Christine Cobbold

Christine Elizabeth Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold (née Stucley; 25 April 1940 – 7 April 2024), was a British aristocrat and writer. She was married to David Lytton Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold; together they organised the Knebworth Festival at Knebworth House.

Early life Christine Elizabeth "Chryssie" Stucley was born on 25 April 1940 to Sir Dennis Frederic Bankes Stucley, 5th Baronet, and Sheila Margaret Warwick Bampfylde (1912–1996), daughter of George Wentworth Warwick Bampfylde, 4th Baron Poltimore. She was raised at Affeton Castle and Hartland Abbey. She and her four siblings grew up frequently hunting on Exmoor. She was educated at Southover Manor School.

After school, she worked as a pattern cutter for the House of Worth. In 1958, she became one of the last debutantes to be presented to Queen Elizabeth II. During her first season, she met David Cobbold at his 21st birthday party at Knebworth House. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Cobbold in 1987.

They had four children: Henry Lytton Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold Peter Lytton Cobbold Richard Lytton Cobbold Rosina Lytton Cobbold

In the 1980s, the couple also informally adopted two Ugandan teenagers, friends of their eldest son from Eton College.

Death Lady Cobbold died of pancreatic cancer on 7 April 2024, at the age of 83.

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