The Trust is delighted to have received as the gift of Nicholas Cobbold, one of its Patrons, this picture of 6 generations of John Cobbolds. If the succession of family brewers were to be committed to memory by schoolboys the jingle would run ‘2 Toms, 7 Johns and a Pat.’ These are, of course:
Thomas 1680-1752
Thomas 1708-1767
John 1746-1835
John 1774-1866
John 1797-1882
John 1831-1875
John 1861-1929
John 1897-1944
and
John 1927-1983 and Patrick 1934-1994
9 generations and 266 years: A good score by any standards!
Anthony Cobbold
