Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold
Cameron Fromanteel "Kim" Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold KG , GCVO , PC (born September 14, 1904 in London , † November 1, 1987 in Knebworth , Hertfordshire , England ) also known as Lord Cobbold was a British banker . He was Governor of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1961 and served as Lord Chamberlain from 1963 to 1971 .
Life
Born in London in 1904 to Clement John Fromanteel Cobbold and his wife Stella Willoughby Savile, Cobbold received his education at Eton College . He also spent a year at King's College , Cambridge .
In 1933 he accepted an offer from the Governor of the Bank of England , Montagu Norman, and began his career as a banker. In 1945 he was appointed Deputy Bank Governor and in 1949 he assumed the highest office of the Bank of England. During his tenure he became a member of the Privy Council in 1959 and was raised to the nobility as Baron Cobbold , of Knebworth in the County of Hertford in 1960 . In 1961 he retired.
From 1962 he headed the Cobbold Commission , which was supposed to clarify the question of whether the British colonies of Sarawak and British North Borneo wanted to join the planned new state of Malaysia or not. In 1963 he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household of Queen Elizabeth II . In his term of office, which lasted until 1971, fell the abolition of the role of Lord Chamberlain as a censorship agency for theatrical performances (1968). In 1970 Lord Cobbold was accepted into the Order of the Garter.
Private life
In April 1930 he married Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton, daughter and heir to Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton . Her noble residence was in Knebworth House in Hertfordshire . The couple had two daughters and two sons.
Lord Cobbold died in Knebworth in 1987. The heir to the title of nobility is his eldest son David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold .
literature
- Peter Taylor: Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel, first Baron Cobbold (1904-1987) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . May 2005. doi : 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 40108 . Retrieved November 7, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 41589, HMSO, London, 30 December 1958, p. 1 ( PDF , accessed November 7, 2009, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 42202, HMSO, London, November 25, 1960, p. 8045 ( PDF , accessed November 7, 2009, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 42909, HMSO, London, February 1, 1963, p. 979 ( PDF , accessed November 7, 2009, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 45087, HMSO, London, April 24, 1970, p. 4655 ( PDF , accessed November 7, 2009, English).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer |
High Sheriff of the County of London 1946–1947 |
Laurence Cadbury |
| Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto |
Governor of the Bank of England 1949–1961 |
Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer |
| Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough |
Lord Chamberlain 1963-1971 |
Charles Maclean, Baron Maclean |
| New title created |
Baron Cobbold 1960–1987 |
David Lytton-Cobbold |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cobbold, Cameron, 1st Baron Cobbold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel, 1st Baron Cobbold; Lord Cobbold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British banker and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1987 |
| Place of death | Knebworth , Hertfordshire , England |