Researching Edward Cobain
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The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Cobain on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Cobain and the Cobain Family History
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Some Famous People called Edward Cobain
Edward de Cobain
Edward Samuel Wesley de Cobain (1840 - 23 September 1908) was an Irish Conservative politician and landowner who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. He was expelled from the House for failing to appear to answer charges. He was later imprisoned on charges of gross indecency under the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885.
De Cobain was the son of the Rev. Edward De Cobain, of Ashley Hall, Belfast and his wife Harriet Ann Smyth, daughter of John Smyth of Smythborough, and the Shades of Ballynure, County Monaghan, Ulster. His brother, Fletcher De Cobain, would also become a minister. ESW De Cobain was educated at Bell's Academy, Belfast. He was cashier for the Borough of Belfast in the 1860s. For five years he was Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of Belfast, and was Deputy Grand Master for Ireland. He was the author of political lectures and occasional poems. In the 1885 general election de Cobain was nominated as the Independent Conservative candidate for East Belfast. He beat the Tory candidate, Sir J. P. Corry, and was elected Member of Parliament for Belfast East. He was reelected in 1886.
Source: Edward de Cobain, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cobain
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