Full title
The Lord Cobbold DL
Name
David Lytton Cobbold
Party/group
Crossbench
Joined the Lords
6 June 2000
Biography
UK Parliament
| Committee |
House |
Date |
|
EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade
|
Lords
|
2004-07
|
|
Works of Art Committee (L)
|
Lords
|
2002-05
|
|
Works of Art Committee (L)
|
Lords
|
1998-99
|
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| Director |
Close Brothers |
1993-99 |
| Fellow |
Association of Corporate Treasurers |
1980- |
| Treasury Manager |
British Petroleum |
1979-87 |
| Treasurer |
Finance for Industry |
1974-79 |
| Chairman |
Lytton Enterprises Ltd |
1971- |
Public life
| Post |
Organisation |
Date |
| Governor |
University of Hertfordshire |
1993-99 |
| Trustee |
Pilgrim Trust |
1993-10 |
| Deputy Lieutenant |
Hertfordshire |
1993- |
| Trustee |
Stevenage Community Trust |
1990-99 |
| Trustee |
Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust |
1975- |
Member's focus
| Policy |
| Economy and finance |
| European Union |
| Housing and planning |
| International affairs |
| Parliament, government and politics |
| Science and technology |
| Future of the House of Lords |
|
Register of Interests
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2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Chairman, Lytton Enterprises Ltd (commercial exploitation of family home, Knebworth House, Hertfordshire as a tourist attraction) (currently unpaid)
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4: Shareholdings (a)
- Lytton Enterprises Ltd (commercial exploitation of family home, Knebworth House, as a tourist attraction)
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5: Land and property
- Beneficial owner of part of Knebworth Estate, Hertfordshire including residential properties and tenanted farmland
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10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Fellow and former Governor and President of Development Committee, University of Hertfordshire
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10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Trustee, Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust
- Trustee, St Mary's and St Martin's Preservation Trust
- President, Knebworth Twinning Association