Lord Cobbold

David Lytton Cobbold

David Lytton Cobbold

Party

Crossbench

Address as

Lord Cobbold

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6887

Biography

Electoral history

Contested (Liberal) Bishop Auckland October 1974 general election

Lords career

First entered House of Lords 1987; Elected hereditary peer 2000-

Councils, public bodies

Historic Houses Association: Member, Executive Committee 1974-97, Treasurer 1988-97; President, Knebworth Twinning Association 1990-; Member, Association for Monetary Union in Europe 1991-2002; President, University of Hertfordshire Development Committee 1991-2005; Member, Board of Governors, University of Hertfordshire 1993-2005; Governor, European Union of Historic Houses Association 1993-97; DL, Hertfordshire 1993-

Political interests

Historic buildings, drugs policy, planning policy

Countries of interest

China, European Union, India

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Chairman, Lytton Enterprises Ltd (commercial exploitation of family home, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire as a tourist attraction) (currently unpaid)

4: Shareholdings (a)

Lytton Enterprises Ltd (commercial exploitation of family home, Knebworth House, as a tourist attraction)

5: Land and property

Beneficial owner of part of Knebworth Estate, Hertfordshire including residential properties and tenanted farmland

10: Non-financial interests (b)

Fellow and former Governor and President of Development Committee, University of Hertfordshire

10: Non-financial interests (e)

President, Knebworth Twinning Association

Trustee, Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust

Trustee, St Mary's and St Martin's Preservation Trust