#232, Robert Russell COBBOLD

Born	1853 in China
Died	1925 in Cosford, Suffolk
Occupation	Clerk in Holy Orders
Education	Repton and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge where he was Boat Club Secretary in 1874

Father	Robert Henry COBBOLD (1816 - 15 Sep 1893)
Mother	Caroline Ann BROWN (1828 - 1922)

Robert was named 'Russell' after his father's friend and fellow missionary, William Armstrong Russell who subsequently became Bishop Russell. Born in Ningpo while his parents were missionaries there, Robert was educated at Repton and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (1872). He was Vicar of Earls Barton from 1883 to 1903 and Rector of Hitcham, Suffolk from 1903 until his death in 1925. Rev. Cobbold had carried out his duties on the Thursday and on the Friday complained of having a heavy cold. An ambulance was called to take him to hospital where his condition worsened and he died in his sleep. Two of his three sons were killed in WWI and both are remembered in the Memorial Hall at Marlborough College.

Robert and Cora had 8 children.

Timeline

Born

Married Mary Elizabeth (Cora) WANKLYN in Croydon, Surrey

Birth of Daughter, Ida Elizabeth COBBOLD

Birth of Son, Robert Henry Wanklyn COBBOLD

Death of Father, Robert Henry COBBOLD

Birth of Daughter, Joyce Evelyn COBBOLD

Birth of Son, Edgar Francis Wanklyn COBBOLD

Birth of Daughter, Janet Eleanor COBBOLD

Birth of Daughter, Alice Marguerite COBBOLD

Birth of Daughter, Fredrica Primrose (Prim) COBBOLD

Birth of Son, George Frederick Wanklyn COBBOLD

Death of Son, Robert Henry Wanklyn COBBOLD

Death of Son, Edgar Francis Wanklyn COBBOLD

Death of Mother, Caroline Ann BROWN

Died 1925