Henry Peyton Cobb
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Henry Peyton Cobb was an English banker, solicitor and Liberal
politician.
Cobb was born in Banbury
, Oxfordshire
, the son of Timothy Rhodes Cobb and his wife Charlotte. His father was a partner the family 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 Elizabeth Sharpe as his second wife in 1872 His daughter Mildred married Balthazar Foster, 2nd Baron Ilkeston.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician.
Cobb was born in Banbury
Banbury
Banbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, the son of Timothy Rhodes Cobb and his wife Charlotte. His father was a partner the family girth-weaving business and in Cobbs' Bank in Banbury. His father was also a Unitarian
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
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
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Rugby
Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)
Rugby is a parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom using the first past the post system....
. He held the seat until 1895.
Cobb died at the age of 74.
He married Elizabeth Sharpe as his second wife in 1872 His daughter Mildred married Balthazar Foster, 2nd Baron Ilkeston.