Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold

The Right Honourable The Lord Cobbold KG GCVO PC DL
Governor of the Bank of England
In office 1949–1961
Preceded by	The Lord Catto
Succeeded by	The Earl of Cromer
Personal details
Born	Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold 14 September 1904 London, England
Died	1 November 1987 (aged 83) Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Profession	Banker

Cameron Fromanteel "Kim" Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold KG GCVO PC DL (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 and career

Born in London in 1904 to 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.

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 made a Privy Councillor (1959)^[1] and was created Baron Cobbold, of Knebworth in the County of Hertford (1960).^[2] He retired as Governor in 1961.

He subsequently led the Cobbold Commission in 1962 which studied the question of North Borneo and Sarawak's entry to formed Malaysia. In 1963 he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II.^[3] He served until 1971, and during his tenure the Lord Chamberlain's theatrical censorship role was abolished (1968) and he was created a Knight of the Garter (1970).^[4]

In 1966, he received the Grand Decoration in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.^[5]

Personal life

In April 1930, Cobbold married Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton, daughter and heir to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton. Their seat was at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. They had two daughters and two sons.

He died in 1987 at Knebworth. His eldest son, David, succeeded to his barony.

Footnotes

1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41589. p. 1. 30 December 1958. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
2. The London Gazette: no. 42202. p. 8045. 25 November 1960. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
3. The London Gazette: no. 42909. p. 979. 1 February 1963. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
4. The London Gazette: no. 45087. p. 4655. 24 April 1970. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
5. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 214. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

Further reading

Clive Hodges: Cobbold & Kin: Life Stories from an East Anglian Family (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2014) ISBN. 9781843839545

References

• Taylor, Peter (May 2005). "Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel, first Baron Cobbold (1904–1987)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40108. Retrieved 2009-11-07. (subscription or UK public library membership required)