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. His father was a partner the family girth-weaving business and in Cobbs' Bank in Banbury. His father was also a Unitarian [1] and Cobb was baptised at the Horse Fair Presbyterian chapel.[2] He became a partner in the family bank and a solicitor in London, where he lived at Wealdstone House Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex.[3]
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.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Banbury: Parliamentary representation, A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 10: Banbury hundred (1972), pp. 89-95 Date accessed: 03 April 2009
- ^ Register of chapel entries
- ^ British Census 1881
- ^ The Peerage.com
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Peyton Cobb
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