Hermione Cobbold
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Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold (born Margaret Hermione Millicent Bulwer-Lytton; 31 August 1905 – 27 October 2004) known as Lady Hermione Bulwer-Lytton until 1930 was the British matriarch of Knebworth House
and wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold.
Born in, 1905 she was the daughter of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
and Pamela Chichele-Plowden, Winston Churchill
's first great love. During her father's tenure as acting Viceroy of India she became Vicereine, her mother who would have held that role, being in England. It was while she was in India that she met and married (1930) her husband, the then, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold.
She inherited Knebworth House following the death of her father in 1947; both her brothers predeceased their father.
Lady Cobbold was an energetic supporter of many charities and local organizations such as the YMCA
. She died in Hertfordshire
at 99 years old.
Knebworth House
Knebworth House is a country house in the civil parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England.-History and description:The home of the Lytton family since 1490, when Thomas Bourchier sold the reversion of the manor to Sir Robert Lytton, Knebworth House was originally a genuine red-brick Late Gothic...
and wife of Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold.
Born in, 1905 she was the daughter of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...
and Pamela Chichele-Plowden, Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
's first great love. During her father's tenure as acting Viceroy of India she became Vicereine, her mother who would have held that role, being in England. It was while she was in India that she met and married (1930) her husband, the then, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold.
She inherited Knebworth House following the death of her father in 1947; both her brothers predeceased their father.
Lady Cobbold was an energetic supporter of many charities and local organizations such as the YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
. She died in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
at 99 years old.