portrait Gallery.
- "Lady Hermione Cobbold: Calcutta, Darjeeling and Sikkim". Knebworth House. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- "Obituary: Hermione Lady Cobbold". The Independent. 8 November 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2016.