Henry Peyton Cobb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Peyton Cobb

British politician

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1835

Place of Birth: Banbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1910

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Henry Peyton Cobb

  • Henry Peyton Cobb (19 October 1835 – 27 January 1910) was an English banker, solicitor and Liberal politician. Cobb was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, the son of Timothy Rhodes Cobb and his wife Charlotte, née Pix.
  • His father was a partner the family in girth-weaving business and in Cobbs' Bank in Banbury.
  • His father was also a Unitarian and Cobb was baptised at the Horse Fair Presbyterian chapel.
  • He became a partner in the family bank and a solicitor in London, where he lived at Wealdstone House Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex.In 1885 Cobb was elected as Member of Parliament for Rugby.
  • He held the seat until 1895. Cobb died at the age of 74. He married Frances Taylor.
  • His son John Henry married Ellen Beatrice Jaques, daughter of John Jaques II, of Jaques of London.
  • He was also the grandfather of Michael Cobb (railway historian).
  • He married Elizabeth Sharpe as his second wife in 1872.
  • His daughter Mildred married Balthazar Foster, 2nd Baron Ilkeston.Coat of arms : Per chevron gules and sables, two shovellers in chief argent, and a fish naiant in base.
  • Crest: an elephant passant, or. Motto : Spectemur agendo

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