Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold

Cameron Fromanteel " Kim " Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold KG, GCVO, PC ( born September 14, 1904 in London, † 1 November 1987 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England) also known as Lord Cobbold was a British banker. He was from 1949 to 1961 Governor of the Bank of England, and had from 1963 to 1971 the office of Lord Chamberlain held.

Life

Born in London in 1904, the son of John Clement Fromanteel Cobbold and his wife Stella Willoughby Savile, Cobbold received his school education at Eton College. He also spent a year in King's College, Cambridge.

In 1933 he accepted an offer of the Governor of the Bank of England, Montagu Norman, and began his career as a banker. In 1945 he was appointed Deputy Governor Bank and in 1949 he took over even the highest office of the Bank of England. During his tenure, he was a member of the Privy Council in 1959 and raised in 1960 as Baron Cobbold of Knebworth in the County of Hertford in the peerage of the year. In 1961 he retired.

From 1962, he headed the Cobbold Commission, which should clarify the question of whether the British colonies of Sarawak and British North Borneo did not want to join the planned new State or Malaysia. 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. During his tenure, which went up in 1971, the abolition of the role of Lord Chamberlain fell as censorship for plays (1968). 1970 Lord Cobbold was awarded the Order of the Garter.

Private life

In April 1930 he married Hermione Millicent Bulwer- Lytton, daughter and heir of Victor Bulwer- Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton. Your noble residence was located in Knebworth House, Hertfordshire. The couple had two daughters and two sons.

Lord Cobbold died in 1987 in Knebworth. The heir of the noble title is his eldest son David Lytton - Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold.