She and Cobbold were married on 7 January 1961 at St Nectan's Church near Hartland Abbey. On 10 January 1961, he changed his family name by deed poll to "Lytton Cobbold" to recognize his mother's ancestry.[4] He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Cobbold in 1987.
In the 1980s, the couple also informally adopted two Ugandan teenagers, friends of their eldest son from Eton College.[1]
Knebworth Festival
In the 1960s the Lytton Cobbolds undertook an extensive renovation of Knebworth House. They opened it to the public in 1971.[2] The title of her best-selling 1986 memoir, Board Meetings in the Bath: How We Opened Knebworth House to the Public,[1] was inspired by the bathtub she had installed in the kitchen of their Little Venice home.[2]
Lady Cobbold died of pancreatic cancer on 7 April 2024, at the age of 83.[2][1] She was buried in the gardens of Knebworth House beside her husband, who had died in 2022.[8]
Publications
Lytton Cobbold, Chryssie (1986). Board Meetings in the Bath: How We Opened Knebworth House to the Public. London: Methuen. ISBN9780413416506.