Researching Humphrey Cobbold
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The name Humphrey means "Peace" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Humphrey Cobbold on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Humphrey Cobbold and the Cobbold Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cobbold Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cobbold family tree.
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Cobbold Family Tree Databases
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Miscellaneous Cobbold Databases
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Some Famous People called Humphrey Cobbold
Humphrey Cobbold
Humphrey Michael Cobbold (born Nairobi, Kenya 1964) is the current Chief Executive Officer of Pure Gym - the UK’s largest Gym operator. He joined the business in 2015 when there were 84 gyms, growing the business to over 200 facilities in 2018. He oversaw the sale of the business for the founder (Peter Roberts) and investors from CCMP to Leonard Green & Partners in November 2017 for over £600m.
He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Wiggle Ltd - a UK-based online retailer of cycling and triathlon related products. He is a former chairman of Fish4, a British recruitment website, as well as the Director of Strategic Development and Executive Committee member of Trinity Mirror.
Prior to joining Fish4 and Trinity Mirror, he was a partner and the co-head of the UK media practice for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He graduated from the University of Cambridge and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Cobbold was taught in secondary school by prominent UK politician Edwina Curry before she went into politics.
Source: Humphrey Cobbold, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cobbold
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