Cobbe is an Irish

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

, and may refer to: *

Cobbe family The Cobbe family is an Irish landed family. The family has a notable history, and has produced several prominent Irish politicians, clergymen, writers, activists and soldiers, such as philosopher, writer and social reformer Frances Power Cobbe ...

, a prominent Irish family *

Alexander Cobbe General (United Kingdom), General Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe (6 June 1870 – 29 June 1931) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be a ...

, Irish General and holder of VC *

Frances Power Cobbe Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 5 April 1904) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, religious thinker, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy grou ...

, Irish writer and animal rights activist * Charles Cobbe, Archbishop of Dublin *

Clement Cobbe Clement Cobb (born after 1527 - died ?1574), of Rye, Sussex, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Rye in 1572. He was Mayor of Rye The following were mayors of Rye, East Sussex, England: * ...

(after 1527-?1574), English politician *

John Cobbe John George Cobbe (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, United Party and the National Party. Early life Cobbe was born in King's County, Ireland, in 1859. He received his education in Tullamore and Dub ...

, New Zealand politician *

Cobbe portrait The Cobbe portrait is an early Jacobean panel painting of a gentleman which has been argued to be a life portrait of William Shakespeare. It is displayed at Hatchlands Park in Surrey, a National Trust property, and the portrait is so-called bec ...

, believed to be the only existing painting of William Shakespeare, in possession of the Cobbe family at the Newbridge Estate

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