Ralph Cobbold
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Patteson Cobbold, DSO (10 February 1869, Ipswich
– 5 December 1965) served in the 60th Rifles
in India
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Ralph Cobbold was the second son of the Ipswich MP John Patteson Cobbold
. He explored the Pamirs in 1897–1898. His report on Russian plans to occupy Chitral
was an important episode in the Great Game between the Russian and British empires. In his 1900 book about his travels through the Pamirs Cobbold wrote " “My original object in visiting the Pamir region of Central Asia was that of a sportsman, and I had no idea of either troubling myself with inquiries into the social and political conditions of the people", in but in actuality Cobbold was an agent in the British government and was ordered to travel through the Pamirs.
Cobbold's first marriage was to Minnie Diana Pitt, with whom he had a son, Ralf Hamilton Cobbold. In 1929, he married Joan Rosemary Graves-Sawle, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles John Graves-Sawle and, in 1932, he changed his name to Ralph Patterson Sawle by royal license.
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
– 5 December 1965) served in the 60th Rifles
King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Ralph Cobbold was the second son of the Ipswich MP John Patteson Cobbold
John Cobbold (1831–1875)
John Patteson Cobbold was a Conservative Party politician in England.The scion of a long-established prominent family in Ipswich, Suffolk, Cobbold was elected at the general election in February 1874 as one of the two Members of Parliament for the borough of Ipswich, winning a seat held from 1847...
. He explored the Pamirs in 1897–1898. His report on Russian plans to occupy Chitral
Chitral
Chitral or Chetrar , translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River , in Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, high...
was an important episode in the Great Game between the Russian and British empires. In his 1900 book about his travels through the Pamirs Cobbold wrote " “My original object in visiting the Pamir region of Central Asia was that of a sportsman, and I had no idea of either troubling myself with inquiries into the social and political conditions of the people", in but in actuality Cobbold was an agent in the British government and was ordered to travel through the Pamirs.
Cobbold's first marriage was to Minnie Diana Pitt, with whom he had a son, Ralf Hamilton Cobbold. In 1929, he married Joan Rosemary Graves-Sawle, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles John Graves-Sawle and, in 1932, he changed his name to Ralph Patterson Sawle by royal license.