{"id":816,"date":"2022-01-06T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:35:43","slug":"november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever you think of Henry Lytton Cobbold \u2013 I think we can all agree the name is a bit of a mouthful.\u00a0 My son, at school, was called Edward Silly-Long-Name.\u00a0 I was called Elsie, for the initials L.C.\u00a0 Now, for ease in day-to-day use, except when I\u2019m representing Knebworth House, I tend to shorten it to Henry Cobbold.<\/p>\n<p>Very touching this month of Remembrance, is to read this letter that was recently discovered in Suffolk.\u00a0 It is a letter from my Lytton great-grandfather to my Cobbold great-grandfather.\u00a0 It thanks for the sympathy expressed at the death of the second of his two Lytton son-and-heirs, John, killed in battle at El Alamein on 4<sup>th<\/sup> July 1942, aged 32.\u00a0 John\u2019s elder brother, Antony, had been killed in an accident flying for the RAF 601 Squadron ten years earlier, aged 29.\u00a0 Victor Lytton says here to Clement Cobbold, \u201cWe have now lost both our sons but you have given us yours to take their place\u201d.\u00a0 It is sobering to imagine the tears of this terrible time.<\/p>\n<p>A consequence of these two tragedies was that my grandmother Hermione and her husband Kim Cobbold inherited the Lytton family home of Knebworth House, and we, their children and grandchildren, all became Lytton Cobbolds.\u00a0 So this month more than any, contemplatively, and in awe of the sacrifices made in the terrible wars of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century, I sign off, respectfully,<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrycobboldkh?lang=en-GB\">@HenryCobboldKH<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-817 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"986\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-768x1182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-998x1536.jpg 998w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1.jpg 1299w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/986;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-818 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-2-1013x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"647\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-2-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-2-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-2.jpg 1299w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/647;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever you think of Henry Lytton Cobbold \u2013 I think we can all agree the name is a bit of a mouthful.\u00a0 My son, at school, was called Edward Silly-Long-Name.\u00a0 I was called Elsie, for the initials L.C.\u00a0 Now, for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whatever you think of Henry Lytton Cobbold \u2013 I think we can all agree the name is a bit of a mouthful.\u00a0 My son, at school, was called Edward Silly-Long-Name.\u00a0 I was called Elsie, for the initials L.C.\u00a0 Now, for &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Henry Lytton Cobbold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f15e48bf5e00572a561d40bb2c4078b5\"},\"headline\":\"November 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"2021\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816\",\"name\":\"November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1.jpg\",\"width\":1299,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=816#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"November 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Henry Lytton Cobbold\",\"description\":\"Henry Lytton Cobbold writes a monthly blog about Knebworth House for Knebworth Parish News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Henry Cobbold\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg\",\"width\":542,\"height\":690,\"caption\":\"Henry Cobbold\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f15e48bf5e00572a561d40bb2c4078b5\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/knebworthhouse.com\\\/blog\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold","og_description":"Whatever you think of Henry Lytton Cobbold \u2013 I think we can all agree the name is a bit of a mouthful.\u00a0 My son, at school, was called Edward Silly-Long-Name.\u00a0 I was called Elsie, for the initials L.C.\u00a0 Now, for &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816","og_site_name":"Henry Lytton Cobbold","article_published_time":"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f15e48bf5e00572a561d40bb2c4078b5"},"headline":"November 2021","datePublished":"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"wordCount":236,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg","articleSection":["2021"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816","url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816","name":"November 2021 - Henry Lytton Cobbold","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1-665x1024.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-06T16:35:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Lytton-to-Cobbold-letter-1.jpg","width":1299,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=816#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"November 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/","name":"Henry Lytton Cobbold","description":"Henry Lytton Cobbold writes a monthly blog about Knebworth House for Knebworth Parish News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Henry Cobbold","url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg","width":542,"height":690,"caption":"Henry Cobbold"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f15e48bf5e00572a561d40bb2c4078b5","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3503bebdf5f92ea5bd1b232656dd0b621b78eaff03388b1bdf490d4f04672a24?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}