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Felix Thornley Cobbold (1841 – 1909) was the eleventh child of wealthy Suffolk brewer, John Chevallier Cobbold. In his life he would be a Cambridge academic, a lawyer, a farmer, a banker, a JP, Mayor of Ipswich and twice an MP for Suffolk constituencies. Above all, he was a true philanthropist. His two greatest legacies survive a hundred years later. His lands endowed the Felix Cobbold Trust, and his money saved Christchurch Mansion from the developers for the people of Ipswich. He was a remarkable man in so many ways, as this book demonstrates.
